The boxer held multiple world titles in a glittering career
12:16, 14 Sep 2025Updated 12:33, 14 Sep 2025
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 23: Former boxing world champion Ricky Hatton during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD3 match between Manchester City and AC Sparta Praha at City of Manchester Stadium on October 23, 2024 in Manchester, England. (Photo by James Gill – Danehouse/Getty Images)
British boxing legend Ricky Hatton is dead. The former boxing champ was found dead at his home in Greater Manchester.
He was 46. A police cordon is in place at his home on Bowlacre Road in Gee Cross, Hyde, the MEN reports.
Greater Manchester Police said a body has been discovered. The death is not being treated as suspicious.
It comes months after he announced his return to boxing with a fight scheduled in December.
Mr Hatton had spoken openly about struggles with mental health and drug addiction.
In a glittering career, he held multiple world championships, as well as UK titles, and was named Fighter of the Year in 2015.
A GMP spokesperson said: “We can confirm that we have found a body at an address on Bowlacre Road in Gee Cross at 6.45am today, Sunday, September 14. The death is not being treated as suspicious.”
On X, tributes poured in. One fan said: “One of the best pound for pound fighters we’ve ever produced.” Another said simply: “Heartbreaking news.”
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