Ricky Hatton RIP

jimharri said:
When you actually take a few seconds to think about it, taking 30k fans out to Vegas to watch him is an absolutely staggering number. The strip must have been drunk dry that weekend. How many would Fury take; half that figure (which wouldn't be at all shabby)?
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Yeah, I think before Hatton there were about 6000 or so fans out in Vegas for Bruno's second fight against Tyson which was impressive in itself. Hatton took things to new heights though in terms of numbers who were prepared to travel to watch him fight. He was also smashing attendance records (well in the modern era at least) at sports stadia over here. 58,000 at our stadium for the Lazcano fight. Just as a comparison, there were 42,000 at Benn v Eubank 2 at Old Trafford, 26,000 at Cardiff Arms Park for Lewis v Bruno, 40,000+ at Wembley for Bruno v Witherspoon, and 23,000 at Wembley when Bruno finally won a world title against Oliver McCall.

Of course, these days crowds of 90,000 at Wembley are not uncommon for fights but back then they were unheard of.
 
I haven't watched it and wont watch it, it's sad that Ricky isn't with us and his family must be gutted and distraught.

But I never expected him to have a celebrity themed send off considering his balmy entourage that followed him everywhere to fights, he genuinely did keep his roots high and proud.

RIP Ricky.
 
I guess most of us have bumped into Ricky at some stage in and around Manchester and, because of his down to earth attitude, his willingness to engage and his personality, feel like we know him a bit. He was a massive Blue who transcended the City/United divide. Not many do that, Dennis was another. A proper ‘Manchester Man’ who’ll be missed by so many people. RIP Hitman.
 
I only knew Ricky through one of friends but meeting and knowing him the best word to describe him was genuine. Well Ricky, there will never be many kids who grew up on a council estate in Hattetsley who went out with a " state" funeral in Manchester Cathedral and was loved by so many
Thanks for the memories
 
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