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MANCHESTER, England -- Ricky Hatton, the erstwhile boxing satellite champion who roseate to go 1 of the astir fashionable fighters successful the sport, has died. He was 46.
FILE - Boxer Ricky Hatton stands by the transportation earlier Manchester City's English Premier League shot lucifer against Manchester United astatine the Etihad Stadium, Sunday Sept. 22, 2013.
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Hatton was recovered dormant astatine his location successful Greater Manchester, Britain's Press Association reported Sunday.
Police said they were not treating the decease arsenic suspicious.
"Officers were called by a subordinate of the nationalist to be Bowlacre Road, Hyde, Tameside, astatine 6:45am contiguous wherever they recovered the assemblage of a 46-year-old man," Greater Manchester Police said successful a statement. "There are not presently believed to beryllium immoderate suspicious circumstances."
Friends of Hatton were speedy to wage tribute Sunday morning.
"Today we mislaid not lone 1 of Britain's top boxers, but a friend, a mentor, a warrior, Ricky Hatton," erstwhile satellite champion, Amir Khan, posted connected X.
"Rip to the fable Ricky Hatton whitethorn helium rip," erstwhile heavyweight champion Tyson Fury said successful an Instagram post, with photos of the brace together. "There volition lone ever beryllium 1 Ricky Hatton. can't judge this truthful young."
News of Hatton's decease comes 2 months aft the astonishment announcement helium would marque a instrumentality to boxing successful December successful a nonrecreational bout against Eisa Al Dah successful Dubai.
He hadn't fought since losing for the 3rd clip successful his career, against Vyacheslav Senchenko successful 2012.
Hatton won satellite titles astatine light-welterweight and welterweight and astatine the tallness of his vocation shared the ringing with with the champion boxers of his procreation including Kostya Tszyu, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.
"He was not lone a large combatant wrong the ringing but besides a brave and benignant antheral successful life," Pacquiao posted connected X. "Ricky fought bravely, not conscionable successful the ring, but successful his travel done life. He genuinely had a bully fight, and we are each blessed to person been portion of his fantastic journey."
Hatton roseate done amateur and home levels, gathering up an service of passionate fans that followed him to America for his biggest fights.
His down-to-earth charm, arsenic good arsenic his inclination to dramatically summation and suffer value betwixt fights, endeared him to fans crossed the world.
"Devastated. A legend, a warrior, and a large person," said erstwhile Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney connected X.
Hatton was unfastened astir the intelligence wellness issues helium endured upon his status from the ring.
"As fighters, we archer ourselves we're beardown - we train, we sweat, we instrumentality hits, we get up. But sometimes the hardest combat happens successful silence, successful the mind," Khan added connected X. "Mental wellness isn't weakness. It's portion of being human. And we indispensable speech astir it. We indispensable scope out. We indispensable thin connected each other."
Hatton's all-action benignant added to his popularity. He built up a passionate pursuing successful the UK earlier genuinely announcing himself connected the satellite signifier with his epic triumph against Tszyu for the IBF satellite ace lightweight (light welterweight) rubric successful 2005.
Pound for lb large Tszyu had lone mislaid doubly before, but was forced to discontinue connected his stool successful beforehand of 22,000 fans successful Manchester.
Hatton aboriginal described it arsenic his top triumph but it was conscionable the commencement of a play erstwhile helium fought astatine the apical of the sport, with thousands of fans pursuing him to America for immense fights.
In a station connected X, his erstwhile manager, Frank Warren, described him arsenic a "superbly talented combatant who inspired a procreation of young boxers and fans successful a mode precise fewer had done before," adding helium volition "rightly spell down arsenic 1 of the modern greats of this sport."
Hatton mislaid for the archetypal clip successful his vocation against Mayweather astatine the MGM Grand successful Las Vegas successful 2007.
After a sold retired homecoming astatine Manchester City's stadium a twelvemonth later, helium worked his mode backmost to the apical of the athletics to instrumentality connected Manny Pacquiao successful 2009, losing wrong 2 rounds.
Hatton retired aft that defeat, but made a singular comeback 4 years aboriginal aft piling connected value and enduring issues with slump and drinking, arsenic good arsenic allegations of cause use.
While helium mislaid to Senchenko, the precise information helium managed to instrumentality to the ringing was seen arsenic a idiosyncratic triumph.
The British Boxing Board of Control said it was "very saddened" to perceive of his passing.
Outside of the ring, Hatton was a lifelong instrumentality of Manchester City.
The nine said determination would beryllium a infinitesimal of appreciation for Hatton astatine Sunday's derby against Manchester United.
"Ricky was 1 of City's astir loved and revered supporters, who volition ever beryllium remembered for a glittering boxing vocation that saw him triumph satellite titles astatine welterweight and light-welterweight," City said successful a statement. "Everyone astatine the Club would similar to nonstop our heartfelt condolences to his household and friends astatine this hard time."
The announcement of Hatton's instrumentality to the ringing aboriginal this twelvemonth came aft helium had enjoyed occurrence arsenic a trainer, coaching Zhanat Zhakiyanov to a satellite bantamweight rubric triumph successful 2017.
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