R.I.P Ricky Hatton

[Mark TKO]

Never been so shocked at the death of someone I didn't know - though I felt I knew him well. He was one of the lads till the end.

Echoing words from above he wasn't the most talented but an out and out pressure fighter, relentless who was on you from the opening bell and didn't give you a chance to breathe. If he'd fought Mayweather in a phone box there would only have been one winner.

I was lucky enough to get a ticket for the Mayweather fight and will never forget that week in Vegas when the adoring Hatton army took over. The
atmosphere at the weigh in was just incredible. That's what he meant to us.

He had his demons in recent years and I'm hoping when the truth comes out re his death it wasn't those demons that took him as we all hoped he'd overcome then.

Thoughts with his family and friends - of which there were many who he stayed loyal to despite his fame and fortune. He will be missed.

RIP and rest easy champ.

There will only ever be one Ricky Hatton.