Overview
- The World Boxing Association confirmed his death, and trainer Moe Latif verified the news on social media.
- He was found in Mexico, where he lived with his mother and his father's widow, Amanda Rodrigues.
- Officials have not released the circumstances or cause, despite unverified social-media claims suggesting suicide.
- Gatti Jr. was regarded as a rising prospect who began boxing at six, fought as an amateur, and had guidance from Mike Tyson.
- His father's contested 2009 death in Brazil, later ruled a suicide, forms the backdrop to public reaction to the family's loss.