Boxing: Hatton considered taking his life
Ricky Hatton has revealed he considered suicide after the devastating defeat to Manny Pacquiao.
LONDON:
British boxer Ricky Hatton has revealed he considered suicide after the devastating defeat to Manny Pacquiao which effectively ended his career. “A lot of people say that I tried committing suicide, but there’s a difference between saying it and doing it, though the thought came to me regularly.” Hatton confirmed his retirement in July, more than two years after his one-sided defeat against Pacquiao in Las Vegas in May 2009.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 1st, 2011.
British boxer Ricky Hatton has revealed he considered suicide after the devastating defeat to Manny Pacquiao which effectively ended his career. “A lot of people say that I tried committing suicide, but there’s a difference between saying it and doing it, though the thought came to me regularly.” Hatton confirmed his retirement in July, more than two years after his one-sided defeat against Pacquiao in Las Vegas in May 2009.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 1st, 2011.