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Ricky Hatton remembered: ‘An influence like Muhammad Ali’ – how the Manchester star made Britain love boxing once more
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Ricky Hatton remembered: ‘An influence like Muhammad Ali’ – how the Manchester star made Britain love boxing once more

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By Tycoon Herald 8 Min Read Published September 16, 2025
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Ricky Hatton took British boxing to a brand new fever pitch of pleasure when he stormed by the ranks. There was one thing particular within the air when he fought, a pleasure and a thrill within the sport that was distinctive.

Two-weight world champion Hatton, an iconic and far cherished determine in British sport, handed away on Sunday on the age of 46.

Matthew Macklin, who skilled with Hatton at Billy Graham’s health club, noticed his rise to the highest up shut.

“He went from fighting in a leisure centre to the Velodrome, to the MEN [the Manchester Arena] sectioned down, to banging it out quite quickly,” Macklin instructed Sky Sports activities. “It was unbelievable.

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“That four-, five-year period, I look back and it was just a fantastic time in all of our lives. For me personally I look back and think how lucky I was to be blessed to be a part of it.”

The passion for Hatton took over British sport and went worldwide when a military of followers came visiting to the States with him for his run of massive fights in Las Vegas.

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The Toe2Toe Podcast staff keep in mind Hatton’s epic victory over pound-for-pound king Kostya Tszyu, which catapulted Hatton into superstardom

American promoter and tv government Lou DiBella instructed Sky Sports activities Information: “He’s going to be remembered frankly as being maybe one of the most approachable athletes ever.

“That was the great thing about Ricky. Was there anybody who ever represented Manchester extra loyally or higher? Was there anybody frankly who represented the UK in boxing any higher? He was everyman. He was probably the most approachable.

“The only fighter that I can compare the impact of him, to his own community, to his own country, to his own people and then eventually to the world, was the greatest of all time Muhammad Ali. That’s the kind of impact Ricky had on the people of Manchester, on the people of England and then eventually on the world.”

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Andy Scott, Matthew Macklin and Barry Jones reflect on Ricky Hatton's memorable fight with Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas back in 2007.

Andy Scott, Matthew Macklin and Barry Jones replicate on Hatton’s memorable battle with Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas again in 2007

DiBella added: “If you met Ricky Hatton and you spent any time with him you generally walked away feeling like he was your friend and that was the case for millions of people in Great Britain and the entirety of Manchester, every fan of Manchester City football team. Ricky was special, Ricky was different.

“Should you consider that there is one elementary rule in life: deal with different folks such as you wish to be handled, the gates of heaven swung open extensively for Ricky Hatton.”

Boxing announcer Michael Buffer, whose voice, over the din of that epic British crowd, formed the soundtrack to Hatton’s finest moments, was overcome by his memories of the star, especially his homecoming after defeat to Floyd Mayweather.

Hatton returned to a hero’s welcome when he headlined for the first time at the stadium of his beloved Manchester City Football Club in 2008. “After I introduced his identify, he put his arm round me and I stated his identify proper to his face. It was an important second,” Buffer said, choking with emotion. “He was simply particular. It is exhausting to even discuss it now.

“It was always so exciting because whenever I introduced him there was always that massive crowd and love and everything,” he instructed Sky Sports activities Information. “I don’t think Vegas has ever had an invasion like that… ‘There’s only one Ricky Hatton’ it just reverberated through the casino and the hotel, it was amazing.”

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Matthew Macklin and Barry Jones reflect on Ricky Hatton's incredible legacy following his tragic passing at the age of 46.

Macklin and Jones replicate on Hatton’s unbelievable legacy

Teddy Atlas, a number one boxing skilled, defined what set Hatton aside. “The ring is the chamber of truth. In that way there’s never been a more honest fighter than Ricky Hatton. Think about what that encapsulates. I mean he just gave you everything every time he got in the ring,” Atlas instructed Sky Sports activities Information. “He poured it all out. He was always committed to doing everything that he could do to get to that other guy from bell to bell. He was everything that a fight fan wants.

“By no means hand over, by no means give in, discover a means and that is what Ricky did.”

“We have misplaced an instance,” Atlas added. “Fighters like him train us that we will be higher, that we are able to do what we’re not presupposed to do and that is an important loss.”

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'He had an impact on everyone' | Kompany pays tribute to Hatton

Former Manchester Metropolis captain and Bayern Munich head coach Vincent Kompany pays tribute to Hatton and descriptions how a lot he meant to the folks of Manchester

Hatton’s rise was particular as a result of he introduced his followers, and finally the nation, together with him.

“They could relate to him. That’s the key,” Macklin stated. “Hatton’s popularity came through his connection with the fans because they could identify and relate and felt like they were the same as him.

“Issues snowball, in the event that they’re actual. If they are not actual, they will not get off the bottom. They felt part of it as a result of he made them really feel part of it. He engaged with them, he included them. He spoke to them, in order that they had been on that journey with him.

“It was unbelievable, and he made people feel a part of it.”

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