{"id":198717,"date":"2025-10-08T23:38:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T23:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/198717\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T23:38:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T23:38:07","slug":"jake-paul-shares-emotional-tribute-to-arturo-gatti-jr-after-promising-boxers-tragic-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/198717\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul shares emotional tribute to Arturo Gatti Jr. after promising boxer&#8217;s tragic death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jake Paul and many boxing stars are mourning the tragic death of Arturo Gatti Jr.<\/p>\n<p>The boxing world is collectively mourning after the news broke that Arturo Gatti Jr., the 17-year-old son of the legendary boxing legend, passed away on Wednesday. The WBA confirmed the news of Gatti\u2019s passing in a recent statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe WBA and the boxing world mourn the passing of Arturo Gatti Jr. His journey was just beginning, yet his spirit will live on \u2013 now reunited with his legendary father among the stars,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WBABoxing\/status\/1975987113545101664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1975987113545101664%7Ctwgr%5E969433541a76b7621aeaa7b074af0c5f3f93cf8d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fboxing%2Fstory%2F_%2Fid%2F46534087%2Farturo-gatti-jr-son-late-boxing-legend-dies-17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">statement<\/a> read.<\/p>\n<p>Gatti was found dead in Mexico at his residence, where he lived with his mother, Amanda Rodrigues, the widow of his legendary father. As of this writing, Gatti\u2019s cause of death is unclear.<\/p>\n<p>A promising amateur prospect, Gatti hoped to compete in the upcoming Olympic Games before turning professional. Jake Paul was one of several top boxing stars to take to social media to react to Gatti\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Jake Paul reacts to Arturo Gatti Jr.\u2019s death at age 17<\/p>\n<p>In a recent post to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jakepaul\/status\/1976049980033859735\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X<\/a>, Paul reacted to the tragic news.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRIP to Arturo Gatti Jr. Very sad to see a young man with so much potential lose his life and do so like his legendary father,\u201d Paul tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay they conquer together up above.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gatti\u2019s father passed away due to suicide in 2009, after Rodrigues was initially charged with being complicit in his death.<\/p>\n<p>Paul is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/jake-paul\/jake-paul-vs-gervonta-davis-fight-moved-floridageorgia-commission-dumbest-thing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">preparing to fight boxing superstar Gervonta Davis<\/a> in his boxing return next month in Miami, Florida. It\u2019ll mark his second fight since defeating heavyweight boxing legend Mike Tyson last year.<\/p>\n<p>Gatti\u2019s bodyguard, Chuck Zito, reacted to the news on Wednesday by saying the 17-year-old was \u2018found hanging in an apartment in Mexico\u2019. As of this writing, Gatti\u2019s death remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story, and we\u2019ll bring you new details surrounding Gatti\u2019s death as they become available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jake Paul and many boxing stars are mourning the tragic death of Arturo Gatti Jr. The boxing world&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[98067,703,49,48,5277,82],"class_list":["post-198717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-arturo-gatti-jr","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-jake-paul","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}