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Arturo Gatti Jr., the son of boxing legend Arturo Gatti, has reportedly died at the age of 17. Chuck Zito, who was Gatti’s close friend and served as the former champion’s bodyguard, revealed in a social media post on Wednesday that Gatti …
Actor Jerry Ferrara of “Entourage” fame will play boxer Arturo Gatti in a biopic film, Variety reports. According to Variety, the film will be produced by Michael Strahan. Mark Wahlberg, who played Gatti’s adversary Micky Ward in …
Within the last three years at least five prominent boxers have died. One was an accident, three were suicides, and one was a murder crime. Most recently, Venezuelan lightweight champion Edwin Valero committed suicide by hanging himself in his jail …
OK, I know it’s sad and all that we’ve had nothing but unexpected deaths in the sports world lately, and ones caused by women, but I have questions. Namely, how is it that one of the toughest boxers in the history of the sport can …
