A very sad day for British Sport. If you ever imagined becoming a Boxer, wouldn’t you want to be someone with a huge following because you were so genuine and down to earth and the kind of Boxer that left nothing in the ring or Training camp?
Sadly, it seems like that wasn’t enough.
Various issues with drink, drugs, family disputes and rumoured financial problems have all played their part I’m sure.
When you look up people’s champion in the dictionary , there’s a video of Ricky Hatton at the weigh in for the Mayweather fight and THOUSANDS of fans singing “walking in a Ricky wonderland”.
The following he had will never be repeated. He had thousands turn up for his earliest professional fights, they didn’t jump on the bandwagon.
And he probably had a drink with most of them!
R.I.P. Ricky, you left your mark on this World.