Gatti's Widow Gets the Fortune

http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slug=capress-box_gatti_fortune-15621243

 

How much of that "fortune" is actually left?

I'd wager the lawyers have most of it by now.

 

I think it should have went to Micky Ward.

 

Can't say Im surprised...The Gatti/ahem, Soprano Family had almost zero evidence that she had anything to do with his demise.
Serious clutching-at-straws, on their behalf.

Good luck to her...

 

Still, you have to figure she's a cunt who's never done anything good in her life. The Gatti family, on the other hand, gave birth to and raised Arturo Gatti.

 

Why do you have to figure that?

 

Because I never saw her come back from the dead to knock out Rodriguez, or go to war with Mickey Ward. ::

I guess it's unfair.

 

Boxers are thick, in the main. Part of what makes them good boxers also makes them lousy thinkers. They have that atavistic strength, speed and resistance, but lack the finesse and process that is required to take care of certain things in life. What little process Arturo had got beaten out of him. He must have been brain-damaged at the end, at least enough to make him flaky and depressed.

 

My friend met Gatti on a movie shoot a few years ago and said he was nice. I reckon he was a swell bloke. ;)

 

He probably was. But was he a good judge of character, especially women? And the damage adds up, the first thing that is affected is character and cognitive skills.

 

Yeah, his family didn't do that either. The closest they came was watching "Lightning Joe" get blasted out in less than 2 minutes. :finger:

 

Joe Gatti :doh:

When you are part of Sven Ottke's highlight-reel-ko's, then...well.....you need to get the fuck out of boxing.

And into Ballet.

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I just hope that JUSTICE was done.

There were reports saying he was drunk, arguing with his wife and almost getting into fights in the streets in beach resort in northern Brazil. Rocks were thrown at him.

Another report is that, the area's height, were he was found hung and dead, didn't even surpass his height.

Obviously his marriage was in serious difficulties. When the spotlight ceases and the sense of purpose gone, it is a struggling time for ex-
athletes.

 

His most recent ex-wife got control of $3.4 million after all legal costs. His first wife already received a $100,000 education fund, also $250,000 in real estate purchase, also another support fund worth $1 million.

 

If anyone has ever loaded his gloves, it was Sven Ottke against Joe Gatti. Guy was downright afraid to take his gloves off in the ring after the bout.

 

Yeah, he was fighting with his wife and then assaulted some guy who tried to intervene.

Not only did an angry mob throw rocks at him, but someone allegedly threw a bicycle at him.

 

Gatti did not kill himself. The more I read about the private investigation, the more it became obvious to me that the simple suicide explanation was not even marginally plausible. However, enough questions were left unanswered that even with a very good forensic scrutiny, there was no compelling evidence of anything except that it did NOT go down as the authorities in Brazil said it did. And I think enough evidence was also presented to also demonstrate that (1) someone else (besides Arturo Gatti himself) was involved in the death, but no idea who it was and (2) the crime scene was contaminated and the investigation was horribly botched from the start.

So what can you do? You know it was fucked up, you know the wife isn't telling the whole story, but there is no way anyone will ever prove any of that in any forum that matters. Add to that the hasty and almost juvenile explanation of the local authorities, the desire to get it done and make it go away as fast as possible, and you have a big fat fucking question mark.

Someone has to get his posthumous money before it's all gone. I suppose a coin-flip would be equitable. I just wish it wasn't the wife, as I think she is the one character in this who was acutely involved in Gatti's demise.

"The killa in Brazil-a". Let this be a lesson to other young wives of rich obnoxious fighters... Brazil is your place, baby... oh but stay out of Venezuela.

 

They should have just left it to their child in a trust fund until they turned 18.

 

No, its better that they gave it to the wife. I hope she spends it and has a good time.

 

Did you guys watch the 48 hours special? I think Gatti killed himself, frankly. Gatti married a whore and gave her the money. I can't see why people have a problem with Gatti killing himself. He suffered heavy brain injuries that result of which is rash thinking and impulsivity. I think Gatti felt a moment of great despair and made a permanent decision.

 

Everybody with half a brain knows gatti committed suicide

 

Except morons like Mickey Rourke, Chuck Zito, The Sopranos, etc, cos of course they all knew what was going on inside Gatti's head. :notallthere:

Fact is, not a single shred of evidence was found that foul-play was involved in this case. None.

 

Thats part of something boxing has never addressed. Guys like Gatti are eulogized and knighted by the boxing establishment, but nobody talks about the reality. Gatti's career ended when a guy with even less talent than Gatti bust his lip open and a known racist and misogynist had to come into the ring to help him. I'd say Gatti was a lock for middle-aged Dementia and he knew it himself. Just look at the hockey deaths, where guys with a fraction of the brain-damage of Gatti went the same way. Gatti killed himself and boxing refused to accept it because it suits us to think that boxing is beyond culpability in any of this.

 

Shutup you are making the rest of us look bad.

 

I have always wished the Federal Government(in the USA) would support a research program for boxing and MMA. I think all people in combat sports should have to submit to neurological exams from the second they turn pro. No point in letting people destroy their brains for free. I have also seen similar damage from people who use massive amounts of drugs. Just for the record, I love drugs although I am too old for them now. I don't mean moderate drug use. I mean pass out and shit your pants use.

 

Mickey Rourke. A poster boy for self-delusion and bullshit. Everybody loved to put their dime up when Arturo was fighting and providing them with an opportunity to be ringside in their best shirt-and-hat combo. Then when the guys career caught up with him, he killed himself.

"Ohh...I was with Arturo right up to the end maaaaannn, he wasn't depressed, he was fine, he was enjoying life, he was looking forward to retirement maaaan, that bitch, that fucking bitch". :wack:

Arturo had brain damage. His fighting days were over. He wanted to rumble-young-man-rumble but all he got was stumble-old-man-stumble.

Arturo quit. Live with it.

 

Agreed. The brain is a delicate organ. Nothing destroys the human body like repetitive trauma. If a golfer can get a bad elbow, if a writer can develop arthritis, then a boxer sure as fuck can get brain damage. The hockey evidence is, it seems, very good anecdotal evidence. I read up on it when the English soccer player Gary Speed committed suicide. Also there was the case of a guy called Jeff Astle who slipped into middle-aged dementia as a result of nothing more innocuous than heading a leather football. He subsequently died as a result of these injuries.

The critical problem is that we don't have the depth. We don't have enough guys fighting. If promoters had more guys on their cards they might feel more willing to tell a certain fighter to to quit. Give him a job training new fodder. Instead, they get a "big name" and let him fight to the bitter end.

 

It is becoming the cause of the day in American Football as well. Andre Waters was once of the best and craziest players in the NFL. He killed himself and at autopsy they saw how much damage was done to his brain with a helmet on!! It stands to reason it is far worse without one.

 

A helmet doesn't stop the brain from snacking the inside of your skull.

 

I believe the body armor in football causes as many injuries as it prevents. Boxers need to be put on contributory pensions with health care as a mandatory, not an optional. Of course that only solves SOME of the problem, they fight for fun not just cash, for the acclaim and the honour.