ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - JUNE 25: Floyd Mayweather Jr. punches Arturo Gatti during the WBC Super Lightweight Championship fight at Boardwalk Hall on June 25, 2005 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
The World Boxing Association announced that Arturo Gatti Jr. has died at 17.
Gatti Jr. was the son of Hall of Fame boxer Arturo Gatti, who died in 2009 when Jr. was 10 months old.
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“The WBA and the boxing world mourn the passing of Arturo Gatti Jr.,” the statement said. “His journey was just beginning, yet his spirit will live on – now reunited with his legendary father among the stars.”
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The 17-year-old boxer was found dead in Mexico City in an apartment. Officials have not released any details about the cause of death.
Gatti Jr. was just an infant when his father died in July 2009 in a Brazilian hotel room. The former Hall of Fame boxer’s death was later ruled a suicide.
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