Ricky Hatton Quotes


I can remember crying in the Kippax at Maine Road when City were relegated to the old First Division in 1996. Dropping out of the Premier League seemed like the worst thing imaginable - and what didn't help was the fact United were winning just about everything going at the same time.


Citations

Hatton, Ricky. The Hitman: My Story. Ebury Press, 2006.

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Ricky Hatton
Ricky Hatton
  • Born: October 6, 1978
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Athlete

Richard John Hatton, MBE is a British former professional boxer who competed between 1997 and 2012, and has since worked as a boxing promoter and trainer. During his boxing career he held multiple world championships at light-welterweight and one at welterweight. BoxRec ranks Hatton as the 11th greatest European fighter of all time and fifth greatest British fighter of all time, pound for pound, giving two of his victorious fights a 5-Star rating. In 2005 he was named Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine, the Boxing Writers Association of America, and ESPN.