SHAMED boxer Ricky Hatton parties with a violent drug dealer - two months before his career-ending knockout.
The ex-champ, now in rehab for drug and drink problems, was boozing with Damien Ramsey, 38, while he was supposed to be training.
Two months later in May 2009, he was beaten in the second round KO by Filipino star Manny Pacquiao.
Hatton, caught on film by the News of the World last week snorting *******, has not fought since.
A pal of Ramsey said last night: "Ricky and Damien have been friends for four or five years. They always partied. I'm sure it had a lot to do with Ricky's defeat."
The pair were snapped after a Bristol fight night organised by Hatton, 31, before Ramsey was jailed for five years in August 2009.
The crook, from Bristol, was branded "extremely dangerous"after admitting dealing *******.
The pal said: "He was renowned for drugs and violence. There's no way Ricky wouldn't have known."
The ex-champ, now in rehab for drug and drink problems, was boozing with Damien Ramsey, 38, while he was supposed to be training.
Two months later in May 2009, he was beaten in the second round KO by Filipino star Manny Pacquiao.
Hatton, caught on film by the News of the World last week snorting *******, has not fought since.
A pal of Ramsey said last night: "Ricky and Damien have been friends for four or five years. They always partied. I'm sure it had a lot to do with Ricky's defeat."
The pair were snapped after a Bristol fight night organised by Hatton, 31, before Ramsey was jailed for five years in August 2009.
The crook, from Bristol, was branded "extremely dangerous"after admitting dealing *******.
The pal said: "He was renowned for drugs and violence. There's no way Ricky wouldn't have known."
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