Ricky Hatton: 'I tried to kill myself several times'

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Just throwing it out there, but... could he be suffering from CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy)?

It's now a recognized brain disease suffered by some former NFL players, which in some cases has resulted in these ex-players committing suicide.
This was the basis for the 2015 movie "Concussion."

I wrote a long piece on this very same subject. Remember Daz Southerland, and Valero, and even Arguello. Ricky Womack was the classic case Depression is a terrible thing, CTE in football has resulted in a terrible toll of suicides. CTE is horrific.
Here is the article which appears on another site: http://www.thesweetscience.com/forums/showthread.php?272163407-Concussion-Now-It’s-Boxing’s-Turn