Ricky Hatton was photographed in Marbella's Puerto Banus, Spain, when a horrified fan took the picture.

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British professional boxer Ricky Hatton was photographed looking bloated and sweaty as he struggled to stay upright while pals carried him from a bar after an all-day bender.

Hatton, 31, was in Marbella's Puerto Banus, Spain, when a horrified fan took the picture.

"It was really sad to see. He was such a mess, sweating and hugely overweight," the Sun quoted the fan as saying.

"He was obviously wired on something. It might have been just booze but I doubt it.

"By the end he couldn't stand up. He was clinging to his pals as they disappeared into the night," the fan added.

The picture had been taken a few weeks before the revelation that the boxer had been filmed snorting cocaine while on yet another marathon binge.

Hatton's friends said he has been trapped in a cocaine and booze-fuelled haze for months.

"His coke problem has been getting ridiculous. This wasn't just one party night out on the town. The fact he's being doing cocaine was an open secret among those close to him," a source said.

"In a way we're almost relieved he's been caught out because something had to be done. He couldn't go on like that," the source added.

Hatton, who was secretly filmed as he snorted cocaine through a rolled-up 20-pound note, acknowledged he needed professional help for a problem that had spiralled out of control.

"I've been in a bad place for some time. It's all down to me. I feel I have let everyone down especially all my fans in the country who have always supported me," he said.