LONDON:
Former world boxing champion Ricky Hatton has died aged 46, Britain’s Press Affiliation information company reported Sunday.
Hatton was discovered lifeless at his residence in Hyde, northwest England. Higher Manchester Police stated they weren’t treating the demise as suspicious.
A police spokesman stated: “Officers have been known as by a member of the general public to attend Bowlacre Highway, Hyde, Tameside, at 6:45 am (0545 GMT) as we speak (Sunday) the place they discovered the physique of a 46-year-old man. There will not be at present believed to be any suspicious circumstances.”
Hatton received world titles at light-welterweight and welterweight and his aggressive model made him one of the crucial standard British boxers of his technology.
Notable opponents together with Kostya Tszyu, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.
Hatton was frank in regards to the psychological well being issues he endured following his retirement from the ring.
In July, he introduced he would make a return to boxing in an expert bout in opposition to Eisa Al Dah in Dubai in December.
Britain’s former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury paid tribute to Hatton.
“Rip to the legend Ricky Hatton might he rip,” Fury posted on Instagram.
“There’ll solely ever be 1 Ricky Hatton. Cannot imagine this so younger.”
One other former world champion, Britain’s Amir Khan, described Hatton on X as a “mentor, warrior and one in every of Britain’s biggest boxers”.
Khan added: “As fighters, we inform ourselves we’re robust — we prepare, we sweat, we take hits, we stand up. However generally the toughest battle occurs in silence, within the thoughts.
“Psychological well being is not weak spot. It is a part of being human. And we should discuss it. We should attain out. We should lean on one another.
“Ricky, thanks for all the pieces. On your fights, your moments of glory, your grit. Thanks for pushing us, exhibiting us what’s potential.
Matchroom Boxing stated: “(We’re) saddened to listen to the information of Ricky Hatton’s passing. Our ideas and condolences are with Ricky’s family and friends at this tragic time. There’s just one Ricky Hatton.”
