The death of boxer Arturo Gatti: Suicide or murder?
To see them together is clear: Amanda Gatti life of her 3-year-old boy, Arturo Jr.
"He's all I asked God," said Amanda "48 Hours Mystery" correspondent Erin Moriarty in his first U.S. television interview. "Junior makes me complete."
In large part, he says, because it is the spitting image of his father ... a man who both are learning to live without it.
"The smile is the same ... just like his dad," he said. "I miss my husband. I miss him when I go to sleep ... I miss him when I wake up ..."
It is a loss even more difficult by the cloud of suspicion surrounding Amanda.
In July 2009, Amanda was arrested for murder and claimed to investigators stunned the world with their discoveries: Arturo Gatti, a world-class fighter who never gave up in the ring, had committed suicide.
"I knew. I knew. I knew," Amanda said in broken English. "My husband committed suicide. Oh my God, my husband committed suicide."
But even today, more than two years after Arthur's death, many friends, family and fans refuse to believe he committed suicide.
In late 2006, Arturo Gatti was crowned welterweight champion and amassed a fortune of several million dollars when, Amanda Rodrigues, then a struggling Brazilian immigrant, said that he knew the dogs walking near his home in New Jersey.
She says she had no idea who he was. "I remember when I learn that he was a fighter, I said ..." Oh ... I thought it was still a movie star ... but not a fighter ... because he was so cute ... ""
"Arturo was very special ... There was nobody like him." According to Tom Casino, a boxing photographer he'd met years before Arthur - shortly after the fight came down from Montreal. "He had the look of this little peanut."
But Arthur, then just 19, had his eye on the prize.
"Did you have any idea what kind of fighter who had become? Moriarty called Casino.
"No, I have no clue," he said. "Not until I saw him fight."
That happened a few months later in an amateur fight 19 years of age, Arthur took a much larger, more experienced fighter.
"The man could not beat him ... is pot-shotting the guy and then BANG suddenly like," said Casino. "He won and I was like 'Wow'. ... I've never seen anything like it. ... I knew this guy was going to be a champion."
And Arturo Gatti did just that - bobbing, weaving and punching his way to three world titles.
He won 40 fights - 31 by knockout. His relentless in the ring Arturo a crowd favorite. And outside the ring party as hard as he fought in it.
"I would get calls that Arthur did something crazy," said Moriarty Casino. "Everyone I met in the tri-state area had a history of the game with Arturo Gatti."
But it was his rivalry with a man who really made him a legend. "Irish" Micky Ward became a household name when actor Mark Wahlberg made a movie, "The Fighter" on Ward's life.
"I had three amazing fights with Arturo Gatti and in doing so became a good friend ..." said.
Ward-Gatti trilogy became the material of the tradition of boxing. Ward won the first fight, Gatti was the second.
"He caught me in the ear and found myself in the corner in this way," Ward showed in the ring of Moriarty, "and I went boom!"
And in his last fight, Gatti stunned the crowd by winning - with a broken hand.
"... Gatti is the poster boy of courage and heart," said Casino.
The battles fought Gatti Ward took the best of both.
"It showed that the two boys, and we can try to fight, win and who respect each other," Ward said.
Video: Micky Ward in his relationship with Gatti
The life and career of Gatti: Photos
Gatti showed that respect after the third fight when a battered room was being examined by an emergency physician.
"And it opens the curtain and says," We have someone here who wants to say hello to you. "The next bed is Arthur ... lying there, I also think he was stitched," Ward recalled.
"Well, put it there," said Moriarty.
"Yes, and I put in place. And the first thing outta his mouth, he says, 'Micky, are you okay?" And he showed me what a child ... What a guy. "
It would be the beginning of an extraordinary friendship.
That's why, to this day, Micky Ward I can not believe that Arthur may have committed suicide. "I can not see him take his own life," said Moriarty. "That's not it! ... Everything in life was going well for him."
In 2006, after nearly two decades in the ring, Arthur met Amanda. In less than a year, sat down, got a bottle of champagne ... "And then he asked me to marry him. ... I think it was one of the most beautiful moments of my life," he said.
Amanda Moriarty asked, "Have you seen him fight with him?"
"I just saw his last fight," she said.
In July 2007, Gatti, now 35 and plagued by injuries, is faced with a much younger Alfonso Gomez. It would last professional fight Arthur.
"And I remember I was so sad ... ... And he says," Baby, I want to be the wife of the champion. "And I said, 'Baby, you'll always be my champion."
Despite his new love, Arturo Gatti Boxing withdrawal was hit hard.
According to Casino "party, as he fought hard and heavy ...."
"48 Hours Mystery" reveals the truth about a man boxing the darkest shadows ... and headed for a fall.
"I knew that if I kept drinking something bad was going to happen," said Casino. "... I was inevitable."
"He's all I asked God," said Amanda "48 Hours Mystery" correspondent Erin Moriarty in his first U.S. television interview. "Junior makes me complete."
In large part, he says, because it is the spitting image of his father ... a man who both are learning to live without it.
"The smile is the same ... just like his dad," he said. "I miss my husband. I miss him when I go to sleep ... I miss him when I wake up ..."
It is a loss even more difficult by the cloud of suspicion surrounding Amanda.
In July 2009, Amanda was arrested for murder and claimed to investigators stunned the world with their discoveries: Arturo Gatti, a world-class fighter who never gave up in the ring, had committed suicide.
"I knew. I knew. I knew," Amanda said in broken English. "My husband committed suicide. Oh my God, my husband committed suicide."
But even today, more than two years after Arthur's death, many friends, family and fans refuse to believe he committed suicide.
In late 2006, Arturo Gatti was crowned welterweight champion and amassed a fortune of several million dollars when, Amanda Rodrigues, then a struggling Brazilian immigrant, said that he knew the dogs walking near his home in New Jersey.
She says she had no idea who he was. "I remember when I learn that he was a fighter, I said ..." Oh ... I thought it was still a movie star ... but not a fighter ... because he was so cute ... ""
"Arturo was very special ... There was nobody like him." According to Tom Casino, a boxing photographer he'd met years before Arthur - shortly after the fight came down from Montreal. "He had the look of this little peanut."
But Arthur, then just 19, had his eye on the prize.
"Did you have any idea what kind of fighter who had become? Moriarty called Casino.
"No, I have no clue," he said. "Not until I saw him fight."
That happened a few months later in an amateur fight 19 years of age, Arthur took a much larger, more experienced fighter.
"The man could not beat him ... is pot-shotting the guy and then BANG suddenly like," said Casino. "He won and I was like 'Wow'. ... I've never seen anything like it. ... I knew this guy was going to be a champion."
And Arturo Gatti did just that - bobbing, weaving and punching his way to three world titles.
He won 40 fights - 31 by knockout. His relentless in the ring Arturo a crowd favorite. And outside the ring party as hard as he fought in it.
"I would get calls that Arthur did something crazy," said Moriarty Casino. "Everyone I met in the tri-state area had a history of the game with Arturo Gatti."
But it was his rivalry with a man who really made him a legend. "Irish" Micky Ward became a household name when actor Mark Wahlberg made a movie, "The Fighter" on Ward's life.
"I had three amazing fights with Arturo Gatti and in doing so became a good friend ..." said.
Ward-Gatti trilogy became the material of the tradition of boxing. Ward won the first fight, Gatti was the second.
"He caught me in the ear and found myself in the corner in this way," Ward showed in the ring of Moriarty, "and I went boom!"
And in his last fight, Gatti stunned the crowd by winning - with a broken hand.
"... Gatti is the poster boy of courage and heart," said Casino.
The battles fought Gatti Ward took the best of both.
"It showed that the two boys, and we can try to fight, win and who respect each other," Ward said.
Video: Micky Ward in his relationship with Gatti
The life and career of Gatti: Photos
Gatti showed that respect after the third fight when a battered room was being examined by an emergency physician.
"And it opens the curtain and says," We have someone here who wants to say hello to you. "The next bed is Arthur ... lying there, I also think he was stitched," Ward recalled.
"Well, put it there," said Moriarty.
"Yes, and I put in place. And the first thing outta his mouth, he says, 'Micky, are you okay?" And he showed me what a child ... What a guy. "
It would be the beginning of an extraordinary friendship.
That's why, to this day, Micky Ward I can not believe that Arthur may have committed suicide. "I can not see him take his own life," said Moriarty. "That's not it! ... Everything in life was going well for him."
In 2006, after nearly two decades in the ring, Arthur met Amanda. In less than a year, sat down, got a bottle of champagne ... "And then he asked me to marry him. ... I think it was one of the most beautiful moments of my life," he said.
Amanda Moriarty asked, "Have you seen him fight with him?"
"I just saw his last fight," she said.
In July 2007, Gatti, now 35 and plagued by injuries, is faced with a much younger Alfonso Gomez. It would last professional fight Arthur.
"And I remember I was so sad ... ... And he says," Baby, I want to be the wife of the champion. "And I said, 'Baby, you'll always be my champion."
Despite his new love, Arturo Gatti Boxing withdrawal was hit hard.
According to Casino "party, as he fought hard and heavy ...."
"48 Hours Mystery" reveals the truth about a man boxing the darkest shadows ... and headed for a fall.
"I knew that if I kept drinking something bad was going to happen," said Casino. "... I was inevitable."
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