Ricky Hatton enters rehab..

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c/p from boxingnews24
September 15th, 2010
By Shaun Campbell: Another ordinary Sunday morning, then came the news that will have shocked many boxing fans around the globe. Monday evening, Ricky Hatton made one of the toughest decisions of his life, as he checked himself in to a rehabilitation centre to battle his problems with depression, drink, and drugs.


The former world champion’s father Ray gave a emotional interview to sky sports news to slam rumors created by the British newspapers that Ricky had been shouting and screaming at doctors as he entered the hospital. These are simply lies. The Manchester favorite checked himself in, and has said he will not leave until he is better. He’s always been a fighter, and now Hatton faces the toughest fight of his life, but I am in no doubt that he has the character to come back again.

This good luck message to Ricky is not condoning his behavior, it is not making excuses for his choices, nor saying we should ignore it. But we have all made mistakes, and now Ricky is doing his best to try and sort himself out. People seem to forget about all the amazing charity work he has done over the years.

Ricky Hatton is a genuinely good man. He is a man who has struggled to deal with life away from the ring. It was devastating for him to lose in such a way to Manny Pacquiao, and the fact that he could not even say goodbye to his fans. There is not that the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBC) could suspend his promoters license, to them I’d say Ricky has suffered enough. He should not be allowed to fight ever again, and to tell a fighter that is painful enough.

The losses in the ring are not important. Carol, Ray, Matthew and Campbell Hatton, Jennifer Dooley, and all the rest of Ricky’s family and friends are only conerned that he comes out of rehab happy, and healthy.

His family, friends and loyal fans will stand by him. He is not the first, nor will he be the last to struggle to adapt to life out of the spotlight. I don’t feel it necessary to speak about the issues, as we have all heard them. This is simply a good luck message to Ricky Hatton, as I wish him all the best on his road to recovery

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The horrible truth about drug addiction is that there is no cure. The damage to the brain of addiction is permanent and irreversible. And it is not a disease as some supporters of "rehabilitation institutions" may claim. It is simply the result of making a poor conscious choice.

As fully supportive his friends and families are, his descend into the pit of addiction is tragic. His best hope is to achieve abstinence. That is the objective of rehabilitation. But statistics indicate that only less than 5% of addicts remain abstinent after 60 months. Recurrence of the addiction is a staggering 90%+ probability.

This ends his boxing career. He would be a "high risk" for self-destruction.

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The horrible truth about drug addiction is that there is no cure. The damage to the brain of addiction is permanent and irreversible. And it is not a disease as some supporters of "rehabilitation institutions" may claim. It is simply the result of making a poor conscious choice.

As fully supportive his friends and families are, his descend into the pit of addiction is tragic. His best hope is to achieve abstinence. That is the objective of rehabilitation. But statistics indicate that only less than 5% of addicts remain abstinent after 60 months. Recurrence of the addiction is a staggering 90%+ probability.

This ends his boxing career. He would be a "high risk" for self-destruction.

Maybe Ricky's removal from the spotlight and the bad beating from Pacquaio developed severe addiction issues.But i highly doubt it..But it seems he's throwing in the towel..And what no better place to do it at than rock bottom..GL Ricky.

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C/P
By James Weatherup

These are the pictures that will rock the world of boxing - bloated former world champion Hatton snorting line after line of cocaine.


First the sporting legend casually takes out a wrap of the drug he has hidden in his SHOE.


Then he pours the white powder on to a table top before cutting it into three massive lines with a credit card. Finally he expertly hoovers them up his nose through a rolled up £20 note.



The shameful images of 31-year-old national hero Ricky, nicknamed The Hitman for his ring victories, were captured at a Manchester hotel two weeks ago.


And this was one bout in which the two-times world welterweight supremo got really hammered - knocked out by a marathon 10-hour bender including SEVEN lines of coke in THREE separate drug sessions, 11 pints of Guinness, four vodkas, two glasses of wine and several Sambucas.


His fall from grace - just months after hanging up his gloves - will stun millions of fans around the world, the many charities who rely on him, his loyal fiancée Jennifer Dooley and his nine-year-old son.


Our sensational revelations follow concerns voiced to the News of the World by well-placed sources that Ricky - who earned an estimated £50 million and a coveted MBE during his glittering career - has been acting erratically in recent months.




Shamed boxer pours powder on hotel table
One told us: "Hatton has been partying hard and is an accident waiting to happen. For a professional sportsman it's totally unbelievable what he's doing to his body. He needs help and quickly."


Today Ricky faces his biggest fight yet - to get his life back on track.


Fellow fighter Emma Bowe is the close pal who witnessed Hatton devouring cocaine in her hotel bathroom and bedroom. And last night she told us: "I'm only talking about this because Ricky is a danger to himself. If he carries on like this he'll kill himself.


"I'm really, really worried for him, especially if he tries to make a comeback in the ring as he's hinted - he could have a heart attack."


Emma, 29 - the current Irish national senior women's boxing champ - told us how she flew from Dublin into Manchester to attend a cage fighting event with Hatton.




Hatton cuts coke into lines with credit card
But the ring star's drink and drug binge was already underway by 5.20pm when he turned up at Emma's hotel, just a 10-minute cab ride from the home he shares with Jennifer.


Wearing a black Ben Sherman shirt and casual trousers, he made his way to his pal's room. She said: "The event at Altrincham Leisure Centre began at 7pm but Ricky had said he wanted to meet me at five. When he arrived in my room he told me he'd had two pints of Guinness in his local. As I was ready we went downstairs for drinks in the bar.


"There was a wedding function taking place and everyone descended on Ricky, plaguing him for photographs and autographs. After another two pints of Guinness we left for the fight and we got the same reception there.


"Security men ushered us to a ringside seat and the event was being televised by Sky. But Ricky seemed agitated and kept saying, 'Stay with me! Don't leave my side!'




Ricky Hatton snorts the drug through a rolled-up banknote
"I noticed he kept disappearing to the toilets - at least four times in two hours - and I now suspect he was taking coke because when he came back he was very alert and perky."




PROUD MOMENT: Ricky gets MBE at Palace with Jen
After the event Hatton downed a few more pints at the bar then left with Emma at 11.30pm, heading by cab for local nightclub Suburbia.


But on the way Hatton had other things on his mind - an urgent return to Emma's hotel room and at 12.21am it was time for COKE SESSION No 1.


She said: "Ricky told me he had something to do in the bathroom. That's when he went inside and snorted a line of cocaine off the toilet lid. I'd never seen him do that before, but it didn't surprise me because I'd met him nearly a year ago in Dublin and saw him accidentally produce a cocaine wrap when he was fiddling about trying to find his hotel key. My suspicions were confirmed.


"Anyway he left the bathroom door wide open and I saw everything while I was touching up my make-up. He used the hard end of a Clinique tube to cut the powder.


"I was dumbstruck and felt bitterly disappointed. Ricky was my hero and to see him abusing drugs was such a letdown. He was a real role model, I didn't expect that of him."


The pair then went to the club in Hale where Emma said Hatton's behaviour became increasingly erratic. The fight star sank pint after pint before moving on to vodkas and white wine, ending with a few Sambucas.


"At that point Ricky and I were getting along really well," said Emma. "But when I started talking to some of the cagefighters who came along too, he turned funny.


"He kept asking people where I was and told them he was going back to the hotel. I jumped into the next taxi and found him standing on the steps of my hotel. I told him I'd just got caught up in conversation with the fighters and their wives and he seemed OK about it. But it told me how paranoid he has become."


Back in the safety of Emma's room Hatton settled himself down for COKE SESSION No 2. "This time it was in the bedroom," said Emma. "He laid out three huge lines, really industrial quantities. I watched him all the time. He went to the dressing table and cut them up with a credit card, really fat lines of coke.


"Then he rolled up a £20 note, put it to his nose and snorted up three lines of cocaine, one after the other. I was really taken aback. He told me it only stayed in the system for three days."


The shameful moment was captured on video camera, with Hatton's watch showing the time as 2.45am.



But less than an hour later Hatton needed more - COKE SESSION No 3.


The video evidence reveals how he returned to the dressing table at 3.40am, cut up another three lines of the powder and again used a banknote to noisily snort it up his right nostril. But after sucking up two lines the fighter turned southpaw - and switched to his left nostril for the third. Emma said he then drifted off into a drug and booze fuelled sleep at about 6am, waking around 8.30am when he was called on his mobile by fiancée Jennifer.


The ex-champ has not fought since being knocked out in two rounds by Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas in May 2009. But Emma's testimony and our video footage will shock the sport's authorities, who renewed Hatton's boxing licence in July, sparking speculation he might make a comeback.


A potential superfight against Amir Khan, the WBA light-welterweight champion was thought to be on the cards. But now Hatton is looking at big trouble. The maximum sentence for possession of a Class A drug like cocaine is seven years in prison and an unlimited fine.


And boxers caught taking drugs, or convicted of drug offences, are in breach of the British Boxing Board of Control's regulation 25. They face being suspended, fined and having their licence withdrawn.


Ironically photos of Hatton have been emblazoned on taxis all over Manchester promoting the Crimestoppers campaign, urging the public to shop lawbreakers.


Last night whistleblower Emma insisted: "I'm doing this for Ricky's own good. I hope he gets help and advice before cocaine destroys him."

Hatton's family last night vowed to be help him cope with his drugs shame. A source close to them said: "This has come as a shock to the family. It is a loving family. We will stand by Ricky."