Who is Ricky Hatton on ITV's Dancing on Ice 2024?
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDancing on Ice is back on our screens as a new group of celebs strap on their skates. The ITV show will see twelve famous faces each team up with a professional ice skater to perform a routine each weekend.
One of those taking part in 2024 is former professional boxer Ricky Hatton who is partnered with Robin Johnstone. The Stockport-born boxer, nicknamed The Hitman, held multiple world championships at light-welterweight and one at welterweight during his 15-year career from 1997 to 2012.
He turned professional aged just 18 and his career saw him fight in 48 bouts - winning 45 times and losing just three. Ricky, 45, is regarded as one of the greatest British boxers of all time. Try MEN Premium now with our amazing New Year offer...
just click here to give it a go. His victory against Kostya Tszyu on June 5, 2005, was seen at the time as one of the best victories by an English boxer in the last 20 years after going into the fight as a heavy underdog.
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