Ricky Hatton: Eamonn Magee lifts lid on his rivalry-turned-friendship with superstar: ‘He was a character’

Eamonn Magee recalls the night a taxi trip to Ardoyne turned into a bumper night for a local pub as word spread that Hatton was in the building

Ricky Hatton with Eamonn Magee in 2013

Ricky Hatton once described Eamonn Magee as a “f***ing w*****” after the Belfast boxer became the first fighter to ever put ‘the Hitman’ down in a 2002 sellout bout dubbed ‘Anarchy in the UK’.

But later, outside of the ring, the two became close friends.