India, Oct. 8 -- Arturo Gatti, the 17-year-old son of Canadian boxing icon, passed away after being discovered hanging in an apartment in Mexico.

It was confirmed Tuesday that Arturo Jr. died in the North American nation, barely over 16 years after his father's mysterious death.

Before his unexpected death, the teenager was in Mexico with his mother, Amanda Rodrigues, as per the French-speaking Canadian network TVA Nouvelles. According to reports, a neighbor found him dead.

The heartbreaking news was first revealed on Wednesday by Chuck Zito, a close friend of Gatti's who worked as his bodyguard throughout his career.

American actor and stuntman Zito posted a sequence of images of Arturo Jr. and Sr. on Instagram along with the caption...