[體育大世界]前拳王阿圖魯加蒂被發現死於巴西的...

前拳王阿圖魯加蒂被發現死於巴西的一家酒店中

來源: The Wall Street Journal 編輯：Vicki

風靡一時的拳王阿圖魯加蒂本週六早晨被發現死於 Galihnas 海邊的一個豪華旅遊勝地。調查人員向美聯社透露這位次重量級拳擊手的屍體在一個度假勝地的酒店房間內被發現，阿圖魯加蒂週五與自己的巴西妻子及一歲兒子抵達該處。目前警方正在進一步調查中，死因仍無法確定。一位當地警察透露阿圖魯加蒂在出事後8小時被人發現。

Former Boxing Champ Gatti Found Dead in Brazil

Former boxing champion Arturo Gatti, one of the most exciting fighters of his generation, was found dead in a hotel room in the posh（豪華的） seaside resort of Porto de Galihnas early Saturday.

Police investigator Edilson Alves told The Associated Press（美聯社） that the body of the former junior welterweight （次重量級拳擊手）champ was discovered in his hotel room at the tourist resort, where Mr. Gatti had arrived on Friday with his Brazilian wife Amanda and 1-year-old son.

Mr. Alves said police were investigating and it was unclear how the 37-year-old Canadian died.

"It is still too early to say anything concrete, although it is all very strange," Mr. Alves said.

A spokeswoman for the state public safety department said Gatti's wife and son were unhurt. The woman declined to give a name in keeping with department policy.

"There were no bullet （子彈）or stab wounds（刺傷） on his body, but police did find blood stains on the floor," she said.

Mr. Gatti first captured the junior welterweight title（初重量級冠軍） in 1995, when he defeated Tracy Harris Patterson（麥蒂哈里斯帕特森） in Atlantic City, N.J. His brawling style and natural charisma made him a fan favorite, and he became one of New Jersey's adopted sons while fighting some of his most memorable（值得留戀的） battles on the Boardwalk.

"His entire boxing career he fought with us, we've known him since he was 17," Kathy Duva of promoter Main Events told The Associated Press. "It's just an unspeakable（無法用語言表達的） tragedy. I can't even find words. It's a horror."

Brazilian boxer and four-time world champion Acelino "Popo" Freitas told the G1 Web site of Brazil's largest television 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, but I didn't know they were in Brazil."

Francisco Assis, a local police investigator, told G1 that Mr. Gatti could have died up to eight hours before his body was found early Saturday.

Keke View：阿圖魯加蒂(Arturo Gatti，以下簡稱加蒂)，綽號雷電(Thunder)，級別次中量級(Welterweight)，國籍加拿大，出生於1972年4月15日，擅使右手，職業戰績爲共48場，40勝(其中31次擊倒)-8負。
加蒂出生於意大利，父母均是意大利人，很小時就移居加拿大並在蒙特利爾長大。1991年起開始居住在美國新澤西洲澤西城。
拳擊界專業人士和拳擊迷認爲加蒂是當今最能使人熱血沸騰的拳手之一。他1996年到1998年連續三年都有比賽被拳擊雜誌評爲爲當年的年度拳賽，他的兄弟喬加蒂(Joe Gatti)也是一位職業拳手。全美汽車比賽協會(NASCAR: National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing)的賽車手小戴爾恩哈德特 (Dale Earnhardt Jr.)是他的朋友之一。