Ricky Hatton’s long-time manager says ‘I firmly believe he didn’t intend to do it’ as he reveals the horrific moment he found the former boxer dead at his home aged 46
Ricky Hatton’s long-time manager says ‘I firmly believe he didn’t intend to do it’ as he reveals the horrific moment he found the former boxer dead at his home aged 46
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Ricky Hatton’s long–time manager and friend, who found the tragic boxer dead at his home, says: ‘I firmly believe he didn’t intend to do it… he had it all to live for.’
Paul Speak recalled the ‘shock and confusion’ of discovering Hatton at his £1.7million home, where he let himself in before ‘hearing music coming from upstairs’.
Hatton, 46, had arranged to take his daughters Millie and Fearne to see Oasis play, was planning a Christmas holiday to Tenerife and a boxing comeback.
The former world champion boxer had revealed his suicidal thoughts and problems with addiction in the past but his family have said he was in a ‘good place’ before his death.
Speak told Boxing News magazine: ‘The lights weren’t on, which I thought was strange. I thought he’d overslept, but it’s not unusual. People do oversleep.’
‘I heard music coming from upstairs, so I went upstairs… I took a look at him… I had to take some time to process it.
Ricky Hatton died earlier this month at the age of just 46
The former world champion boxer’s body was found by his manager Paul Speak (right) at his home in Hyde, Manchester
A host of tributes were left outside the northern property following Hatton’s passing
‘I was in a state of shock and confusion and loss and many more emotions. Then I called the police and the ambulance.
‘But I firmly believe he didn’t intend to do it. It’s for the coroner to determine, but he had it all to live for.’
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