Boxing News 2010: Ricky Hatton: 'I was unable to cope'

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LONDON -- Former world champion Ricky Hatton has blamed his struggle with retirement for his binge drinking and drug use.

Hatton was admitted to a rehab clinic after the News of the World published a video last weekend that appears to show him snorting cocaine. His spokesman later confirmed the drug use.

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