{"id":35030,"date":"2025-09-16T05:42:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T09:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/ricky-hatton-passes-away-family-remembers-the-champion-with-a-giant-heart\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T05:42:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T09:42:21","slug":"ricky-hatton-passes-away-family-remembers-the-champion-with-a-giant-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/boxing\/ricky-hatton-passes-away-family-remembers-the-champion-with-a-giant-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricky Hatton Passes Away: Family Remembers the Champion with a &#8220;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. The news, confirmed by Greater Manchester Police, has generated a wave of tributes and expressions of affection towards the boxer&#8217;s figure.\n\nIn a statement issued by the police, Hatton&#8217;s family shared their feelings, highlighting the importance of &#8220;Richard&#8221; beyond his sporting achievements. They remembered him as a loving father, grandfather, and brother, as well as a loyal friend to many.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>He had a heart as big as his smile, and his kindness, humor, and loyalty touched everyone who was lucky enough to know him.<\/p><cite>Ricky Hatton&#8217;s Family<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe family statement also highlighted Hatton&#8217;s impact on the boxing world, describing him as one of the greatest champions and a man who always gave his best both inside and outside the ring. His fighting spirit, humility, and love for the sport inspired generations.\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\nThe family has expressed that, despite the pain, they feel comforted by the large number of people whose lives were touched by Hatton. They have requested privacy to be able to assimilate the loss and promise to keep Hatton&#8217;s legacy alive, both in boxing and in the memory of those who knew him.","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, confirmed by Greater Manchester Police, has generated a wave of tributes and expressions of affection towards the boxer&#8217;s figure. In a statement issued by the police, Hatton&#8217;s family shared their feelings, highlighting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[205,708,5468,8746],"class_list":{"0":"post-35030","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\/35030","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=35030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}