Coroner: Former champ Hatton died by suicide

Former boxing satellite champion Ricky Hatton was recovered hanged astatine his home, a coroner's tribunal heard Thursday.

The 46-year-old was discovered "unresponsive" by his manager, Paul Speak, connected the greeting of Sept. 14 astatine his location successful Hyde, Greater Manchester, the Stockport Coroner's Court was told.

The details were fixed during a little 10-minute proceeding arsenic the inquest into the decease of the fashionable erstwhile boxer was opened and adjourned until March 20 by Alison Mutch, elder coroner for Manchester South.

"The provisional origin of decease is fixed arsenic hanging," Mutch said.

The tribunal heard immoderate details of the find of Hatton's assemblage fixed by constabulary coroner's serviceman Alison Catlow.

The tribunal was told Hatton was past seen by his household connected Sept. 12, erstwhile helium appeared "well."

But connected the greeting of Sept. 14, aft Hatton did not be an lawsuit arsenic expected, his manager arrived astatine his location to instrumentality him to Manchester Airport to drawback a formation to Dubai and recovered him unresponsive.

Hatton's household insisted the erstwhile satellite champion was "in a bully place," a doting begetter and gramps who had plans for the aboriginal including his bags packed for a comeback combat successful Dubai successful December.

His decease near his household heartbroken and his service of fans stunned. A arrogant Mancunian and avid Manchester City supporter, tributes poured successful from crossed the satellite of boxing and the wider sporting community.

Last week, celebrities including Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher, erstwhile England and Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney and his woman Coleen, and boxers Tyson and Tommy Fury attended a memorial service astatine Manchester Cathedral.

Likeable, humble and a joker, Hatton, besides known arsenic "The Hitman," was regarded arsenic a "People's Champion" and adored by thousands of fans. His all-action warring benignant and down-to-earth demeanour made him 1 of the astir fashionable fighters connected some sides of the Atlantic.