Ricky Hatton RIP

Don't really bother with the site (or Internet nowadays) but had to log on and read all the emotional and respectful comments.

Ricky was part of the furniture, from parading his belts around mine road, to fighting at the the coms.

I have a signed eidos home shirt from the hitman, he was on a journey like the rest of us.

Their's only one Ricky Hatton r.i.p.
 
Charming, charismatic, articulate, funny, gentle and warm. Ultra fabulous fighter who took on two of the best of all time and in another era he would have been number one for a lengthy period. Gave everything - left nothing in the ring. But most of all, a wonderful human being who will never have known just how loved he was.

RIP great man.
 
Marlo said:
You should read Magees book. Apparently in the run up to the fight, paramilitaries had to threaten him to stop him going to pubs.
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Read it first day it came out! Fantastic book. The amount Magee drank / drinks but still looked trim is unreal.
A truly hard man.
 
JCB001 said:
When i worked at the then M.E.N
I saw many boxing events there but when Ricky fought there it was a whole different fight fan that turned up .City Utd both Scouse teams fans were there for Ricky he united 2 Cities on those great nights..Met him a few times ,so approachable made you feel like he was your mate.He drank in both City & Utd pubs without any problems .He was one of us .Never see his like again . Off you go Ricky R.I.E.P
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Ricky resonated with fans of every club in spite of being a staunch proud blue. Why? Because Ricky was one of them. He was the lad they went down the pub with. He was the lad they played football with on the streets as a kid. He was the lad that climbed trees with them and got into scrapes. He never took himself seriously and liked a laugh. He had time for everybody. Win a world title and the next day down his local with his mates supping pints. Calling himself Ricky fatman as he put on up to four stone between fights. Then grafting and getting back into the ring and winning his next fight.
Everybody loved Ricky because in Ricky they saw a bit of themselves. For young kids they thought if Ricky can be a world champion so can we. He was one of us, a working class kid made good. All these traits made everybody feel they knew him even if they'd never met him. Ricky going has left a huge void behind and the world is a poorer place for it.
 
The Lightbowne Cowboy said:
Absolutely gutted! A true Mancunian legend, a true boxing legend and above all else, a true legend of a man. I hope his family and close friends get some kind of comfort reading this thread and the many thousands elsewhere. RIP Ricky, a one off who we'll never see the likes of again. X
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You beat me to it. I was also going to say I hope his family get to read this thread.

R.I.P Ricky.
 
Remember bumping into him at the old coop in victoria station,around 7am when we played newcastle away early kick off back in 2019 I think,the De Bruyne thunderbastard goal,2-2 draw. We were both stocking up on lager for the trip up.
got on the train and his crew were on our carriage,rum fuckers !
 
BringBackSwales said:
So sad about this. Possibly the most liked bloke in Manchester, if only he could have talked to someone on Saturday, so many people loved him including millions who hadn’t met him. A charming and completely normal bloke. RIP Hitman
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Obviously loved by so many. You never know what goes on in peoples heads do you. What seems very, very rare is that Ricky Hatton was loved for being Ricky Hatton not for being a great boxer. He had an incredible connection with people.
 
Palerider said:
Obviously loved by so many. You never know what goes on in peoples heads do you. What seems very, very rare is that Ricky Hatton was loved for being Ricky Hatton not for being a great boxer. He had an incredible connection with people.
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Made me talk to my lads yesterday and just let them know that whatever happens it’s never as bad as it seems and just talk to someone.
 
Dogtanian said:
Loved watching him fight, so entertaining, had a surreal experience meeting him in the toilet in the Ritz and ended up singing were shit and we know we are.. it was during that Stuart Pearce season, hope he finds peace
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Talking of surreal.

I met Ricky before the Lewis v Tyson Pyramid Arena fight, in a strip club in Memphis. Some of the older posters on here might remember a poster called MemphisBlue? He saw i was travelling over to Memphis so we struck up a conversation and arranged to meet up in his home town. A couple of jokers on here got wind of this and claimed RH posted on the forum as BlueCorner...and duly set up an account with that user name. After a few messages back and forth me and my new best mate "Ricky" agreed to meet up for a bevvie in Tenessee. When I realised that Ricky was coincidentally at the next table I struck up a conversation with him, introduced myself as Dodge and blurted out and you're BlueCorner. Was he fuck. Never heard of me. Never been BlueCorner. Once the embarrassment subsided I made a swift exit, serenaded by laughter from RH and his entourage. Funnily enough, met him again in a Chicken Shack after the fight and we had a good laugh about it.

Moral of the story...don't EVER trust ANYONE off this feckin forum ; )

Oh, and MemphisBlue never turned up.
 
paulchapo said:
Ricky resonated with fans of every club in spite of being a staunch proud blue. Why? Because Ricky was one of them. He was the lad they went down the pub with. He was the lad they played football with on the streets as a kid. He was the lad that climbed trees with them and got into scrapes. He never took himself seriously and liked a laugh. He had time for everybody. Win a world title and the next day down his local with his mates supping pints. Calling himself Ricky fatman as he put on up to four stone between fights. Then grafting and getting back into the ring and winning his next fight.
Everybody loved Ricky because in Ricky they saw a bit of themselves. For young kids they thought if Ricky can be a world champion so can we. He was one of us, a working class kid made good. All these traits made everybody feel they knew him even if they'd never met him. Ricky going has left a huge void behind and the world is a poorer place for it.
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So true, well said mate
 
levets said:
So true, well said mate
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Cheers. I was there in Manchester when he won the title sat next to some scousers, Geordies, Mancunians and everybody was fully invested in him. He crossed boundaries few other sportsmen could. Don't forget he was a proud City fan and didn't hide the fact, but that didn't stop fans of other clubs loving him.like we did. That takes a special human being to achieve.
 
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