Ricky Hatton's son Campbell has made the decision to hang up his boxing gloves at the age of only 24 and chosen to embark upon a completely different career path.
The offspring of the Hitman, who is known as Hurricane, followed in his father's footsteps into the boxing ring.
Campbell has 16 professional fights under his belt and won the first 14 of these in succession.
But he was defeated in his last two fights, both of which were against James Flint and were unanimous decisions.
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The most recent of these was in October 2024 when the pair faced off at the Co-op Live in Manchester.
Campbell's dad Ricky became a two-division champion in his heyday, at both light-welterweight and welterweight.
The elder Hatton, now 46, has 45 wins from 48 fights under his belt, but he suffered defeats against both Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao in the mid to late 2000s.
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After an absence of more than three years from the ring, Ricky made a comeback in 2012 with a clash against Ukrainian Vyacheslav Senchenko at the Manchester Arena.
However, the elder Hatton was defeated for the third time in his career when Senchenko knocked him out and sent him into what appeared to be his retirement from the boxing ring.
However, Ricky will be coming out of retirement this year to fight Eisa Al Dah in Dubai in early December.
It appears Ricky's last fight will now be after his son's after confirmation that Campbell - who fought at lightweight - has now hung up his gloves for good and has embarked upon a career in a completely different profession.
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The decision was made following the back-to-back losses to Flint and also the loss of one of Campbell's close friends and Ricky revealed his son is now working on installing solar panels.
Speaking to Boxing Now, he said: "No, Campbell won't fight again. As you know, he didn't have much amateur experience. He gave it a go in the amateurs, and then he went pro and gave it a go. He fought for the Area title and got beaten.
"I thought he lost it to be fair, but then he fought the same lad straight away after. I thought he won the second one; they were both very close fights.
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"But he lost a little bit of his mojo, and then a few things went wrong. Sadly, he lost one of his best friends, Justin, who passed away at 27 years of age.
"I said 'Listen son, you should be very proud of yourself, you have given it a go, but if you have lost your mojo, you need to get out'. You can't play boxing, you can play any other sport.
"So I advised him, and now he is doing solar panels. He's gone into another job, he's a grafter, he works hard. He gave it [boxing] a go, but it just wasn't for Campbell."
Topics: Ricky Hatton, Boxing, Boxing News
John McDougall