{"id":47608,"date":"2025-10-10T04:22:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T08:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/arturo-gatti-jr-son-of-the-legendary-boxer-dies-at-17-years-old-4\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T04:22:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T08:22:53","slug":"arturo-gatti-jr-son-of-the-legendary-boxer-dies-at-17-years-old-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/boxing\/arturo-gatti-jr-son-of-the-legendary-boxer-dies-at-17-years-old-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Arturo Gatti Jr., son of the legendary boxer, dies at 17 years old"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Arturo Gatti Jr., Son of Boxing Legend, Passes Away<\/h2>\n\n\nThe World Boxing Association (WBA) confirmed this Wednesday the death of Arturo Gatti Jr., son of the iconic boxer and Hall of Fame member, Arturo Gatti. He was 17 years old.\n\n\n
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“The WBA and the boxing world mourn the passing of Arturo Gatti Jr. His journey was just beginning, but his spirit will live on forever, now reunited with his legendary father among the stars,” the organization expressed in a statement.<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nReports of the teenager’s death began circulating on social media and were confirmed by Chuck Zito, Gatti Sr.’s former bodyguard, also through a social media post.\n\n\n

“It is with great sadness that I have to say… RIP to Arturo Gatti Jr., 17 years old,” Zito wrote on Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nMoe Latif, Gatti Jr.’s coach, also confirmed the news in a social media post.\n\n\n

“Unfortunately, it’s neither a rumor nor a joke. Arturo is gone,” wrote Latif in an Instagram story, asking for privacy during this difficult time.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arturo Gatti Jr., quien falleci\u00f3 a los 17 a\u00f1os, buscaba seguir los pasos de su difunto padre como boxeador aficionado con la esperanza de competir en los Juegos Ol\u00edmpicos antes de convertirse en profesional.\nCortes\u00eda de Daniel Roby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nDAZN Boxing expressed its “deep sadness” at the news of Gatti Jr.’s passing.\n\nGatti Jr. was found dead in Mexico, where he resided with his mother and Gatti’s widow, Amanda Rodrigues. No additional details about his death have been provided.\n\nGatti Jr. aspired to follow in his father’s footsteps as an amateur boxer, hoping to participate in the Olympics before turning professional. He was 10 months old when Gatti Sr., 37 years old, was found dead in mysterious circumstances in a hotel in Brazil in July 2009.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arturo Gatti Jr., Son of Boxing Legend, Passes Away The World Boxing Association (WBA) confirmed this Wednesday the death of Arturo Gatti Jr., son of the iconic boxer and Hall of Fame member, Arturo Gatti. He was 17 years old. “The WBA and the boxing world mourn the passing of Arturo Gatti Jr. His journey […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[9609,205,708,5123],"class_list":{"0":"post-47608","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-boxing","7":"tag-arturo-gatti-jr","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-death","10":"tag-wba"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47608\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}