Steve Bunce reacted emotionally to Ricky Hatton's death live on radio - just minutes after learning of the boxing legend's shock passing this morning.
The BBC boxing pundit was on Radio 5 Live minutes after the news about the 46-year-old former world champion - who was nicknamed the Hitman - broke.
Bunce spoke at length about the news on the radio from a hotel in Northern Ireland, hours after attending a fight between Lewis Crocker and Paddy Donovan .
The Mirror reports that during the on-air conversation, presenter Steve Crossman checked multiple times whether he was OK to continue after being audibly emotional on several occasions while paying tribute.
Bunce said : "It's an unbelievably shocking piece of news because he was in a really good place. He's had some tro