ARTURO GATTI'S WIFE IS CHARGED WITH HIS MURDER!

Brazilian authorities arrested the wife of slain former boxing champ Arturo Gatti on Sunday morning, naming her as a suspect in her husband's murder at a posh seaside resort.
Police arrested 23-year-old Amanda Rodrigues because of contradictions in her story when she was interrogated, police said, explaining that she was "inconsistent and incoherent."

Rodrigues, a Brazilian, could not explain how she spent nearly 10 hours in the room without noticing that Gatti was already dead, authorities said.

A police spokeswoman in Brazil said the former junior welterweight champion was strangled with the strap of a purse, which was found with blood stains at the scene.

The spokeswoman also said that Gatti had a head injury. Cops are preparing a formal charge against Rodrigues, she said.

Rodrigues told police when she woke up around 6 a.m. on Saturday, Gatti, 37, was sleeping in his underpants in the living room. Three hours later, she decided to check on him and discovered he was dead.

Police said Gatti was dead for at least 10 hours before Rodrigues claimed to have first noticed.

The couple was vacationing at the Porto de Galinhas resort in northeastern Brazil - apparently on a second honeymoon. Police say the couple went to a bar on Friday night. Gatti got drunk, according to Rodrigues, and "hit and pushed me," she told police.

Witnesses said the couple was fighting when they returned from the bar Friday night.

Acelino "Popo" Freitas, a four-time world champion Brazilian boxer, told Globo TV's Web site on Saturday that he was a close friend of Gatti and his wife, and that he "knew they were having some sort of problem and were about to separate."

The couple's 1-year-old son, who wasn't hurt, is now with Rodrigues' sister, Saraiva said.

Gatti (40-9, 31 knockouts) was raised in Montreal, but became a star in Atlantic City, where he won his first title. He continued to live in Atlantic City after retiring in 2007.

Nicknamed "Thunder," he won world championships in two different weight classes, at 130 pounds and 140 pounds.