When it comes to British boxing royalty, Ricky Hatton is one of the best to ever do it from UK shores. ‘The Hitman’ is happily retired now as a former two-weight world champion in boxing. Now, Hatton is set for his next challenge – Dancing On Ice 2024.
Join us here at SportsLens as we investigate Ricky Hatton’s net worth, career earnings and his various endorsement deals throughout this in-depth article.
Ricky Hatton Net Worth
Ricky Hatton is a former professional boxer from Manchester, England who competed from 1997 to 2012 and has subsequently worked as a boxing promoter and trainer in retirement.
‘The Hitman’ is widely regarded as one of the best fighters to ever come out of the UK, and is also one of the most popular British fighters to ever grace a boxing ring. Despite having many struggles in his life away from the ring, Hatton has remained an extremely popular figure and an iconic celebrity in the UK.
Given the face he had a long and successful boxing career, it comes as no surprise to learn that Ricky Hatton is an extremely wealthy man. His wealth has continued to grow over the years through his various business ventures and interests outside of the ropes too.
As of today, Ricky Hatton’s net worth is said to be estimated at £35 million ($40m) according to Manchester Evening News. The former two-division world champion made an absolute fortune during his boxing career, and has continued to enjoy his wealth, even in retirement.
He has had some extremely lucrative purses throughout his career too of course, but more on his career earnings later. Not to mention his various endorsement deals and ventures outside of the ring. Again, more on that a bit later on.
Hatton’s net worth is almost entirely down to his success inside the boxing ring. He is ranked as one of Britain’s best ever pound-for-pound fighters, as well as having previously been voted the ‘Fighter Of The Year’ in 2005 by The Ring Magazine, ESPN and the Boxing Writers Association of America.
Ricky Hatton Career Earnings & Biggest Purses From Boxing
Ricky Hatton boxed professionally for 15 years, following a short yet successful amateur career. At just 18-years-old, Hatton turned professional and began training with Billy Graham at the Moss Side gym in Manchester. As his career evolved, it was evident that Hatton was a prize fighter and make a brilliant living from the sport he loved most.
For his career defining night against Kostya Tszyu back in June 2005 when he first became world champion, when ‘The Hitman’ forced the pound-for-pound king to retire on his stool, Hatton reportedly earned a purse of roughly £1.5 million.
The Manchester born boxer was a huge underdog pre-fight with UK bookmakers, but upset the odds to defeat the champion on what turned out to be the best night in the career of Ricky Hatton. This purse of £1.5m was the biggest of Hatton’s career at the time, and wound up being the fifth biggest of his entire career when all was said and done.
The 1978-born Manchester boxing star made the four biggest purses of his career in his final six fights. The biggest single purse of Ricky Hatton’s career unsurprisingly came against the great Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather. Mayweather earned over £25 million for the bout, with ‘The Hitman’ pocketing somewhere in the region of £20 million himself.
Despite losing to both Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao via knockout, these are the two biggest purses of Hatton’s career by quite some distance. Hatton pocketed a cool £14 million for the Pacquiao fight, despite being knocked out by ‘Pac Man’ inside two rounds.
The other biggest purses of Ricky Hatton’s career came against Jose Luis Castillo and Paulie Malignaggi respectively. Hatton earned around £1.8 million ($2.5m at the time) for his bout with Malignaggi, whilst pocketing a cool £2.7 million for his IBF World Super-Lightweight Title defence against Castillo in June 2007.
Ricky Hatton Biggest Fight Purses (Top 5):
| Fight | Fight Purse |
|---|---|
| Ricky Hatton vs Floyd Mayweather | £20 million |
| Ricky Hatton vs Manny Pacquiao | £14 million |
| Ricky Hatton vs Jose Luis Castillo | £2.7 million |
| Ricky Hatton vs Paulie Malignaggi | £1.8 million |
| Ricky Hatton vs Kostya Tszyu | £1.5 million |
Ricky Hatton purse info per Manchester Evening News, Wikipedia & The Guardian
Ricky Hatton Business Ventures, Real Estate & Car Portfolio
Outside of his career in the ring, Ricky Hatton has also enhanced his net worth over the years through various business ventures. Not to mention his vast real estate portfolio, collection of expensive super-cars and of course his various endorsement deals over the years too.
Hatton has a large real estate portfolio, with his home in Hyde, Greater Manchester reported to be worth over £2 million. Prior to his appearance on Dancing on Ice 2024, where he is an outside 40/1 shot to win with UK betting apps, Hatton gave a tour of his luxury home to give fans an idea of how he lives.
His home is luxurious to say the least. A home cinema, swimming pool, gold dining room, several bedrooms and bathrooms are just some of the aspects of his mansion that scream wealth. Fair play to Hatton. He worked incredibly hard throughout his boxing career, so deserves to live his life of luxury now in retirement.
Outside of his £2m mansion, Hatton also owns some of the most expensive cars in the world. Over the years, Hatton has had various different super-cars. He has previously owned a Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bentley and a Rolls Royce to name but a few of his expensive cars.
‘The Hitman’ also owns his own boxing promotions company, as well as owning his own boxing gym. He also currently trains various different fighters, and has even trained some world champions in the past.
The boxing investments don’t stop there either for Hatton, who sells various ‘Team Hatton’ equipment and clothing on his Hatton Boxing website.
Ricky Hatton Sponsors & Endorsement Deals
Ricky Hatton of course made the majority of his money from competing in the boxing ring over the years. He is one of Britain’s best ever boxers pound-for-pound, and will go down in boxing folklore as one of the best fighters to ever step foot in the ring from UK shores.
Outside of the ring throughout his career, Hatton was a man who appealed to a lot of sponsors. Given his immense popularity and celebrity, it comes as no surprise to learn that Ricky Hatton made millions of pounds throughout his career through various endorsement deals and sponsorship partnerships.
Hatton had so many sponsors over the years as a professional that it’s difficult to find them all. His popularity also grew as he became friends with famous Manchester band Oasis, with Liam and Noel Gallagher even walking Hatton to the ring once holding his world title belts.
How Much Is Ricky Hatton Earning For Appearing On Dancing On Ice?
Away from boxing entirely, Ricky Hatton is embarking on a totally new challenge as he is set to appear on Dancing On Ice 2024. ‘The Hitman’ is one of several famous faces set to appear on the popular ITV show, alongside the likes of Olympic ski jumper Eddie The Eagle and former Olympic long-jump star Greg Rutherford.
Hatton was actually announced as the first celebrity on this season of Dancing On Ice. The former two-weight boxing world champion has been paired with professional partner Robin Johnstone, with duo priced as 40/1 outsiders to win with online gambling sites.
Appearance fees for each celebrity on Dancing On Ice 2024 have not been fully disclosed, but as one of the most famous names in the line-up, Ricky Hatton is sure to be one of the highest paid contestants on the show this year. An exact figure is unknown for Hatton.
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