British boxer Ricky Hatton has died at age 46, the BBC reported on Sunday.
Hatton was a former world champion boxer and had been resulting from make a comeback in December this 12 months.
Referred to as the Hitman, Hatton gained a number of world titles and was the person who ended Kostya Tszyu’s unbeaten run in 2005.
He had an ideal 43-0 report till he was floored by Floyd Mayweather Jr in Las Vegas in 2007 and was by no means the identical once more.
Hatton’s second loss got here in 2009 when Manny Pacquiao knocked him out.
He retired in 2012 and went on to talk overtly about his struggles with melancholy and alcohol.
“I used to be coming off the rails with my ingesting and that led to medication. It was like a runaway prepare,” he informed BBC radio in 2016.
Larger Manchester Police mentioned in an announcement {that a} physique had been discovered on Sunday morning at an tackle in Hyde within the northern English metropolis.
“The loss of life is just not being handled as suspicious,” the police spokesperson mentioned.
“A real champion, an indomitable spirit, and a legend of the game,” the World Boxing Affiliation mentioned in an announcement.
“Your legacy will dwell on in each combat and within the hearts of boxing followers around the globe.”
Fellow former world champion Amir Khan mentioned the UK had not solely misplaced “one in all Britain’s best boxers, however a pal, a mentor, a warrior”.
“As fighters, we inform ourselves we’re robust — we prepare, we sweat, we take hits, we rise up,” he wrote on X.
“However typically the toughest combat occurs in silence, within the thoughts.
“Psychological well being is not weak spot. It is a part of being human.
“And we should speak about it. We should attain out. We should lean on one another.”
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