Gatti Family Tragedy Continues: 17-Year-Old Son Found Dead in Mexico

In a devastating turn of events, the Gatti family is once again grappling with tragedy. On October 6th, 2025, Arturo Gatti Jr., the 17-year-old son of the late Canadian boxing icon Arturo Gatti, was found dead in an apartment in Mexico.

The news of Gatti Jr.'s passing was first revealed by Chuck Zito, a close friend of the Gatti family who had worked as Arturo Sr.'s bodyguard. According to reports, a neighbor discovered the teenager's body hanging in the apartment. This heartbreaking incident comes just over 16 years after Gatti Sr.'s own mysterious death in 2009, when he was found dead in an apartment in Brazil.

The former world champion Gatti Sr. was initially charged with murder, but an autopsy later determined that he had taken his own life while on a family vacation. Now, his son has met a similar fate, leaving the Gatti family and the boxing community in a state of profound grief.

Tributes have poured in for Gatti Jr., with former boxer Jean Pascal sharing an AI-generated image of the young man standing alongside his late father. Pascal expressed his sorrow, stating, "The world loses another Gatti sixteen years after losing his father. The son of a legend, two fighters, one legacy. Both gone too soon."