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Ricky Hatton, a former boxing world champion in mild weight divisions and Welter weight, has died. He was 46 years old.
Hatton was found dead at home in Manchester, according to the Association of Press. Police said they were not treating their death as a suspicious.
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Ricky Hatton, on the left, from England, lands on the face of Juan Urango, from Colombia, in the fourth round of his Welter weight boxing combat of IBF Jr. in Las Vegas on Saturday, January 20, 2007. (AP Photo/ Jae C. Hong, Archive)
“A public member called the officers to attend Bowlacre Road, Hyde, Tameside, at 6:45 am today, where they found the body of a 46 -year -old man,” said Greater Manchester police in a statement. “It is currently not believed that there are suspicious circumstances.”
The police did not reveal the identity of the man, but said they were working with his family to issue a statement. However, several promotions and combatants of the sports world combat began to launch Hatton in Hatton on social networks.
“Today we lost not only one of the best boxers in Great Britain, but a friend, a mentor, a warrior, Ricky Hatton,” boxer Amir Khan wrote in X. “As fighters, we tell ourselves that we are strong: we will train, we sweat, we take blows, we get up. But sometimes the toughest fight happens in silence, in mind. The mental health is not weak.
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The Boxer Ricky Hatton is next to the match before the Premier League football match in Manchester City against Manchester United at Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, on Sunday, September 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Jon Super, Archive)
“Ricky, thank you for everything. For your fights, your moments of glory, your value. Thank you for pushing, showing us what is possible. To all who read this: if you are suffering or fighting, you are not alone. Speak. Communicate. Because we need more light, more compassion, more compliant.”
Tyson Fury published a photo of him and Hatton together on Instagram.
“RIP to the Ricky Hatton legend can RIP,” Fury wrote in the legend. “There will only be 1 Ricky Hatton. I can’t believe this so young.”
Hatton planned a return fight in Dubai in December.
He won multiple world titles during his career and was appointed fighter of the year in 2005 by Ring magazine, the Association of Boxing Writers of America and ESPN. He had 45-3 in his career with 32 knockouts.
Hatton’s last professional fight occurred in Manchester against Vyacheslav Seunchenko in November 2012. He lost to knockout.
Frank Warren, the former Hatton manager, reminded the boxer as a “magnificently talented fighter who inspired a generation of young boxers and fans in a way that very few had done before.”
Floyd Mayweather Jr., on the left, hits Ricky Hatton, of Great Britain, during his fight for the WBC Welter weight boxing title in the MGM Grand Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas, on Saturday, December 8, 2007. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Archive)
“From the debut (in) Widnes in 1997 see you then win one of the most historical fights in the history of British boxing against Kostya Tszyu in Manchester, Ricky will make them one of the great modern ones of this sport,” he added.
“My deepest condolences are with their family in this horrible moment.”
