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Hatton, a boxing champion in the light welterweight and welterweight divisions, died at the age of 46 on Sept. 14. The ruling by the Stockport Coroner’s Court, which held a hearing in regards to his passing, was, “The provisional cause of death is given as hanging,” senior coroner of Manchester South Alison Mutch found. Per ESPN, the hearing was then adjourned until March 20.
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Hatton Had a Fight Scheduled
On Sept. 17, the Hatton family and his team put out a statement on social media, where they posited that Hatton was “in a good place” before he took his own life. According his family, he was preparing to travel to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to start promoting his comeback fight in December.
He was to face fellow 46-year-old Eisa Al Dah on Dec. 2, as he announced in July. Hatton himself spoke highly about the match, “I’m very much looking forward to it myself. What you’re trying to do over there for boxing in Dubai is fantastic. Hopefully this will be a spinoff for more events for you to have over there and hopefully we can get the ball rolling with a bang.”
In 2012, “The Hitman” hung up his gloves after suffering consecutive losses for the first time in his 48-bout career. The former WBA, IBF, WBC International and The Ring champion across two divisions, his only defeats came against Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao and Vyacheslav Senchenko—the third of those three his final pro boxing match. Hatton’s expected comeback in December was slated to be a professional fight, and it was likely to be held in the middleweight division, higher than where Hatton normally competed.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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