Comments Thread For: Ricky Hatton Reveals: I Tried To Kill Myself Several Times

[ShoulderRoll]

I hope he is getting the help he needs. Definitely would be nice if boxers had some kind of association to look after their wellbeing when they retire.

[OctoberRed]

A Pacquiao knockout will do that to you

[whatismyname]

a bunch of pieces of ****s on NSB as usual...with a few exceptions. Get well Hatton

[-Kev-]

Man why is Hatton so weak from a loss to Pac? I think he just suffers from depression, he's prone to it and that loss triggered it.

Last I read from Paul Williams, who suffered a similar TKO, and plus suffered a career ending accident and was wheelchaired, he was all smiles.

Hatton's issue is definitely a sickness, it's depression. Whether he won or lost to Pac he would still be depressed from something else or some other loss or something else that went wrong in his life.

[bluepete]

More money than he can spend and a beautiful healthy child, while people around him sink into real poverty and despair. Yet taking drugs was the best thing he could think of doing with his life.

[hugh grant]

You've achieved so much you should be proud of everything. Don't ki!l yourself. That would upset many

[stefjonno1]

Maybe if you stopped drinking you wouldn't be on about topping yourself all the time. It's sad that Ricky was once a hero to kids in the UK, now he's just an alcy coke head who is always talking about depression and suicide. Changed days.

[Randall Cunning]

I don't know about soccer players (footballers), but in American football, the NFL, the negative effects of the sport have only recently been discussed as a major problem. Greats like Mike Webster of the Steelers and Junior Seau of the Chargers were reduced to nothing after their playing days were over. Webster was living out of his car and died at age fifty of a heart attack. Seau took his own life at age forty-three. Taking blows to the head for a living just isn't conducive to mental health.

Kind of but not the same, not to be mixed with, both should be looked at more. Anything detrimental involved with sports should be looked at, but youre talking concussions.

This is to do with bringing someone back down to reality that was a star. Imagine going out fighting in Vegas and a couple of years no one gives a **** about you, all they'll do is buy you a drink which adds to the problem. UK Football is riddled with it, no way of coming out of the sport

[BostonGuy]

Who gives a **** about this attention seeking diva. If you going to kill yourself do it or don't but don't drag ppl into your toxicity

Oh, **** you. I'm glad Hatton is speaking openly about mental illness - a lot of boxers and people in general suffer from depression, anxiety and other mental disorders - it's good when a celebrity opens up and tries to bring awareness to it.

[Chrismart]

Depression is no joke. It takes so many lives every year. People are often reluctant to speak out about their problem for fear of ridicule and/or accusation.

It's a problem that seems to be growing. Hopefully if people like Hatton and other celebs open up about it and reach an audience that others can't, it may encourage others out there to realize it's nothing to be ashamed about, and seek the help they need.