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In today’s Mancunian Way we’re going to be paying tribute to Ricky ‘The Hitman’ Hatton following the boxer’s untimely death aged just 46. As you’ll no doubt be aware by now the four-belt world champion was found dead at his home in Gee Cross, Tameside yesterday morning.

After the news broke there was a huge outpouring of emotion from across all walks of life, which told you something about esteem in which Hatton was held. At the peak of his powers he was a ferocious fighter and one of the most popular British boxers to ever set foot inside a ring.

He was relentless in the pursuit of victory - as Roy Keane said yesterday ‘We know how tough that sport is, but my god, he gave everything’ - and none of the 20,000 fans who were at the M.E.N. Arena on that glorious night in 2005 when

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