World title challenger and Sky Sports ’ pundit Matthew Macklin was part of Ricky Hatton's camp. He shares his memories of the journey…

A phenomenal, phenomenal fighter, great guy as well. I'm sad and shocked and my heart goes out to his family. I can only imagine how they feel.

It was well documented that he lived life to the fullest but he trained as hard as anyone I've been in the gym with. A true professional when he was in training. Dieting, everything... he did everything to perfection.

He had a great boxing brain I think, a very underrated skillset. Everyone knew he was a fearsome body puncher, very strong, but he was a fantastic boxer when he needed to be as well.

There were fights he won when probably he could have pulled out, he was ill. I remember the Juan Urango fight, he

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