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Ricky Hatton’s son Campbell said the family have not been able to grieve his father’s death privately but called the support they have had from people a “blessing”.<\/b><\/p>\n
The former world light-welterweight and welterweight champion died last September aged 46.<\/p>\n
Thousands of people lined the route for the boxer’s funeral procession from Hyde to Manchester Cathedral the following month.<\/p>\n
“As a family we’ve not been able to grieve with any privacy and there’s a lot of negatives that have come from that – but if there’s a positive, it’s that people walking down the street say nice things and check up on us. That’s the blessing behind it,” Campbell, who has also boxed professionally, told BBC Radio Manchester.<\/p>\n
“To everyone it’s heartbreaking. Not just Manchester, the whole country and the sport are heartbroken because they have lost Ricky Hatton but it’s just my dad to me.”<\/p>\n
He added: “We were all so proud of the fanbase he had but to see it day to day… It’s nice.<\/p>\n
“It shocked me the most at the funeral when we were in the cars making our way to the cathedral.<\/p>\n
“There wasn’t a part of the route that wasn’t full of people. You couldn’t see a bit of pavement for the three hours we were in the car.<\/p>\n
“We knew how popular he was but to actually see it in front of you was something else and we can’t thank people enough.”<\/p>\n
A special Evening4Ricky is being held at Manchester Arena, a venue where he enjoyed some of the greatest successes of his career, on Sunday, 7 June.<\/p>\n
Campbell said they want the event to be “a celebration and a party” for the much-loved boxer.<\/p>\n
“I think everyone in boxing, if they’re available, they want to be here and that is a testament to the man he was. It’s massive for people,” he said.<\/p>\n
“I think it will be impossible for it to end up being a sad occasion. It’s going to be a great night.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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