{"id":34719,"date":"2025-09-15T06:13:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T10:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/ricky-hatton-passes-away-family-pays-tribute-to-the-man-with-a-giant-heart\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T06:13:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T10:13:50","slug":"ricky-hatton-passes-away-family-pays-tribute-to-the-man-with-a-giant-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/boxing\/ricky-hatton-passes-away-family-pays-tribute-to-the-man-with-a-giant-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricky Hatton passes away: Family pays tribute to the &#8220;Man with a giant heart&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"Ricky Hatton&#8217;s family has expressed their deep sorrow following the death of the former boxing champion at the age of 46.\n\nThe news of his death, confirmed by Greater Manchester Police, has generated a wave of tributes and expressions of affection towards the boxing star.\n\nThe police issued a statement from the family on Monday, expressing immense sorrow for Richard&#8217;s loss.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Richard was much more than a world champion. For us, he was simply &#8216;Richard&#8217;, our son. A loving father, grandfather and brother, and a true friend to many.<\/p><cite>Ricky Hatton&#8217;s Family<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nIn the statement, Hatton&#8217;s generosity and his impact on those who knew him were highlighted.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0604%2Fr1341669_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Ricky Hatton\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Ricky Hatton falleci\u00f3 el domingo a los 46 a\u00f1os.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nHe will be remembered as one of the greatest boxing champions, a man who gave it his all in the ring and always showed his heart outside of it.\n\nHatton inspired generations with his fighting spirit, humility, and love for the sport.\n\nTheir family has expressed that, despite the pain, they have found solace in the great support received.\n\nThe family requests privacy while they come to terms with this loss and ensure that Richard&#8217;s legacy, both in boxing and in his personal life, will endure.\n\nRicky Hatton&#8217;s memory will live on in the hearts of his fans and in the sport he loved so much.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ricky Hatton&#8217;s family has expressed their deep sorrow following the death of the former boxing champion at the age of 46. The news of his death, confirmed by Greater Manchester Police, has generated a wave of tributes and expressions of affection towards the boxing star. The police issued a statement from the family on Monday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[205,708,5468,8746],"class_list":{"0":"post-34719","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-death","10":"tag-ricky-hatton","11":"tag-tributes"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}