Boxing nice Ricky Hatton died by suicide, an inquest heard on Thursday morning.
An inquest was opened into his loss of life at South Manchester Coroners’ Courtroom with coroner Alison Mutch saying the reason for loss of life.
She instructed the court docket Hatton was discovered unresponsive in his bed room on September 14 by his supervisor and long-time pal Paul Communicate.
The court docket heard some particulars of the invention of Hatton’s physique given by police coroner’s officer Alison Catlow.
The court docket heard Hatton was final seen by his household on September 12 when he appeared “well”.
However the day after he didn’t attend at an occasion as anticipated and on the morning of the 14th his supervisor, Mr Communicate, arrived at his house to take him to Manchester Airport to catch a flight to Dubai for a press convention to formally announce his comeback battle.
Hatton was discovered unresponsive.
Hatton’s loss of life left his household heartbroken and his military of followers surprised.
He was laid to relaxation on Friday, October 12, at Manchester Cathedral. Pals, household, and celebrities lined the streets to pay their respects as his procession handed vital landmarks within the metropolis.
Hatton, nicknamed ‘The Hitman’, held a number of world championships at super-lightweight and one at welterweight throughout a 15-year skilled profession.
His stellar profession included epic fights towards Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, a legendary conquer Kostya Tszyu.
A singular profession
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Boxing commentator Adam delivers a heartfelt eulogy at Ricky Hatton’s funeral
Hatton held a number of world championships within the super-lightweight and welterweight divisions throughout his boxing profession which spanned from 1997 to 2012.
He constructed a passionate fanbase as he rose by the ranks and gained the British super-lightweight title in 2000. His recognition reached throughout sport and past.
In 2005, in some of the memorable nights in British boxing historical past he dethroned the nice Kostya Tszyu to turn out to be a world champion on the MEN Area in his Manchester hometown, which noticed him recognised as the perfect fighter within the division. He then beat Carlos Maussa to unify the IBF and WBA titles.
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‘Money & The Hitman’ – a documentary on the story of the 2007 battle between unbeaten rivals Ricky Hatton and Floyd Mayweather, which noticed hundreds of UK followers invade Las Vegas
Hatton made his welterweight debut the next yr, claiming the WBA title by defeating Luis Collazo. After reclaiming the IBF super-lightweight belt in 2007, he introduced a bunch of supporters over to Las Vegas when he took on one other boxing nice, in Floyd Mayweather. The American famous person handed Hatton the primary defeat of his skilled profession.
He took on the perfect of his period when he returned to Las Vegas to battle Manny Pacquiao in 2009.
Hatton retired in 2011 however made a comeback in 2012, the place he was overwhelmed by Vyacheslav Senchenko. He was resulting from make a comeback later this yr.
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