RIO DE JANEIRO - The Brazilian wife of former Canadian world boxing champion Arturo Gatti has been charged with his murder, police said Sunday.

Italian-born Gatti, who was 37, was found dead Saturday in the holiday flat the couple had rented in the northern Brazilian seaside resort of Porto de Galinhas.

Amanda Rodrigues, 23, was being held in custody in the Atlantic port city of Recife, capital of Pernambuco state, police said.

Gatti was found dead in his bed, strangled with the strap of a handbag. This 23 year old woman was somehow able to strangle a 37 year old boxing champion. Yes, he might have been asleep, but he presumably would have woken up, however briefly, when the strap was tightened around his throat.

Was he drugged? Why did she do it? How could she have done it? DID she do it? What is going to happen to their son? All unimportant. Once again, we see the most relevant detail to the Googling public is the appearance of the woman in question.

Is she hot*?

*Yes.