{"id":145248,"date":"2025-09-15T15:36:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/145248\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T15:36:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:36:08","slug":"british-boxing-champion-ricky-hatton-dies-at-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/145248\/","title":{"rendered":"British boxing champion Ricky Hatton dies at 46"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(NBC, KYMA) &#8211; British boxer Ricky Hatton, a former two-division world champion, has died at the age of 46.<\/p>\n<p>The World Boxing Association (WBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOlMXgTESxe\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">announced<\/a> Hatton&#8217;s death Sunday saying, &#8220;A true champion, an indomitable spirit, and a legend of the sport. Your legacy will live on in every fight and in the hearts of boxing fans around the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say Hatton&#8217;s body was found at an address in Hyde, England, near Manchester.<\/p>\n<p>Nicknamed &#8220;The Hitman,&#8221; Hatton won multiple light-welterweight titles and the WBA Welterweight World Championship during his 15-year professional career before retiring in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>In the years after he retired, Hatton had been open about his struggle with depression, drinking and drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Police say his death is not being treated as suspicious.<\/p>\n<p>Hatton had been due to make a comeback for an event in Dubai later this year.<\/p>\n<p>BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION<\/p>\n<p>KYMA KECY is committed to providing a forum for civil and constructive conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Please keep your comments respectful and relevant. You can review our Community Guidelines by <a href=\"https:\/\/kyma.com\/about-us\/2022\/07\/15\/community-guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">clicking here <\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you would like to share a story idea, please submit it <a href=\"https:\/\/kyma.com\/share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(NBC, KYMA) &#8211; British boxer Ricky Hatton, a former two-division world champion, has died at the age of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-145248","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}