{"id":138745,"date":"2025-09-15T11:20:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T11:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/138745\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T11:20:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T11:20:18","slug":"boxing-great-ricky-hatton-dies-at-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/138745\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing great Ricky Hatton dies at 46"},"content":{"rendered":"

RIP Ricky<\/p>\n

12:52, 14 Sep 2025Updated 12:52, 14 Sep 2025<\/p>\n

Ricky Hatton pictured at The Britannia Stadium in 2009<\/p>\n

Former world boxing champion Ricky Hatton has died at the age of 46. Ricky was found dead at his home in Greater Manchester.<\/p>\n

Greater Manchester Police said they are not treating the death as suspicious.<\/p>\n

A police spokesperson said: \u201cOfficers were called by a member of the public to attend Bowlacre Road, Hyde, at 6.45am today where they found the body of a 46-year-old man. There are not currently believed to be any suspicious circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ricky won world titles at light-welterweight and welterweight and his all-action style made him one of the most popular fighters in the first decade of the new century. He rose through amateur and domestic levels to pit his wits against the best boxers of his generation including Kostya Tszyu, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.<\/p>\n

Ricky Hatton pictured with Phil Taylor in 2009<\/p>\n

Ricky\u2019s down-to-earth demeanour also endeared him to fans across the world, and he was open about the mental health issues he endured upon his retirement from the ring.<\/p>\n

He overcame a fallout with his family and a court case with his former trainer Billy Graham to become a successful trainer, coaching Zhanat Zhakiyanov to a world bantamweight title win in 2017.<\/p>\n

Ricky announced in July that he would make a return to boxing in December in a professional bout against Eisa Al Dah in Dubai.<\/p>\n

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