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Ricky Hatton's fight against his demons - as he dies aged 46: How boxer revealed he'd 'reached rock bottom' and wanted to 'drink and drug himself to death'

The champion boxer, who was found dead in Manchester yesterday morning aged just 46, told the BBC in 2022: 'I was suicidal. I tried killing myself several times'.

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