Comments Thread For: Ricky Hatton: The heart and soul behind a boxing wonderland

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Ricky Hatton is an International Boxing Hall of Famer and a British boxing legend. Tris Dixon, who wrote Hatton's autobiography ? War and Peace ? with the Manchester star recounts some of their times together over the last two decades
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[Coverdale]

An excellent piece of writing. Thank you, Tris.

[PittyPat]

Bravo, Mr. Dixon. I was welling up just reading that. I got into boxing because of Hatton at the tail end of his career (around the Castillo fight). The amount of times my friend and I did pilgrimages around town to chant his name and will him on were a great time to live. Later on, his struggles with mental health really resonated with me.

I'm still having a hard time accepting he's gone. It's like I want to make a complaint to Nature or the deities or someone – there are billions of worthless shitbags in this world, and you go and take the Hitman from us. Just not fucking fair, but neither is life.

[dft313]

Genuinely great article, which I always expect from Tris. You can tell you had deep feelings for him and I got emotional reading that, especially as Ricky started struggling.

[Knuckle sandwich]

A service celebrating Ricky's life will take place at Manchester Cathedral at midday on Friday, October 10.

Rip champ

[150shr]

What a great piece, Tris! For such a charismatic and talented man, I felt all the obituaries I’d read fell short. This one did him proud and must have been tough to write. Your genuine affection is clear. Great writing, great man - had me in tears.