Former world boxing champion Ricky Hatton — who fought such esteemed opponents as Australia’s Kostya Tszyu, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao — has died at the age of 46.

Britain’s PA news agency reported Hatton was found dead at his home in Hyde, near Manchester.

Greater Manchester Police said they were not treating the death as suspicious.

A police spokesperson said: “Officers were called by a member of the public to attend Bowlacre Road, Hyde, Tameside, at 6.45am today (Sunday) where they found the body of a 46-year-old man. There are not currently believed to be any suspicious circumstances.”

Hatton won world titles at light-welterweight and welterweight and his all-action style made him one of the most popular fighters in the first decade of the new century.

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