British boxer Ricky Hatton has died age 46, the BBC reported on Sunday.

Hatton was a former world champion boxer and had been due to make a comeback in December this year.

Known as the Hitman, Hatton won several world titles and was the man who ended Kostya Tszyu's unbeaten run in 2005.

He had a perfect 43-0 record until he was floored by Floyd Mayweather Jr in Las Vegas in 2007 and was never the same again.

He retired in 2012 and went on to speak openly about his struggles with depression and alcohol.

"I was coming off the rails with my drinking and that led to drugs. It was like a runaway train," he told BBC radio in 2016.

Greater Manchester Police said in a statement that a body had been found on Sunday morning at an address in Hyde in the northern English city.

"The death is not

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