Former boxing world champion Ricky Hatton died by suicide last month, according to coroner's court testimony on Thursday in England.

Paul Speak, manager for the 46-year-old Hatton, said he found his client unresponsive on the morning of Sept. 14 at his home in Hyde, Greater Manchester.

"The provisional cause of death is given as hanging," senior coroner Alison Mutch said during a brief hearing, part of an inquest into the popular fighter's death. She adjourned the inquest until March 20.

Hatton was last seen by his family on Sept. 12, two days before his body was found. He had been scheduled for an event on Sept. 13 but did not show up.

Hatton had been open in the past about his battles with depression, telling the BBC in 2016 that he had tried to kill himself "several times."

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