Boxer Arturo Gatti was found dead this morning

Foul play suspected in Gatti’s death – ESPN
SAO PAULO (AP) -- Former boxing champion Arturo Gatti, whose epic trilogy with Micky Ward branded him one of the most exciting fighters of his generation, was found dead in a hotel room in the posh seaside resort of Porto de Galihnas early Saturday.

Former boxing champion Arturo Gatti was found dead in Brazil while on his second honeymoon with his wife and 10 month old baby.

Boxer Arturo Gatti, 37, was found dead this morning in Brazil. According to reports Gatti’s body was found in his hotel room at the posh seaside resort of Porto de Galinhas, Brazil.

Police investigator Edilson Alves told The Associated Press that the body of the former junior welterweight champ was discovered in his room at the tourist resort, where Gatti had arrived on Friday with his Brazilian wife Amanda and 1-year-old son.

Brazilian boxer and four-time world champion Acelino "Popo" Freitas told the G1 Web site of Brazil's largest TV network Globo that he was a close friend of Gatti and his wife, and that he "knew they were having some sort of problem and were about to separate.

Ward knocked Gatti to the floor in the sixth round, but despite fighting with his right hand broken again, Gatti managed to win the decision.

A spokeswoman for the public safety department of Pernambuco state says the body of the former junior welterweight champ from Montreal was discovered on Saturday morning in the posh seaside resort of Porto de Galinhas, where he arrived on Friday with his wife and one-year-old son.