Campbell Hatton has retired from boxing at 24 years outdated to develop into a photo voltaic panel installer, in keeping with his father two-weight world champion Ricky Hatton.
Hatton final fought in October in a second consecutive defeat to James Flint and finishes his skilled profession with a 14-2 file.
He gained his first 12 fights and was a part of the identical administration as Anthony Joshua earlier than his profession petered out over the past two years.
“No, Campbell won’t fight again,” Ricky Hatton, who will mockingly return to boxing in December, advised Boxing Now when requested about his son’s future.
“As you recognize, he did not have a lot beginner expertise. He gave it a go within the amateurs, after which he went professional and gave it a go.
“He fought for the Space title and acquired crushed. I believed he misplaced it to be honest. However then he fought the identical lad immediately after.
“I thought he won the second one; they were both very close fights. But he lost a little bit of his mojo, and then a few things went wrong.”
Ricky, who turns 47 in October, turned his son’s coach in March earlier this yr earlier than they mentioned retirement.
He says the dying of certainly one of Campbell’s greatest pals impacted him in current months.
“He went through a bit for a time, and he was in the gym, and his heart wasn’t in it,” he mentioned.
“I said, ‘Listen son, you should be very proud of yourself, you have given it a go, but if you have lost your mojo, you need to get out’. You can’t play boxing, you can play any other sport. So I advised him, and now he is doing solar panels.”
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