Ricky Hatton RIP

paulchapo said:
Still hard to believe it's happened.
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One of those lads who many of us have met at least once over the years at City games (met him in the Townley, met him at Newcastle away) or around the local area (I used to go out with a girl whose house backed in to Ricky’s in Gee Cross and I used to work in Hyde so would see him about), and even those who’d never met him would have watched his fights at the CoMS, MEN or even going over Vegas, and even those who’d never been live would have watched his fights on tele or been at Wigan away when we all wore sky blue Ricky Hatton t-shirts on the day of one of his fights… he was one of us and he was well liked by everyone, blues, reds, Scousers, everyone!
 
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One of those lads who many of us have met at least once over the years at City games (met him in the Townley, met him at Newcastle away) or around the local area (I used to go out with a girl whose house backed in to Ricky’s in Gee Cross and I used to work in Hyde so would see him about), and even those who’d never met him would have watched his fights at the CoMS, MEN or even going over Vegas, and even those who’d never been live would have watched his fights on tele or been at Wigan away when we all wore sky blue Ricky Hatton t-shirts on the day of one of his fights… he was one of us and he was well liked by everyone, blues, reds, Scousers, everyone!
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Spot on. What set him apart is he was loved equally for his wit, personality and big heart just as much as his sporting achievements. That's why he crossed all rivalries and was accepted by everybody, in spite of his well publicised love of ourselves. He will be a huge miss in Manchester and Tenerife.
 
Having seen the outpouring of love people had for this great man over the last few days, hearing the stories and not hearing one bad word said about him, not one.
I’m of the belief that Manchester needs to honour him with a statue.
Set right in the heart of city centre, a city he loved and city that loved him.
A true working class hero.
A man of the people.
A gentleman.
A warrior.
He deserves to be remembered, respected and honoured.
 
Strange coincidence today, was tidying out a few drawers as moving rooms in my house, stumbled across a jewellery box that has my grandma’s wedding ring in it, and a couple of other bits, one of which just happened to be the Hatton boxing badge from Vegas that was bought for the Mayweather fight. Made me well up again.
 
Rammy Blue said:
Strange coincidence today, was tidying out a few drawers as moving rooms in my house, stumbled across a jewellery box that has my grandma’s wedding ring in it, and a couple of other bits, one of which just happened to be the Hatton boxing badge from Vegas that was bought for the Mayweather fight. Made me well up again.
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Did a very similar thing today. Got a City shrine in my office at work and stumbled across my Undefeated lanyard from Vegas and just about held it together. THE best few days of my life, thanks to the great man.
 
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