Ricky Hatton: The heart and soul behind a boxing wonderland - P20
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By Tris Dixon
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September 25, 2025
Source: Boxing Scene
After posting a picture of himself with Jennifer and baby daughter, Millie, having Sunday lunch, someone replied: “Why don’t you just get AIDS and die, you fat bastard?”
Trolls were one thing, but the thought of being an ex-fighter and losing his identity was more terrifying than Mayweather and Pacquiao combined.
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As 2012 went on, Ricky found himself back in the gym and his weight started to drop. Still only 33, he kept it quiet but started to think, “There might be something here.”
The comeback was on.
Typical Ricky, he signed to fight Vyacheslav Senchenko, a world-rated Ukrainian, rather than take a warm-up.
Pacquiao had been more than three years earlier, and Ricky had morphed from man of the people – which he still was – to mental health ambassador. A wave of positivity surged through him, and there was talk of big fights with big-name rivals.
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