In a discovery that has rocked both the Hatton family and the wider British public, investigators have confirmed that a sealed DNA test found inside Ricky Hatton’s private safe proves the child he raised for years was not his biological son.
The shocking revelation was uncovered during a forensic review of Hatton’s personal effects, following renewed legal proceedings over his estate. Inside a locked compartment of the safe — located in his Manchester home — detectives found a single white envelope marked “Private — For My Eyes Only.”
According to a source close to the investigation, the envelope contained a certified paternity report from a private London laboratory dated several months before Hatton’s death. The results, investigators say, leave “no room for doubt.”
“The DNA test was authentic, properly sealed, and officially signed,” one investigator confirmed. “It proves the child Ricky had long believed to be his own was not biologically related to him.”
What has stunned the nation even more is the alleged identity of the child’s biological father — a man well known within the British boxing community. While authorities have not released a name publicly, multiple insider sources suggest that the individual once had a close professional and personal connection to Hatton himself.
“When the family learned who the father was, there were tears, anger, and disbelief,” a family confidant told reporters. “Ricky had trusted this person completely.”
The discovery of the paternity report has now become central to the ongoing legal dispute over Hatton’s estate, as lawyers representing the family have requested further verification and a full inquiry into when and how the DNA test was conducted.
Hatton’s parents have reportedly expressed “utter devastation” over the finding, describing it as “the final heartbreak in a story already filled with loss.”
“He adored that boy more than anything,” said a close friend of Hatton’s. “For him to have learned this before he died… it’s unbearable to think about.”
Authorities are continuing to trace who else may have had access to the safe and whether Hatton himself had shared the information with anyone before his passing.
For now, the discovery has opened yet another haunting chapter in the unraveling mystery surrounding the boxer’s final days — and the truth that may have been too painful for him to face while he was alive.