Richard John Hatton was born on 6 October 1978 and is a British former professional boxer who competed between 1997 and 2012, and has since worked as a boxing promoter and trainer.
60 Facts About Ricky Hatton
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In 2000, Ricky Hatton won the British light-welterweight title, followed by the World Boxing Union title the following year; he made a record fifteen successful defences of the latter from 2001 to 2004.
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Ricky Hatton reached the pinnacle of his career in 2005 by defeating Kostya Tszyu for the International Boxing Federation, Ring and lineal titles.
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In 2011, Ricky Hatton announced his retirement from the sport, but in 2012, more than three years after his last fight, he confirmed his comeback.
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Ricky Hatton has been lauded as one of the most beloved and popular British boxers of all time, with a raucous fan base that travelled in their tens of thousands across the Atlantic to support him.
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Ricky Hatton found a local boxing club in Hyde to train at.
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Ricky Hatton joined the family carpet business on leaving school, but after he cut four of his fingers with a Stanley knife, his father made him a salesman to prevent him from losing his fingers.
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Ricky Hatton had a short amateur career, in which he won seven British titles and represented his country at the 1996 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships.
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The judge was later found to have accepted a bribe, and disillusioned with the amateur governing bodies, Ricky Hatton turned professional, aged 18.
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Ricky Hatton was based at Billy "The Preacher" Graham's gym in Moss Side, where fellow boxers included Carl Thompson and Michael Gomez.
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Ricky Hatton made his professional debut on 11 September 1997 against Colin McAuley in Widnes at Kingsway Leisure Centre.
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Ricky Hatton won by a technical knockout in first round, while in his second fight he boxed at Madison Square Garden in New York, as part of the undercard to Naseem Hamed vs Kevin Kelley.
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Ricky Hatton then gained the WBA Inter-Continental title following a unification bout against Giuseppe Lauri.
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Ricky Hatton claimed the vacant WBU title in March 2001, having sent opponent Tony Pep to the canvas three times in the process.
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On 5 June 2005, Ricky Hatton defeated IBF and The Ring champion Kostya Tszyu, then widely regarded as one of the top pound-for-pound boxers in the world by a TKO after the Australian failed to answer the bell for the twelfth round.
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Ricky Hatton was a heavy underdog for this fight and the victory announced his entry to the upper echelons of the world boxing scene.
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On 26 November 2005, Ricky Hatton won the WBA light-welterweight title when he defeated Carlos Maussa in the ninth round of a unification bout.
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In December, Ricky Hatton was named the 2005 Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year.
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Ricky Hatton relinquished his IBF title on 29 March 2006 after refusing to fulfil a mandatory defence against number one contender Naoufel Ben Rabah because he intended to move up to the welterweight division.
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Ricky Hatton signed a three-fight contract with Dennis Hobson's fight academy after splitting from long time promoter Frank Warren.
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Ricky Hatton moved up a division to meet American Luis Collazo for the WBA welterweight title which took place on 13 May 2006.
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Ricky Hatton started well, knocking Collazo down in the very first few seconds of the first round, but it turned out to be one of the toughest fights of his career, with some boxing analysts claiming Collazo won the fight, although many thought Ricky Hatton had done enough early on to secure victory, with the knockdown a pivotal point in the fight.
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Ricky Hatton's first fight back at light-welterweight was against then IBF light-welterweight champion Juan Urango for his title and the vacant IBO title on 20 January 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Ricky Hatton ended up winning a twelve-round unanimous decision against Urango to re-capture the IBF light-welterweight title.
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Ricky Hatton won all but one round on all three judges' scorecards.
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In round four, Ricky Hatton landed a "perfect" left hook to the liver, which put Castillo to the canvas.
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Ricky Hatton later claimed that four of Castillo's ribs were broken with this one punch.
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Ricky Hatton agreed to terms on 27 July for an 8 December 2007 welterweight fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
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Ricky Hatton became angry at the referee's decision to deduct a point and turned his back on him.
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Ricky Hatton later claimed he was angered by the referee, which caused him to lose his calm and contributed to his downfall.
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Ricky Hatton did well when he boxed and controlled the range, utilising his jab and dominating a lot of the early exchanges.
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In round eight, Ricky Hatton absorbed a left hook to the chin that wobbled him.
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In round ten, Ricky Hatton was hurt again by a left hook.
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Ricky Hatton fought Paulie Malignaggi of the United States at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on 22 November 2008 for Ricky Hatton's The Ring light-welterweight title.
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Ricky Hatton dominated for all of the fight and defeated Malignaggi by eleventh-round TKO when Malignaggi's trainer, Buddy McGirt, threw in the towel 48 seconds into the round.
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Ricky Hatton fought Manny Pacquiao on 2 May 2009 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
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On 14 September 2012, Ricky Hatton confirmed he would return to professional boxing with a fight against an unnamed opponent scheduled to take place in November that year.
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Ricky Hatton's opponent was later revealed to be Vyacheslav Senchenko.
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Ricky Hatton started the fight the stronger of the pair, but did not time his shots well.
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Ricky Hatton is a passionate supporter of Manchester City, with strong links to the club via his father and grandfather, who are both former players.
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Ricky Hatton once had a trial at City for the youth team.
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Ricky Hatton appeared on the Friday Night with Jonathan Ross show in March 2007.
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Ricky Hatton received the MBE for services to sport in the 2007 New Year Honours.
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In 2008, he started hosting his own live chat show called Ricky Hatton Speaks, on Nuts TV.
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Ricky Hatton hosted the 9 November 2009 edition of WWE Raw at the Sheffield Arena, defeating professional wrestler Chavo Guerrero in a match.
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On 13 September 2010, Ricky Hatton was admitted to a rehabilitation facility, The Priory, in Roehampton, London, England, for substance abuse to tackle a drink and depression problem.
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Ricky Hatton was caught on camera apparently snorting class A drugs, lines of cocaine, in a Manchester hotel room.
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Ricky Hatton sought medical help two weeks prior after news emerged about a night out where he drank 11 pints of Guinness, vodka and sambuca during the night out with Emma Bowe, 29, the Irish national senior women's boxing champion.
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Ricky Hatton has a son, Campbell, conceived after a short reconciliation with ex-girlfriend Claire.
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Ricky Hatton set up a trust fund to make sure his son was always provided for and sees him every day.
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Campbell has followed in the footsteps of his father, Ricky Hatton, by pursuing a career in professional boxing.
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Ricky Hatton is currently trained by Ricky's brother, Matthew Hatton.
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On 12 September 2010, the Sunday tabloid News of the World published a front-page story alleging Ricky Hatton has been a regular cocaine user with accompanying pictures showing the boxer apparently using the drug.
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Ricky Hatton is a supporter of The Village News, Haughton Green's local children's newspaper made by children in aid of charity.
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Ricky Hatton was recently a special guest speaker for The Toby Henderson Trust at a sportsmans' dinner at the Gosforth Marriott Hotel.
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Thanks to Ricky Hatton's help via donations and a highly successful auction, a lot of money was raised for the Centre for First Initiatives in Crosby Liverpool.
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In 2013, Ricky Hatton became the patron of Manchester-based homeless charity Barnabus.
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Ricky Hatton has attracted many fans who were very vocal in their support during fights.
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Ricky Hatton has his own boxing promotions that has boxers Anthony Upton, Sonny Upton, Paul Upton, Lucas Browne, Cameron Hammond, Damien Hooper, Zhanat Zhakiyanov, Adam Etches, Matty Askin, Scott Jenkins Sergey Rabchenko and Ryan Burnett.
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Ricky Hatton is the trainer of Tommy Fury, the younger brother of Tyson Fury, and was in the corner of Tyson for his fight against Deontay Wilder in 2018.