![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/ricky-hatton-stuns-fans-with-ripped-abs-at-weigh-in-for-barrera-exhibition/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/lb-SPORT-ricky-hatton-copy.jpg&description=RICKY HATTON stunned boxing fans with a lean and mean physique as he hit the scales for the first time in over a decade. The Hitman returns to the ring on Saturday night for an exhibition with Mexican great Marco Antonio Barerra. Ricky Hatton piled on the pounds after his retirement from boxingCredit: GETTY Hatton has melted the fat off ahead of his return to the ringCredit: MARK ROBINSON Hatton has got himself in tip-top shape for his return to the ringCredit: SKY SPORTS Hatton, 44, left no stone unturned for the eight-rounder with his pal - putting in multiple gruelling training sessions a day. And his hard work at the gym has left him with rock-solid six-pack abs, which boxing fans marvelled at after seeing him step on the scales. One tweeted: "Saw this guy in the flesh in February and he was literally 3x times the size he is now, fair play!" Another said: "Amazing how quick he can get into shape." And another said: "Fair play. Some hard graft there." One remarked: "The old man looks great!!!" The Hitman is in such a good mental space he has even treated himself to the occasional pint in the build-up and managed to stay 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. CASINO SPECIAL - BEST NEW CUSTOMER SIGN UP DEALS '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 starte){kind=link}
RICKY HATTON stunned boxing fans with a lean and mean physique as he hit the scales for the first time in over a decade.
The Hitman returns to the ring on Saturday night for an exhibition with Mexican great Marco Antonio Barerra.
Hatton, 44, left no stone unturned for the eight-rounder with his pal – putting in multiple gruelling training sessions a day.
And his hard work at the gym has left him with rock-solid six-pack abs, which boxing fans marvelled at after seeing him step on the scales.
One tweeted: “Saw this guy in the flesh in February and he was literally 3x times the size he is now, fair play!”