{"id":294853,"date":"2023-10-03T11:00:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=294853"},"modified":"2023-10-03T11:00:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T11:00:07","slug":"ricky-hatton-forced-to-stop-driving-deathtrap-only-fools-and-horses-van","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/boxing\/ricky-hatton-forced-to-stop-driving-deathtrap-only-fools-and-horses-van\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricky Hatton forced to stop driving ‘deathtrap’ Only Fools and Horses van"},"content":{"rendered":"

Only Fools and Horses fan Ricky Hatton has been forced to stop driving his \u201cdeathtrap\u201d Del Boy van. <\/p>\n

The former boxing champ, 44, loved dressing up as Del in a sheepskin coat and flat cap and driving one of the genuine canary Reliant Regal Supervans. But The Hitman revealed the three-wheeler is now an \u201cornament\u201d on his lawn. He said: \u201cIt\u2019s a bit of a deathtrap. I just have it in the garden, and people have a little chuckle when they see it.\u201d <\/p>\n

He said takeaway drivers still love seeing it at his Manchester mansion and ask for pictures. Ricky, an avid collector of showbiz and sports memorabilia, splashed out nearly \u00a34,000 for a van when he was 25. It came complete with Trotters Indepen-dent Trading insignia \u2013 and rust.<\/p>\n

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Ricky said at the time: \u201cI asked a fellow selling this kind of stuff to let me know when any of the eight three-wheelers they used come up for sale. They delivered it to me, and the night before I was so excited I couldn\u2019t sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no doubt Derek Trotter would love to have sampled some of Hatton\u2019s life too, especially his trips to Las Vegas for big boxing nights. The Hitman relived his fights in Sin City in an interview with the Daily Star in August. <\/p>\n

What's your favourite Ricky Hatton moment? Tell us in the comments section below<\/i> <\/b><\/p>\n

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"You couldn't have a better experience, even though it didn't go the way I wanted it to against Floyd Mayweather. The first time I went to Vegas and saw my name up in lights, it was amazing.<\/p>\n

"I grew up watching Nigel Benn, Roberto Duran, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Tommy Hearns and Marvin Hagler fighting in Las Vegas, so to go from a kid on the council estate to walking down The Strip, and seeing C\u00e9line Dion, Tom Jones and then Ricky Hatton pops up, it's very surreal. You think, 'Did that happen? Is that me'?"<\/p>\n

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