<p>London: British boxer Ricky Hatton has died at the age of 46, the <em>BBC</em> reported on Sunday.</p><p>Former world champion Hatton won titles at light-welterweight and welterweight, before retiring in 2012. He had been due to make a comeback for an event in Dubai later this year.</p><p>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.</p><p>"The death is not being treated as suspicious," the police spokesperson said.</p>.Ricky gave me a lot of freedom to go out and express myself: Shreyas Iyer.<p>Hatton had 45 wins in 48 bouts over his career but in the years after he retired he said he had tried to kill himself several times and had been open about his struggle with depression, drink and drugs.</p><p>"I was coming off the rails with my drinking and that led to drugs. It was like a runaway train," he told BBC <em>radio</em> in 2016.</p><p>Hatton's best performance came in 2005 when he stopped Australian Kostya Tszyu to add the IBF light-welterweight title to the WBU belt he already held.</p><p>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. </p>
<p>London: British boxer Ricky Hatton has died at the age of 46, the <em>BBC</em> reported on Sunday.</p><p>Former world champion Hatton won titles at light-welterweight and welterweight, before retiring in 2012. He had been due to make a comeback for an event in Dubai later this year.</p><p>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.</p><p>"The death is not being treated as suspicious," the police spokesperson said.</p>.Ricky gave me a lot of freedom to go out and express myself: Shreyas Iyer.<p>Hatton had 45 wins in 48 bouts over his career but in the years after he retired he said he had tried to kill himself several times and had been open about his struggle with depression, drink and drugs.</p><p>"I was coming off the rails with my drinking and that led to drugs. It was like a runaway train," he told BBC <em>radio</em> in 2016.</p><p>Hatton's best performance came in 2005 when he stopped Australian Kostya Tszyu to add the IBF light-welterweight title to the WBU belt he already held.</p><p>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. </p>