Sounds like Gatti had a lot of problems in his life

[C.J.Rock]

Didnt that Marley guy who wrote that piece used to be Don Kings right hand man? If so what he says needs to be scrutinised LOL

[Spicoli]

Who doesn't have problems and family spats.We tend to put them on a pedestal and play the judge and jury from the sideline.Of course when your in the spotlight and known that is bound to happen and he'll answer for his wrongs as he should.I'm not going there.Have my own glass house to live in.I'll judge him from what I experienced and remember him in that light.

[armin]

I'm not one for hitting woman, never have nor will I ever. As someone else said tho woman feel so secure in their knowledge that their man or whatever can't do shit to em cause they just have to scream foul and guy ends up in jail no questions asked so some bitches just act crazy and shit for no reason trying to see how far they can push their guy before he snaps. This is in contrast to woman who are in a fucked up relationship where they get beat for the hell of it cause their man is a psycho. Whatever the case if arturo did beat his wife or not, it doesn't justify his killing, unless he did some crazy insane sadistic shit to her...

[porkypara]

I'm not one for hitting woman, never have nor will I ever. As someone else said tho woman feel so secure in their knowledge that their man or whatever can't do shit to em cause they just have to scream foul and guy ends up in jail no questions asked so some bitches just act crazy and shit for no reason trying to see how far they can push their guy before he snaps. This is in contrast to woman who are in a fucked up relationship where they get beat for the hell of it cause their man is a psycho. Whatever the case if arturo did beat his wife or not, it doesn't justify his killing, unless he did some crazy insane sadistic shit to her...

I guess we will know all of the dirt in the court case.

[LEGION]

I'm not one for hitting woman, never have nor will I ever. As someone else said tho woman feel so secure in their knowledge that their man or whatever can't do shit to em cause they just have to scream foul and guy ends up in jail no questions asked so some bitches just act crazy and shit for no reason trying to see how far they can push their guy before he snaps. This is in contrast to woman who are in a fucked up relationship where they get beat for the hell of it cause their man is a psycho. Whatever the case if arturo did beat his wife or not, it doesn't justify his killing, unless he did some crazy insane sadistic shit to her...

I guess we will know all of the dirt in the court case.

I won't; I'm not going to follow it. It's bad enough that when I see a Gatti fight I'll think about the murder and spousal abuse; I could do without the gory details.

[NUCLEAR BULL]

its a bit tasteless if this is the first time this has been mentioned, even sounds like something that would be said to help the wifes case if she did indeed comit the crime

its a truely sad one of the great warriors has ended his life this way

[porkypara]

its a bit tasteless if this is the first time this has been mentioned, even sounds like something that would be said to help the wifes case if she did indeed comit the crime

its a truely sad one of the great warriors has ended his life this way

I think Gatti was in trouble a while back due to domestic violence and drink related problems.

[SweetPea]

I think Gatti was in trouble a while back due to domestic violence and drink related problems.

Absolutely. Gatti's problems have been out in the open for a long, long time. Drugs, alcohol, violence towards women, etc. His life outside the ring was a lot like his fighting style inside the ring.... reckless, wild, unpredictable.

Obviously it was a shock when I heard he had died. But if someone had said a year or two ago that Gatti would die young, that wouldn't have shocked me at all.

[Beanflicker]

This was something Floyd alluded to in the build up to their fight.

He said it was hypocritcal that HE was being labelled the villian, when Gatti had so many characters flaws himself.

[Deanrw]

This is an interesting tidbit from Arturo's friend.

Jeremy Filosa, a broadcaster and friend of Gatti's, told CTV News everyone in Gatti's circle of friends knew there were serious problems in the relationship.
"She vandalized his car, she threw stuff at him. At one point, she gave him a black eye. People were making fun of him, saying, 'Here's a world champ, and his girlfriend is beating him up,'" Filosa said.

Meanwhile, Gatti's sister Anna-Marie discussed the violent nature of the couple's relationship.


"I think she was planning what she had to do, and she kept my brother from us because we would have seen what was going on...She always provoked fights and she always said, 'I'm gonna kill you, I'm gonna kill you," said Gatti, recalling that the entire family had warned Arturo to stay away from Rodrigues.

[JazMerkin]

Gatti's wife has claimed her innocence

Gatti wife to AP: I'm innocent, will be proven - Boxing - Yahoo! Sports

The more I read, the more it seems that this was pre-meditated

[Nameless]

According to one of the greatest specialists of autopsy and murder case (hired by the family) Michael Baden, médico-légal pathologist in chief of the N.Y.P.D, the brazilian autopsy was way incomplete and flawed and needs to answer MANY details: RDS - La première autopsie était incomplète

[Majesty]

its a bit tasteless if this is the first time this has been mentioned, even sounds like something that would be said to help the wifes case if she did indeed comit the crime

its a truely sad one of the great warriors has ended his life this way

Not really the first time. Mayweather sort of hinted at Gatti's past and present problems that no one wanted to talk about but wanted to make him look like the bad guy by spilling his personal business out there.

Anyway Gatti as a boxer entertained me, what he was as a person is something we'll all never know.

If it comes out that this is turned into a justifiable homicide as in she killed him out of self defense then its gonna tear his reputation to shreds anymore.

But these stories were out before about him having substance abuse and drug problems and such but it just wasn't as big of news as if lets say Mayweather had done it. It was there but it sort of went unnoticed, sort of like Kendall Holts issues. If a story doesn't make money then people won't cover it like a big deal. But NOW its a big story because there's a lot of talk around his death so NOW all this information is gonna be published like its something new.

Sometimes the media and sportswriters sicken me

[JazMerkin]

its a bit tasteless if this is the first time this has been mentioned, even sounds like something that would be said to help the wifes case if she did indeed comit the crime

its a truely sad one of the great warriors has ended his life this way

Not really the first time. Mayweather sort of hinted at Gatti's past and present problems that no one wanted to talk about but wanted to make him look like the bad guy by spilling his personal business out there.

Anyway Gatti as a boxer entertained me, what he was as a person is something we'll all never know.

If it comes out that this is turned into a justifiable homicide as in she killed him out of self defense then its gonna tear his reputation to shreds anymore.

But these stories were out before about him having substance abuse and drug problems and such but it just wasn't as big of news as if lets say Mayweather had done it. It was there but it sort of went unnoticed, sort of like Kendall Holts issues. If a story doesn't make money then people won't cover it like a big deal. But NOW its a big story because there's a lot of talk around his death so NOW all this information is gonna be published like its something new.

Sometimes the media and sportswriters sicken me

Agree with almost all of that, apart from comparing it with Holt. Gatti's personal life was ignored because he's a likeable guy & because of what an exciting fighter he is. Kendall Holt's get ignored because frankly there's not enough people who give a sh*t. The more popular (not famous) a fighter, the less heat he will get, Mayweather had some allegations against him that weren't even proven that he got way more crap for than any of these guys for whom there were much more solid allegations. It's also related to the profile someone keeps, Hatton contrary to what he likes to portray likes to live a very unhealthy lifestyle in the full glare of the media between fights hence it always being brought up & in the press becoz he's happy to be seen drunk & lookin like he's auditioning for the lead in the John Candy biopic. Cotto doesn't live that much healthier a lifestyle, however he's smart enough to not be doing it in the glare of the media or inviting people round to watch him get drunk. Obviously none of that is to the extremes of this case, but that's basically why some stuff gets reported & others don't IMO.

[Howlin Mad Missy]

its a bit tasteless if this is the first time this has been mentioned, even sounds like something that would be said to help the wifes case if she did indeed comit the crime

its a truely sad one of the great warriors has ended his life this way

Not really the first time. Mayweather sort of hinted at Gatti's past and present problems that no one wanted to talk about but wanted to make him look like the bad guy by spilling his personal business out there.

Anyway Gatti as a boxer entertained me, what he was as a person is something we'll all never know.

If it comes out that this is turned into a justifiable homicide as in she killed him out of self defense then its gonna tear his reputation to shreds anymore.

But these stories were out before about him having substance abuse and drug problems and such but it just wasn't as big of news as if lets say Mayweather had done it. It was there but it sort of went unnoticed, sort of like Kendall Holts issues. If a story doesn't make money then people won't cover it like a big deal. But NOW its a big story because there's a lot of talk around his death so NOW all this information is gonna be published like its something new.

Sometimes the media and sportswriters sicken me

Agree with almost all of that, apart from comparing it with Holt. Gatti's personal life was ignored because he's a likeable guy & because of what an exciting fighter he is. Kendall Holt's get ignored because frankly there's not enough people who give a sh*t. The more popular (not famous) a fighter, the less heat he will get, Mayweather had some allegations against him that weren't even proven that he got way more crap for than any of these guys for whom there were much more solid allegations. It's also related to the profile someone keeps, Hatton contrary to what he likes to portray likes to live a very unhealthy lifestyle in between fights hence it's ignored. Cotto doesn't live that much healthier a lifestyle, however he's smart enough to not be doing it in the glare of the media or inviting people round to watch him get drunk. Obviously none of that is to the extremes of this case, but that's basically why some stuff gets reported & others don't IMO.

A fair amount of posters share that view. I'm not expecting public figures to be crystal clean in their personal life however I will lose respect for them, the same as if I knew someone personally who acted this way.

I understand if people want to refuse to believe this kind of behaviour because it then calls your judgement in to question and no one really like to be in the wrong. For me it will always taint their memory.