Ricky Hatton
 Ricky HattonBoxingInsider.com Exclusive Biofile Published by Scoop Malinowski Last Updated on November 24th, 2008 | Options:  Print This Article  Email This Article  RSS |
Status: Junior Welterweight champion.
Ht: 5-6 Wt: 140
DOB: October 6, 1978 In: Stockport, Manchester, England
Inspirations: “Nigel Benn and the great Roberto Duran, my hero. He came from the street with nothing and went on to be a superstar.”
Hobbies/Leisure Activities: “Football – watching Manchester City, and darts.”
Nicknames: The Hitman, The Manchester Mexican, The Pride of Hyde.
Favorite Movies: “Scarface, Casino, Heat, Stir Crazy.”
Favorite TV Show: “I like the TV program Only Fools & Horses to such an extent that I bought a three-wheeler van like the one in the show.”
Musical Tastes: “Manchester bands, Oasis, The Stone Roses, Smiths, Happy Mondays.”
Early Boxing Memory: “Watching Benn and Eubank with 40,000 people at Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester. My two uncles (Ged and Paul) took me when I was 14.”
Favorite Meal: “Chinese.”
Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: “I don’t eat it.”
First Job: “Carpet fitter for my dad’s carpet business.”
First Car: “Austin Metro.”
Current Car: “Mercedes CLK.”
Pre-Fight Feeling: “All the training and hard work that has gone into where I am now. I warm up in the dressing room, do some stretching and get loose. I listen to music – the louder the better – because, although I am focused, I hate my dressing room to be quiet. I like it lively, so the louder the better. Then I think about the fight itself. And I try to remember what I practiced in the gym.”
Pre-Fight Superstition: “I don’t really have any superstition. But I always kiss my fingers and rub them over my eye brows before I lace my gloves on for the fight.”
Greatest Sports Moment: “After beating Kostya Tszyu, receiving the MBE from Prince Charles.”
Most Painful Moment: “Just before my pro debut there was an irregularity in my heart beat that needed investigation. That caused my first fight to be postponed until it was discovered everything was fine.”
Worst Injury: “Two cuts over my eyes in the opening rounds against Carlos Maussa.”
Embarrassing Boxing Moment: “There haven’t been too many.”
Toughest Opponents: “All my opponents have been tough, and all the fights educational. I never take anybody too lightly.”
Favorite Boxers To Watch: “Duran, Chavez, Tyson – when he was younger, and Nigel Benn.”
Favorite Fights: “Benn vs. Eubank, Castillo vs. Corrales, Barrera vs. Morales.”
Childhood Dream: “To become a world champion boxer.”
Last Book Read: “Roberto Duran – Hands of Stone. (Do you ever wonder how you would do against Duran in a dream-fight?) You always wonder how you would have got on against your idol. Although I have to say, I think he might have killed me!”
Last Vacation: “Tenerife.”
What fight(s) were you at your finest?: “Kostya Tszyu. Nothing could have stopped me that night.”
People Qualities Most Admired: “Honesty, humility and trust.”
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