Despite only being in his teens, Arturo Gatti Jr. was regarded as a rising star who could continue his father’s legendary boxing legacy. To become like Arturo “Thunder” Gatti, he had been training hard. Just two weeks before his death, he paid a heartfelt tribute to the legacy he hoped to continue by sharing an AI-generated Instagram photo of himself and his late father in boxing gear. Despite having a simple caption that only included a blue heart and a dove emoji, boxing fans have responded strongly to the image.

The sport was rocked by the news of his passing. Jean Pascal, a former world champion, offered his condolences, saying, “The world has lost another Gatti sixteen years after losing his father. A legend’s son who passed away far too soon.

The loss was made even more painful by the fact that boxing fans and other fighters remarked on Arturo Jr.’s striking physical and fighting similarities to his father. The circumstances surrounding his death are being looked into by Mexican local authorities. Whether it was an accident, deliberate, or the result of foul play has not yet been established by an official report or autopsy, leaving the Gatti family and the boxing community to speculate and consider the remarkable similarities between father and son.