GOD BLESS YOU RICKY
This isn’t an obituary, I don’t know where to start. I’m woefully under qualified to write an obituary for someone who was so important to so many. This is a fan putting his grief for the loss of a hero into words. Ricky Hatton wasn’t only my idol, in the days that have passed since his tragic passing I have seen friends and boxers alike all lead with the same words. Hero to a generation of British boxing fans, Ricky Hatton was boxing. I first heard of Ricky when I worked at York Hall. Working a boxing event, there were posters being sold of this boxer who had the Lonsdale belt draped over his shoulder, “who’s that?” I asked the man selling the merch. “Ricky Hatton mate! He’s gonna be a superstar!” My then girlfriend’s cousin was a massive boxing fan and when I mentioned Ricky’s name they lit up and couldn’t stop talking about him. My casual fandom was intrigued and I started looking out for Hatton - I even worked at a York Hall Hatton show, though I wasn’t allowed to s...
