Posted on 10/10/2025 7:38:42 AM PDT by RandFan
Ricky Hatton previously admitted that he tried to kill himself after suffering a defeat to Manny Pacquiao. The boxing legend will be laid to rest today following his tragic death last month.
Hatton was candid about his battles with mental health and addiction and it was in a 2022 interview with the BBC that he disclosed he attempted to commit suicide following his defeat to the Filipino legend in 2009.
Hatton explained: "I was suicidal. I tried killing myself several times. My problems happened when I got beat by Manny Pacquiao in two rounds, which ultimately meant 'Ricky, you need to retire now.'
"I had fell out with my parents, I'd fell out with my trainer Billy Graham, so that is when it go rock bottom. So I just went on the war path. I was suicidal. I tried killing myself several times, couldn't do it. So then I thought to myself I will drink and drug myself to death."
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Very sad.
Needs to have his brain evaluated for CTE.
Good fighter. Vicious left hook to the body.
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