Ricky Hatton is dead at 46.
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Tyson Fury, Wayne Rooney, Celebs Pay Homage To Ricky Hatton At Funeral
Thousands of fans -- including several big-name celebs -- lined the streets of Manchester on Friday to pay homage to the late Ricky Hatton.
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Friends & Family Mourn at Ricky Hatton's Funeral
Friends & Family Mourn at Ricky Hatton's Funeral
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RIP.
And the Orange Moron is still walking and breathing…
And the Orange Moron is still walking and breathing…
Richard John Hatton (6 October 1978 – 14 September 2025), also known by nicknames such as "The Hitman", "The Pride of Hyde" and "The People's Champion", was a British professional boxer who competed between 1997 and 2012, and later worked as a boxing promoter and trainer.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Hatton#cite_note-6"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Hatton#cite_note-ret-7"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a> During his boxing career he held multiple world championships in the light-welterweight division, and one at welterweight. In 2005 he was named Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine, the Boxing Writers Association of America, and ESPN.
In 2000 Hatton won the British light welterweight title, followed by the World Boxing Union (WBU) title the following year; he made a record fifteen successful defences of the latter from 2001 to 2004. He reached the pinnacle of his career in 2005 by defeating Kostya Tszyu for the International Boxing Federation (IBF), Ring and lineal titles. This was followed up later that year with a victory over Carlos Maussa to claim the World Boxing Association (WBA) title (Super version), thereby becoming a unified light-welterweight world champion.
Making his welterweight debut in 2006, Hatton won a tough fight against WBA champion Luis Collazo to win a world title in his second weight class. A return to light welterweight in 2007 saw him win the vacant IBF title for a second time, as well as the International Boxing Organization (IBO) title. In the same year, Hatton had his career first defeat against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in an attempt to win the World Boxing Council (WBC), Ring and lineal welterweight titles. This defeat took a severe toll on Hatton's wellbeing, as did a second defeat in 2009 when he lost his IBO, Ring and lineal light welterweight titles to Manny Pacquiao.
I'm not sure if this was mentioned here or not. Hatton's death ruled a suicide.
Ricky Hatton died by suicide, coroner's court told - ESPN https://share.google/k9wWZRu2nUD6mqX8L
Ricky Hatton died by suicide, coroner's court told - ESPN https://share.google/k9wWZRu2nUD6mqX8L
I didn't expect this.
I was expecting it to be an OD considering his history of drug abuse.
You never know what someone is going through
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