Ricky Hatton
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Richard John Hatton, also known by nicknames such as "The Hitman", "The Pride of Hyde" and the "People's Champion", was a British professional boxer who competed between 1997 and 2012, and later worked as a boxing promoter and trainer. During his boxing career he held multiple world championships in the light-welterweight division, and one at welterweight. In 2005 he was named Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine, the Boxing Writers Association of America, ESPN, and BoxingScene.
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Ricky Hatton, born Richard John Hatton on 6 October 1978 in Stockport, worked as a boxer and autobiographer and was nicknamed The Hitman. He held citizenship of the United Kingdom, competed for the United States, and fought in the welterweight and light welterweight divisions, recording 45 wins from 48 matches. He received the Member of the Order of the British Empire, was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, and received The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year award. He wrote several books, including War and Peace - My Story, Ricky Hatton's Vegas Tales and The Hitman. He died on 14 September 2025 in Hyde.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- War and Peace - My Story
- Ricky Hatton's Vegas Tales
- War and Peace
- The Hitman
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Key facts
- Nicknames
- The Hitman The Manchester Mexican The Pride of Hyde The People's Champion
- Born
- Richard John Hatton , ( 1978-10-06 ) 6 October 1978, Stockport , Greater Manchester , England
- Died
- c. 14 September 2025 (2025-09-14) (aged 46), Gee Cross , Hyde , England
- Height
- 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
- Weight
- Light welterweight Welterweight
- Reach
- 65 in (165 cm)
- Stance
- Orthodox
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Official website
Hatton Academy - Boxing for Fitness Courses
Our courses provide you with the skills and empower you to deliver boxing for fitness classes safely and effectively.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Stockport
- Place of death
- Hyde
- Occupation
- autobiographer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- boxing
- Country for sport
- United States
- Official website
- www.hattonboxing.com
- Image
- Ricky Hatton 2009.jpg
- Height
- 168
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- Commons category
- Ricky Hatton
- date of birth
- 1978-10-06
- social media followers
- 584878
- sports discipline competed in
- light welterweight
- date of death
- 2025-09-14
- name in native language
- Ricky Hatton
- birth name
- Richard John Hatton
- competition class
- light welterweight
- nickname
- The Hitman
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 48
- number of wins
- 45
- number of losses
- 3
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Encyclopedic overview
Richard John Hatton (6 October 1978 – c. 14 September 2025), also known by nicknames such as "The Hitman", "The Pride of Hyde" and the "People's Champion", was a British professional boxer who competed between 1997 and 2012, and later worked as a boxing promoter and trainer. During his boxing career he held multiple world championships in the light-welterweight division, and one at welterweight. In 2005 he was named Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine, the Boxing Writers Association of America, ESPN, and BoxingScene.
In 2000 Hatton won the British light welterweight title, followed by the World Boxing Union (WBU) title the following year; he made a record fifteen successful defences of the latter from 2001 to 2004. He reached the pinnacle of his career in 2005 by defeating Kostya Tszyu for the International Boxing Federation (IBF), Ring and lineal titles. This was followed up later that year with a victory over Carlos Maussa to claim the World Boxing Association (WBA) title (Super version), thereby becoming a unified light-welterweight world champion.
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