Support From Fans A 'blessing' For Hatton Family

Ricky Hatton's boy Campbell said nan family person not been capable to grieve his father's decease privately but called nan support they person had from group a "blessing".

The erstwhile world light-welterweight and welterweight champion died past September aged 46.

Thousands of group lined nan way for nan boxer's ceremonial convoy from Hyde to Manchester Cathedral nan pursuing month.

"As a family we've not been capable to grieve pinch immoderate privateness and there's a batch of negatives that person travel from that - but if there's a positive, it's that group stepping down nan thoroughfare opportunity bully things and cheque up connected us. That's nan blessing down it," Campbell, who has besides boxed professionally, told BBC Radio Manchester.

"To everyone it's heartbreaking. Not conscionable Manchester, nan full state and nan athletics are heartbroken because they person mislaid Ricky Hatton but it's conscionable my dada to me."

He added: "We were each truthful proud of nan fanbase he had but to spot it time to day... It's nice.

"It shocked maine nan astir astatine nan ceremonial erstwhile we were successful nan cars making our measurement to nan cathedral.

"There wasn't a portion of nan way that wasn't afloat of people. You couldn't spot a spot of pavement for nan 3 hours we were successful nan car.

"We knew really celebrated he was but to really spot it successful beforehand of you was thing other and we can't convey group enough."

A typical Evening4Ricky is being held astatine Manchester Arena, a venue wherever he enjoyed immoderate of nan top successes of his career, connected Sunday, 7 June.

Campbell said they want nan arena to beryllium "a ceremony and a party" for nan much-loved boxer.

"I deliberation everyone successful boxing, if they're available, they want to beryllium present and that is simply a testament to nan man he was. It's monolithic for people," he said.

"I deliberation it will beryllium intolerable for it to extremity up being a sad occasion. It's going to beryllium a awesome night."