Ricky Hatton’s career in pictures

Ricky Hatton celebrates with his IBF & IBO light-welterweight belts after victory over Juan Urango in 2007 (Sean Dempsey/PA) - (PA Archive)

Two-weight world champion Ricky Hatton has died at the age of 46.

Here, the PA news agency takes a look at his illustrious career in pictures.

Ricky Hatton celebrates retaining his WBO and claiming the WBA Intercontinental light-welterweight championship at York Hall in September 2000 (PA) (PA Archive)

Hatton, left, in action against Jon Thaxton en route to winning the British light-welterweight title four weeks later (Michael Stephens/PA) (PA Archive)

Hatton celebrates with trainer Bill Graham after winning the vacant WBU light-welterweight against Canada’s Tony Pep (Sean Dempsey/PA) (PA Archive)

Hatton, right, turns to celebrate after knocking out Mike Stewart in the IBF light-welterweight eliminator in 2004 (Nick Potts/PA) (PA Archive)

Hatton poses with Kostya Tszyu after claiming the IBF light-welterweight title in June 2005 (Nick Potts/PA) (PA Archive)

Hatton added the WBA light-welterweight title after knocking out Carlos Maussa (Nick Potts/PA) (PA Archive)

Hatton pictured before becoming a two-weight champion with victory over Luis Collazo for the WBA welterweight crown (Martin Rickett/PA) (PA Archive)

Hatton added the IBO light-welterweight title to his collection after beating Juan Urango in Las Vegas (Sean Dempsey/PA) (PA Archive)

Ricky Hatton extended his unbeaten record to 43 fights when stopping Jose Luis Castillo (Nick Potts/PA) (PA Archive)

Floyd Mayweather Jr, right, inflicted Hatton’s first professional defeat in December 2007 (Peter Byrne/PA) (PA Archive)

Hatton defeated Paulie Malignaggi, which proved to be his final professional victory in the ring (Dave Thompson/PA) (PA Archive)

Hatton was knocked out by Manny Pacquiao to lose his IBO light-welterweight belt (Dave Thompson/PA) (PA Archive)

Hatton waves to the crowd after losing to Vyacheslav Senchenko – his final professional bout – in November 2012 (Dave Thompson/PA) (PA Wire)

Hatton later trained Nathan Gorman, right, who fought for the British heavyweight title on two occasions (Nick Potts/PA) (PA Archive)

Hatton, right, stepped back in the ring for an exhibition bout against Marco Antonio Barrera in 2022 (Ian Hodgson/PA) (PA Wire)

He ventured into reality TV with an appearance on Dancing On Ice in 2024 (Ian West/PA) (PA Archive)