BOXER'S LOSS LEAVES US HEARTBROKEN

I MET Ricky Hatton at his vast pad in Hyde that he named Heartbreak after a song by his favourite singer, Elvis Presley.

- by JOHN WARD

He showed me around, laughing as he proudly pointed to his carp pond, pool table, home bar with its own Guinness tap, and his swimming pool with the crest of his beloved Man City on the floor tiles. But as we sat and talked, he broke down as he revealed the demons that had flooded his brain and led him to thoughts of suicide.