Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/1 Next image Previous image Toggle captionSkip to navigation Pallbearers carry the coffin of the former world champion boxer Ricky Hatton. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA View image in fullscreen Pallbearers carry the coffin of the former world champion boxer Ricky Hatton. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA Farewell to ‘the people’s champion’: Manchester says emotional goodbye to boxer Ricky HattonFamily, friends and celebrities pack Manchester Cathedral with Liam Gallagher and Wayne Rooney among mourners Tens of thousands lined the streets of Manchester on Friday to pay tribute to Ricky Hatton, the former world champion boxer who died last month aged 46.Hatton was one of the most respected and adored sportsmen of his generation, able to tempt thousands of fans across the Atlantic to America for his fights against the likes of legendary boxers Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. His death at home on 14 September was mourned throughout the world, with a minute’s silence held during the Manchester football derby that was played later that day.Ricky Hatton obituary Read moreHatton’s funeral cortege wound its way through Manchester, with a sea of mourners clapping loudly at every stop and turn on its two-hour route. The procession began at the Cheshire Cheese in Hyde, his favourite pub where he was a regular and a stone’s throw away from his…
Published: October 10, 2025 4:32 pm
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