Ricky Hatton is a famous British boxer who has repeatedly become the world champion in this sport among professionals. What is interesting about the athlete's biography and personal life?
Hutton's biography
Ricky was born in Stockport, UK on October 6, 1978. His father was a professional football player, so the boy began to play sports quite early. He also wanted to follow in his father's footsteps. But one day he saw the broadcast of Mike Tyson's fight on TV - and he wanted to box.
Hatton signed up for the boxing section in Manchester and began to train hard. The first successes in this sport came to him at the age of 13, when Ricky became the champion of his school, defeating all rivals by knockout. The same thing happened the following year. After that, no one wanted to enter the ring with this teenager.
Hatton began to be invited to the UK junior team to participate in international tournaments. So in 1996 at the World Championships, he won a bronze medal. A year later, Ricky was noticed by the famous promoter Frank Warren and invited the guy to go professional. So Hatton signed his first professional contract.
The Englishman had his first fight in the professional ring in 1997 against Kid McCauley. The victory was won in the first round by knockout. This was followed by several more successful battles. For three years, Ricky fought 10 fights and all ended in his victories.
In 1999, Hatton first became the WBO intercontinental champion, and then he already received the WBU world champion belt. He successfully defends his titles several times.
Ricky has always played in the welterweight division, which was famous for its many experienced fighters. Among them, of course, was the Russian Konstantin Dzyu. It was with him that Hatton had to meet in 2005. The fight took place in an equal fight, but closer to the end of the fight, Constantine was injured, and the Englishman won the victory.
The next significant fight in his career, Ricky spent in 2007 against the undefeated Floyd Mayweather. Hatton lost and lost most of his titles. Then there was another defeat in 2009 by Manny Pacquiao. After that, Ricky decided to put his career on hold. But in 2012 he reappeared in the ring and lost to the Ukrainian Vyacheslav Senchenko. The next morning, Hatton officially announced the end of his performances in the professional ring.
In total, the British professional sports career includes 47 fights, of which 44 fights ended with his confident victory. All these successes allowed Hatton to write his name forever in the history of world boxing.
Life after boxing
After the end of his sports career, Ricky did not move far away from boxing. He created his own promotion company that promotes young boxers. Hatton also took up coaching and is constantly involved in the preparation of famous boxers for fights. Recently, he has been spotted in the classroom of Tyson Fury, the former heavyweight champion of the world, who has announced his resumption of his career.
As for the personal life of the great boxer, Ricky has been married for a long time and has three children. The eldest son followed in his father's footsteps and is also involved in boxing.
