![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/ricky-hatton-sheds-four-stone-in-stunning-body-transformation-aged-44/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/hatton.jpg&description=RICKY HATTON'S exhibition fight with fellow legend Marco Antonio Barrera is an exercise in mental strength and nostalgia and nothing to do with a serious comeback. Alarm bells have to ring when a 44-year-old grandfather announces a fight, ten years after his last one ended in a second consecutive defeat. Ricky Hatton has undergone an incredible body transformationCredit: Instagram / @rickyhitmanhatton Hatton, 44, lost four stone after this pointCredit: Getty Images - Getty But the former two-weight world champ and Manchester icon has explained how a gruelling training regime, four-stone weight loss and chance to walk out at his local arena on Saturday has hugely improved his life - not threatened it. The Hitman is in such a good mental space he has even treated himself to the occasional pint in the build-up and even stayed on track over a family holiday where he would usually go OTT. 'I've been having a few Guinness here and there,' he said with the trademark smile fans fell in love with. 'Because I've been able to keep on top of it. 'I went to Tenerife for five weeks. Normally I'd put on a stone and a half but I went there and put four or five pounds on. Everyone was like "f***!" but that's the way it's going to be now. 'It's not gonna be 'I'm 44, I'm gonna put my feet up, pipe and slippers'. 'You get a little bit older, a bit wiser and things have to change - a little bit.' It was an all-too-rare TV appearance that sparked Hatton's transformation and a clear out of his wardrobe even more ruthless than his assault on the super-lightweight division. 'I went in and filmed A Question of Sport three weeks before I started training,' he said. 'I'd been in camp for eight weeks when they told me it was coming on. 'I flicked it on and went "F***ing hell!'. 'I was alright mentally and I have been for a while but when I saw the show I emptied my entire wardrobe. 'I've got a new wardrobe now, I'm a 30in waist at the minute. I've got a few 32s. As soon as the 32s get a bit to){kind=link}
RICKY HATTON’S exhibition fight with fellow legend Marco Antonio Barrera is an exercise in mental strength and nostalgia and nothing to do with a serious comeback.
Alarm bells have to ring when a 44-year-old grandfather announces a fight, ten years after his last one ended in a second consecutive defeat.
But the former two-weight world champ and Manchester icon has explained how a gruelling training regime, four-stone weight loss and chance to walk out at his local arena on Saturday has hugely improved his life – not threatened it.
The Hitman is in such a good mental space he has even treated himself to the occasional pint in the build-up and even stayed on track over a family holiday where he would usually go OTT.
“I’ve been having a few Guinness here and there,” he said with the trademark smile fans fell in love with. “Because I’ve been able to keep on top of it.