Ricky Hatton reveals he turned suicidal after loss to Manny Pacquiao – Boxing News
Former WBA welterweight titlist Ricky Hatton has revealed that he turned suicidal after his knockout loss to Filipino fight sensation Manny Pacquiao. Hatton is making his comeback against Ukrainian fighter Vyacheslav Senchenko at the Manchester Evening News
Arena on November 24. The Briton fighter is now on the path to reveal the sufferings he went to that forced him to put on his gloves once again.
“I was near to a nervous breakdown; depression, suicidal,” said Hitman in an interview with BBC Radio Five Live. “Most mornings my girlfriend would have to come downstairs and take a knife out of my hand. I had a knife at my wrists, I was in a really bad
way, just hysterically crying for no reason.”
Hatton, 34, believes he has a lot more to prove in the ring than to be ended by Pacquiao. According to the Briton fighter, his second round knockout defeat at the hands of the eight division former world champion brought him down to the level where he became
an alcoholic.
“I've always liked a little bit of a drink, but my drinking had gone way off the Richter scale. I was having black-outs. And even if I was stone-cold sober, I was trying to kill myself. The real lowest point was when my little girl came along, who is one-year-old
now.”
The former champion further added that he felt disappointed and ashamed of himself, which is one of the driving forces behind his comeback. Hatton was riding an undefeated streak just when the current WBC welterweight titlist Floyd Mayweather struck him
down in round ten. Hatton took the defeat lightly and went onto face Mayweather’s counterpart Manny Pacquiao, only to be knocked out in the second round.
While most of Hatton’s well wishers believe the former champion lost against the two best fighters of our generation and so he should not regret it, the Hitman thinks otherwise. According to Hatton, it is time for him to show the world that he still is the
best in the business as he once was. If Hatton wins his comeback fight, he will be set to go head to head against WBA welterweight titlist Paulie Malignaggi.
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