Ricky Hatton: The heart and soul behind a boxing wonderland - P21
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By Tris Dixon
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September 25, 2025
Source: Boxing Scene
More than any of that, however, Ricky felt he was fighting to redeem himself in the eyes of the public.
“People forgive you,” he told me. “If they see you’re making an effort they will believe in you.
“When my daughter [Millie] was born [last October], I wanted her to be proud of her dad. I didn’t want people saying to her, ‘Cor, your dad was successful but he made a right balls up of it in the end.’ I want them to say, ‘Your dad, what a fighter he was.’ ‘He had a few problems, but boy did he come back.’”
His close friends and family watched and hoped.
“I was there through it all,” Speak told me before the Senchenko fight. “I was on the canvas with him when he fought Pacquiao… and we’re all going to be biting our fingernails… It's not just about the boxing, it’s about getting into a good place and he’s happy. He’s back.”
Ricky stole himself for the most emotional ringwalk of his career, back at the Manchester Arena that was synonymous with his rise.
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