Ricky HattonDied, the former world boxing champion who became one of the most popular fighters in sports has died. He was 46 years old.

Hatton was found dead in his house in Velika Manchester, CBS News Partner BBC News The British press Association also reported on Sunday.

The World Boxing Association mourned the death of Hatton on Sunday on social media.

“With deep sadness, WBA mourns the passage of Ricky” Hitman “Hatton”, ” WBA wrote. “A true champion, an relentless spirit and a legend of sports. Your legacy will live in every fight and in the hearts of boxing fans around the world.”

Police said death was not treated as suspicious.

“A member of the public has called on police officers to attend Bowlacre Road, Hyde, Tameside, today at 6:45, where they found the body of a 46-year-old man,” police from Veliki Manchester said in a statement to BBC News. “There are no suspicious circumstances at the moment.”

Police would not reveal the identity of the man, but said they were working with his family to provide a press statement.

Hatton’s friends quickly paid tribute on Sunday morning.

“Today we lost not only one of the greatest British boxers, but also friends, mentors, warriors, Ricky Hatton,” former world champion Amir Khan on X.

“Rip to Legend Ricky Hatton May on Rip,” said former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury in Instagram post, with photos of money together. “There will ever be just 1 Ricky Hatton. I can’t believe it so young.”

The news of Hatton’s death comes two months after he announced that he would return to boxing in a professional fight against Eis al Dah in Dubai in December.

Hatton has won world titles in slight weight and velukat.

He became through amateur and domestic level, and at the height of his career he shared a ring with the best boxers of his generation, including Kostya Tszy, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.

Hatton’s ground floor behavior also provided him with fans around the world, and was open to mental health problems that he endured after retirement from the ring.

“Like fighters, we tell ourselves that we are strong – we train, we sweat, we take hits, we get up. But sometimes the hardest struggle happens in silence, in the head,” “Khan added X.” Mental health is not a weakness. It’s a part of a man. And we have to talk about it. We have to turn. We have to rely. “

Hatton’s style of all actions added his popularity. He built a passionate monitoring in the UK before he truly announced on the world stage with his epic victory against Tszy for the IBF World Super Lightweight 2005 IBF World.

Pound by pound, the great Tszya lost only twice before, but was forced to retreat in a chair in front of 22,000 fans in Manchester.

Hatton later described him as his biggest victory, but it was only the beginning of the period when he fought at the top of the sport, and thousands of fans followed him to America for huge fighting.

In the post on X, his former manager, Frank Warren, he described him as “an excellently talented fighter who inspired a generation of young boxers and fans in a way that did very little,” adding that “he will rightly descend as one of the modern greats of this sport.”

Hatton lost his career for the first time against Mayweather to MGM Grand Las Vegas in 2007.

After a sold -out home at Manchester City Stadium a year later, he returned to the top of the sport to take over Manny Pacquiao in 2009, losing in two rounds.

Hatton retired after that defeat, but made an extraordinary return four years later after accumulating weight and withstanding problems with depression and drinking, as well as allegations about drug use.

While lost to Vyacheslav Senchen, the very fact that he managed to return to the ring was considered a personal triumph.

Talking to the BBC 2022, Ricky Hatton talked about his fight with his mental health over the years. After knockout in 2009 he knew his career was over, despite Short -term return in 2012.

“I didn’t have boxing. My career was over. I fell with my parents. I fell with my coach Billy Graham. Then he reached the bottom,” he said. “I just went out to the warrior. It was terrible for people to see.”

He became the ambassador of the campaign for charity for mental health against miserable life in 2023, according to the BBC.

“If a boxer can go out and say he’s fighting and crying every day, it will make a big difference” Explained to the BBC in 2020.

“Going through it, I now see it as my job to help those who suffer from mental health.”

Outside the ring, Hatton was a lifelong fan of Manchester City.

The club said there would be minutes of gratitude for Hatton in Sunday Derby against Manchester United.

“Ricky was one of the most favorite and most respected fans in the city, which will always be remembered for a glittering boxer career that saw him win world titles in the size and slight weight,” City said in a statement. “Everyone in the club would like to send our cordial condolences to their family and friends in this difficult time.”

The announcement of the return of Hatton to Ring later this year followed after enjoying success as a coach, training Zhanat Zhakiyanov on the worldwide victory of the 2017 category.

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