Matty Askin reveals the hilarious Valentine’s Day prank he played on Ricky Hatton as he dedicates BKB 61 title fight to ‘The Hitman’

Matty Askin has opened up about the hysterical practical joke he played on Ricky Hatton at a weigh-in.

The warrior, who was previously promoted by ‘The Hitman’, has achieved incredible things in combat sports, including winning the British cruiserweight boxing title. However, on Saturday evening, he’ll take on the biggest challenge of his life, when he collides with Marko Martinjak at BKB 61 for the organisation’s bridgerweight world championship inside the Indigo at the O2 in London, UK.

Matty Askin pranked Ricky Hatton

While Valentine’s Day is the holiday of romance, for Matty Askin, it’s a celebration of humour, with the powerhouse utilising an opportunity on stage to leave one of the greatest British fighters of all time in stitches.

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During the BKB 61 media day, the 37-year-old told Sporf: “I spent a lot of years with Ricky Hatton. There’s a memory that stands out, Ricky and I used to have a right good laugh because we were very similar, and I don’t know which fight it was, but it was Valentine’s Day, and I had a picture of his face on a love heart on my boxers at the weigh-in. It was mentioned on Johnny Nelson’s boxing show at the time.”

Matty Askin wants to win the BKB world title for Ricky Hatton

At the weekend, Askin is set to battle it out with a bare-knuckle superstar. However, with the Brit determined to win the belt in honour of the late boxing Hall of Famer, he’s willing to go above and beyond to upset the apple cart and claim the victory.

He exclaimed: “There will be a homage to Ricky if the job gets done for sure. I’m giving it my everything.”

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