Ricky Hatton: The Hitman’s Legacy

5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce

BBC

Sports, Sports News

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Will Ricky Hatton go down as one of Britain’s most beloved fighters? Mark Chapman is joined by Stacey Copeland, Anthony Crolla, and Steve Bunce to answer that question and reminisce the extraordinary career he had both in and out of the ring. They are also joined by Frank Warren who managed and promoted Hatton during his rise through the sport.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:07.3	He scored goals, lifted trophies and broken records along the way.
0:11.4	And now he's got a podcast.
0:13.2	Welcome to the Wayne Rooney show.
0:15.2	Twice a week, Wayne Rooney, Kay Kerrude and me, Kelly Summers,
0:18.6	break down the biggest stories in the Premier League and beyond. As much as you'd like to say it
0:22.9	loyalty in football now is there's no existence
0:24.7	whether that's fun players or managers.
0:26.5	Plus we'll hear the funniest, wildest and most
0:28.8	outrageous stories from Wayne's career.
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0:32.7	everybody's talking about. Watch a night
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0:36.4	This is Five Live Boxing.
0:43.0	Tonight we celebrate, remember the life, career and legacy of Ricky the hitman,
0:50.0	Hatton, who died yesterday at the age of 46.
0:53.6	Steve Bunce is with us for the next hour, also two former boxers, two Mancunians as well, in
1:01.7	Stacey Copeland and Aunt Croller, and we'll talk to Frank Warren as well, his former
1:06.9	promoter later as well.
1:09.4	I know all three of you who've been talking a lot over the last
1:12.5	24, 36 hours about Ricky and you hear some of those clips, Stacey and it brings a smile
1:22.3	to your face, but also it brings a tear to your eye as well. Yeah, absolutely. It's bittersweet, isn't it?
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