The teenage son of late boxing star Arturo Gatti was found dead on Tuesday by apparent hanging , much like his father was in 2009.

Arturo Gatti Jr. “was found hanging in an apartment in Mexico,” according to Gatti’s former bodyguard, Chuck Zito. The younger Gatti was just 17.

Zito on Wednesday announced the news “with a heavy heart” that Gatti Jr., himself a boxer, was discovered “the same way they found his father dead in an apartment in Brazil 16 years ago.”

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Gatti Jr.’s death was also confirmed by Moe Latif, his longtime boxing coach .

“It is unfortunately not a rumor or a joke. Arturo is gone,” he wrote on his Instagram Story. “I’d appreciate if you stop reaching out at this time.”

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