Another Side of Ricky Hatton

In an interview with Anna Kessell, Ricky Hatton fans are given a different view of the man outside of the ring. It shows a softer side of Ricky and something that's a little different from the usual boxing story headlines. For those who doesn't know the Hitman that much, although short, it gives a different side of Ricky that everyone should know. Check it here

"I still go back to the New Inn and play darts with the same people. I live five minutes away. Hattersley will always be my home, I don't think I could ever move out of this area. It wouldn't bear thinking about. What I love most about the place is that the people don't treat me like a world champion. When I walk in the pub they say: "Come on, Fatty, get the drinks in, it's your round." I get treated like everybody else. It's nice, I can be myself, not flannelled up and famous. In Hattersley I'm just Ricky." Ricky Hatton.

Hatton a Stand Up Comedian
As popular as he is, the Hitman is a huge hit in the after dinner speaker circuit in the UK and is doing some stand up comedy series as well. Certainly, it is going to be a good backup plan once he retires from boxing as it seems he enjoys it a lot.

"Nothing compares with climbing into a boxing ring and being punched on the nose, so standing up on stage telling a few jokes doesn't worry me," said the 29-year-old still considered the best light-welterweight on the planet.

"From a financial point of view, this is something I don't really need to do - but maybe the reason 58,000 fans came out to support me in my last fight is because they see me going the extra mile, doing things like this. Only time will tell whether people think I'm funny enough, and I can make audiences laugh enough, to make a living out of it after I've finished boxing.

Some of his standup lines: (Warning: F*** word heavy)

Ricky Hatton on performing
“It really is great to be here. What an absolute pleasure it is to be entertaining an audience without someone trying to smash my f**king teeth in.”

“Pavarotti? God rest his soul, but he was a miserable f**ker. I went to one of his concerts a few years ago and he doesn’t like ya f**king joining in, does he?”

Ricky Hatton on Cristiano Ronaldo
“One thing I can’t stand more than Man United, it’s that f**king Cristiano Ronaldo. What a d**khead. He was playing on TV the other day while I was Hoovering. I bumped into the TV and he f**king fell over.”

Charity Works

Hatton suppors the 'The Village News', Haughton Green's local children's newspaper made by children in aid of charity. Hatton supported them at a charity auction by appearing and signing boxing gloves, with the evening raising £1,600. He was also recently a special guest-speaker for The Toby Henderson Trust at a sportsmans' dinner at the Gosforth Marriott Hotel.

Ricky Hatton also posed for the December issue of Cosmopolitan magazine to raise awareness of male cancer for the Everyman Campaign.