Ricky Hatton has opened up on the time Liam and Noel Gallagher carried his belts to the ring.
âThe Hitmanâ took on Paulie Malignaggi in 2008 at the MGM Grand Las Vegas.
He would win the fight after Malignaggi was withdrawn by his corner during the 11th round in a one-sided bout.
But ahead of the clash he asked fellow Mancunians the Gallaghers to carry his belts for him with Liam going a bit too far.
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âI asked Noel and Liam to carry my belts to the ring against Paulie Malignaggi,â Hatton told Lucky Block. âI gave Noel the Ring Magazine belt and Liam the IBO belt, and you could see they were both a bit nervous, obviously they had never walked a fighter out before. They asked âwhat do I do, Rick, what do we do?â. I said âget in the ring and hold it up and put it in Malagnaggiâs faceâ.
âSo Noel got in, then I got in the ring, then Liam got in the ring. Liam then came straight past me, straight past Noel, and went straight up to Malagnaggi and said something like âwhat do you think about that you d*** head?â shoving the belt in his face . I thought âthatâs not quite what I meant, Liamâ. I didnât mean to hold up in front of his face and abuse him, but it was funny. We can laugh about it now, it was brilliant.
âBut then, Liamâs walking around ringside and Malagnaggiâs fans are at ringside, and Liamâs giving the old Liam Gallagher two fingers to them. It was absolute gold. But a couple of Malignaggiâs supporters who were at ringside were not people youâd want to mess with. They said âwe love you Ricky but the rockstar needs to be careful, he really needs to be careful because heâs disrespected us. I was thinking Liamâs going to get us all killed here
The brothers recently announced Oasis will reunite for the first time in 16 years.