I HEART MCR- Ricky 'The Hitman' Hatton

From Amateur Boxer to World class champion boxer, to author to a pillar of the local community to Entrepreneur. Ricky ‘The Hitman’ Hatton has already solidified himself as one of Manchester’s finer sporting exports, now he has moved onto bigger hit’s.
Although the Stockport born boxer is best know for his high number of wins over the past few years rising up the ranks of to rub shoulders and gloves with some of the most prestigious boxers in the world. Born in 1978 he was raised in a football-saturated family with both his father and his grandfather being players for Rochdale. However since the age of ten, Hatton trained in his local boxing club in Hyde seven days a week. This shows a certain amount of dedication for a 10 year to undertake and then maintain up until the present day. However in past years Hatton has now become a semi- retired pro-focusing on what has been aptly named as ‘Brand Hatton’.
Now ‘Brand Hatton’ may not sound like the most interesting of enterprises, but it may be just what the sport needs to give it a kick-start. As Hatton has gone on record saying "I look at boxing from a different angle now and it is dying a death compared to the fashionable Ultimate Fighting Challenge,”
Under the umbrella of ‘Brand Hatton’, all facets of the sport are covered. Since his semi-retirement from the sport, he then started Hatton Promotions has signed some of the most promising young boxers in the country, Including Hatton’s younger brother, who is swiftly rising the ranks of the sport. The Hatton promotions will bring extensive coverage of new up and coming fighters also looking at more esteemed fighters, to make a he name for themselves in front of the Hatton TV viewers. Also Hatton promotions are focusing on the promotion of boxers via the web as well, which lets face it isn’t unheard of. However expanding the promotions of young fighters through different mediums is very beneficial for the fighters, which is giving the unknown’s a chance at the big leagues, which in contrast to other promotional companies is showing Hatton’s style as a Good Samaritan act. Hatton’s Hub in Hyde, which is not only the hub for all of Brand Hatton’s activities. It also services the local area allowing members to come and train within state of the art surroundings and be pampered with treatments and also have their own personal fitness programmed devised.