MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Ricky Hatton , the former boxing world champion, was found hanged at his home, a coroner's court heard on Thursday.

Hatton was discovered by his manager and long-time friend Paul Speak at his home in Hyde, Greater Manchester, on Sept. 14. Speak drove there to take the 46-year-old former two-weight world champion to the airport for a flight to Dubai where he was due to make a comeback fight in December.

Details of the moment Hatton was found unresponsive were given at a hearing at Stockport Coroner's Court as the inquest into his death was opened briefly and adjourned until March 20.

“The provisional cause of death is given as hanging,” said Alison Mutch, senior coroner for Manchester South.

The court was told Hatton was last seen by his family on Sept. 12 a

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