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Seen by many as one of the greatest British fighters of all time and is ranked among the best pound for pound boxers in the world by Ring Magazine, he is more commonly known as Ricky 'The Hitman' Hatton. Richard Hatton MBE is an English boxer, a two-time IBF and IBO Light Welterweight Champion. He renounced the title of WBA Welterweight Champion on August 31, 2006. Hatton is also the former WBU, WBA Light Welterweight Champion and WBC, WBA, WBO Inter-Continental Light Welterweight Champion.

Born in October 6, 1978 at Stockport, Greater Manchester, Hatton found a local boxing club in Hyde, which he still trains at, and found he enjoyed the sport. Hatton's entrance music is the Manchester City FC club song Blue Moon as performed by the band Supra. Hatton was taken to Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium to watch the second fight between Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank. Hatton adopted his Hitman nickname from professional wrestler Bret Hart rather than from fellow boxer Thomas Hearns.

Hatton's debut fight was on 10 September 1997 against Colin McAuley in Widnes at Kingsway Leisure Centre while in his second fight Hatton boxed at Madison Square Garden in New York. In 2000, Hatton overcame one of his toughest fights when he beat Jon Thaxton. On 5 June 2005 Hatton beat Kostya Tszyu, thus attaining world acclaim. Hatton's victory announced his entry to the upper echelons of the world boxing scene. Mainstream boxing critics had given Hatton little or no chance and this victory was regarded as one of the best victories by an English boxer in the last 20 years. On 26 November 2005 Hatton won the WBA title when he defeated Carlos Maussa. In December, Hatton was named the 2005 Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year.

Hatton surrendered his IBF belt on 29 March 2006 because he intended to move up to the welterweight class. Hatton signed a three fight contract with Dennis Hobson's fight academy which took place in America. Hatton moved up a division to meet American Luis Collazo for the WBA Welterweight crown which took place on 13 May 2006.

Hatton won the WBA crown but struggled with Collazo's slick south-paw style and the extra weight. Hatton then moved back down to Light Welterweight. Hatton's first fight back at Light Welterweight was against the current IBF Light Welterweight Champion Juan Urango on January 20, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hatton re-captured the unified IBF and IBO Light Welterweight titles. Hatton was forced to relinquish his IBF title again on 10 February, to be able to fight Castillo.

Hatton is a passionate supporter of Manchester City Football Club. Ricky also once had a trial at City for the youth team. He is also good friends with another footballer, Joey Barton, a former Manchester City player. Ricky also follows the non-league football club Hyde United and often attends home matches.

In a recent appearance on Al Murray's Happy Hour he admitted that if he could hit one celebrity, it would be Cristiano Ronaldo who plays for Manchester United. Hatton is sometimes referred to by boxing fans as Ricky Fatton because he's been known to allow himself to weigh as much as 175 to 180 pounds (35 to 40 pounds over his fight weight) when he's not in training for a fight. Ever since Hatton turned professional, he has always opted to eat a full English breakfast before fights and he is known to drink Guinness on Thursday night when he plays darts for the New Inn. Hatton defends his diet, citing that he plans to retire within the next four major bouts.