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By Keith Idec
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Joe Gatti stood inside an unofficial shrine to his late younger brother on a beautiful Tuesday afternoon in September.
Behind the bar at Ringside Lounge, a boxing-themed tavern right on Routes 1&9 in Arturo Gatti’s adopted hometown, it is clear Joe Gatti gets along well with its owner, Mario Costa. They’re talking to a couple regulars seated on stools at the end of a long bar, near where a picture of Ida Gatti, the mother of Joe, Arturo and four other children, is prominently displayed.
She is holding one of Arturo Gatti’s championship belts in the photo, taken outside a Montreal church the day of Gatti’s funeral 16 months ago. Ida Gatti would not have approved had she seen what occurred on the other side of this bar a couple weeks earlier.
On a fittingly gloomy, rainy day, Amanda Rodrigues-Gatti, Arturo’s heavily scrutinized widow, walked through that same space with their son, Arturo Jr., in tow. Costa claims her trip to Ringside was arranged solely so that Mike Tyson, Costa’s longtime friend, could meet the son of a fan favorite Tyson admired. [Click Here To Read More]
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Joe Gatti stood inside an unofficial shrine to his late younger brother on a beautiful Tuesday afternoon in September.
Behind the bar at Ringside Lounge, a boxing-themed tavern right on Routes 1&9 in Arturo Gatti’s adopted hometown, it is clear Joe Gatti gets along well with its owner, Mario Costa. They’re talking to a couple regulars seated on stools at the end of a long bar, near where a picture of Ida Gatti, the mother of Joe, Arturo and four other children, is prominently displayed.
She is holding one of Arturo Gatti’s championship belts in the photo, taken outside a Montreal church the day of Gatti’s funeral 16 months ago. Ida Gatti would not have approved had she seen what occurred on the other side of this bar a couple weeks earlier.
On a fittingly gloomy, rainy day, Amanda Rodrigues-Gatti, Arturo’s heavily scrutinized widow, walked through that same space with their son, Arturo Jr., in tow. Costa claims her trip to Ringside was arranged solely so that Mike Tyson, Costa’s longtime friend, could meet the son of a fan favorite Tyson admired. [Click Here To Read More]
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