Deaths on July 11

Arturo Gatti, Italian-Canadian boxer (b. 1972)

Arturo Gatti (April 15, 1972 – July 11, 2009) was an Italian Canadian professional boxer who competed from 1991 to 2007. A world champion in two weight classes, Gatti held the IBF junior lightweight title from 1995 to 1998, and the WBC super lightweight title from 2004 to 2005. He also participated in The Ring magazine's Fight of the Year a total of four times (1997, 1998, 2002, and 2003). He announced his retirement on July 14, 2007. After his death in 2009, Gatti was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame on December 10, 2012, in his first year of eligibility, becoming the tenth Canadian boxer to be so inducted.Gatti was born in Calabria, Italy, and raised in Lazio, a region of central western Italy, before moving to Montreal, Canada. Gatti eventually relocated to Jersey City, New Jersey as a teenager where he found a manager he trusted and decided to turn pro. He returned to Montreal after retiring from boxing to work in real estate.He died under mysterious circumstances in 2009, with his wife first being arrested for homicide and then released after an autopsy done in Brazil ruled his death was a suicide.