Former World Boxing Champion Ricky Hatton MBE has died at the age of 46, the Greater Manchester Police Department confirmed in a statement obtained by the BBC Sunday (September 14).
“Officers were called by a member of the public to attend Bowlacre Road, Hyde, Tameside, at 6:45am today where they found the body of a 46-year-old man. There are not currently believed to be any suspicious circumstances,” the department said.
Hatton held two world championships in the light-welterweight division and one in the welterweight and was named Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine, the Boxing Writers Association of America and ESPN in 2005. The English boxer had a 45-3 career recording with 32 wins by KO in 48 fights, having gone 43-0 before his first loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the MGM Grand in 2007 and retirement in 2012.
“Rip to the legend Ricky Hatton may he rip,” Fellow English boxer and former Heavyweight World Champion Tyson Fury wrote in a post shared on his Instagram account. “There will only ever be 1 Ricky Hatton. Can’t believe this so young.”
Hatton was vocal about his struggles in recent years and became ambassador for the charity Campaign Against Living Miserably in 2023.
“If a boxer can come out and say they’re struggling and crying every day, it’s going to make a huge difference,” he told the BBC in 2020. “Having gone through it, I now see it as my job to help those suffering with mental health.”
Hatton was scheduled to come out of retirement for a middleweight bout with Eisa Al Dah of the United Arab Emirates in December.
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