He began romancing new girlfriend Marie Pollard at the end of last year, 12 months after calling off his engagement to Jennifer Dooley.
And Ricky Hatton appears to have found love once more as he shared several cosy snaps of himself with his new ‘partner-in-crime’ to his Instagram this month, leading fans to brand him a ‘legend’ for landing the beauty.
The boxer, 39, packed on the PDA with his glamorous new love, known only as Charlie, as the pair enjoyed a lavish trip to Las Vegas.
Smitten:Ricky Hatton appears to have found love once more as he shared several cosy snaps of himself with his new ‘partner-in-crime’ to his Instagram this month, leading fans to brand him a ‘legend’ for landing the beauty
Loved up: The boxer, 39, packed on the PDA with his glamorous new love, known only as Charlie, as the pair enjoyed a lavish trip to Las Vegas
The new couple stayed at the prestigious Caesar’s Palace hotel and posed fr a number of smitten snaps to celebrate their romantic break.
The world champion sportsman wrote: ‘Nice to go to Vegas for a night and not get knocked the f*** out.’
On another photo of the new couple cuddling in a car, Ricky wrote: ‘#vegasbaby the partner in crime’.
Fans were quick to praise the boxer for his stunning new girlfriend with one writing ‘absolutely legend’ while another added: ‘beautiful. Your Mrs is a stunner too.’
Another wrote: ‘Haha your the f*****g man Ricky’ while another typed: ‘She’s stunning. N he’s funny n good looking. Have a top time x’
MailOnline has contacted Ricky’s representative for comment.
Cute couple: The new couple stayed at the prestigious Caesar’s Palace hotel and posed fr a number of smitten snaps to celebrate their romantic break.
Smile: The Hitman Hatton cracked a relaxed smile as he cosied up to his new love
Outing: The pair spent time in the casino city’s Mandalay Bay hotel
Legend: Fans were quick to praise the boxer for his stunning new girlfriend with one writing ‘absolutely legend’ while another added: ‘beautiful. Your Mrs is a stunner too’
This comes seven months after Ricky revealed his new romance with Marie Pollard, a year after calling off his engagement to Jennifer Dooley.
He said of Jennifer: ‘It’s very upsetting when you’ve been in such a long-term relationship and it comes to an end.
‘I can’t deny there are times I have found things difficult.’
A source told The Sun of the star’s romance with Marie: ‘He’s known Marie for years, but now they’ve grown close. Since splitting from Jennifer, Ricky has had a tough time with love. He’s made his name for himself being a fighter but in reality he’s just a big softie.
Moving on: This comes seven months after Ricky revealed his new romance with Marie Pollard (above), a year after calling off his engagement to Jennifer Dooley
‘He’s been friends with Marie for years, but it’s only recently that they’ve grown close. Marie keeps herself in great shape and caught the eye of Ricky. And just like his career, he’s definitely punching above his weight.’
Over the festive season, the sportsman showed that the pair spent their time together in Manchester, as he took to Instagram to share images of them enjoying a Christmas meal with Ricky’s family. He has since jetted off to Tenerife.
The pair have also been seen enjoying variety of dates together, with Ricky once affectionately refering to the blonde beauty as his ‘bezzie’.
It started with a kiss: A source told The Sun that the pair had been friends for a number of years before embarking on their romance
Christmas up north: The former boxer took to Instagram to share a shot of the couple celebrating Christmas Eve together in his native Manchester
Social media: The sportsman has been sharing snippets of his adventures with Marie across his social media accounts over the past several months
In June, they Ricky revealed on Twitter that he accidentally took her to a church when he’d intended on taking her on a date to a pub called The Church Inn.
They’ve since watched Manchester City’s football matches together, celebrated a birthday in Dublin, dined with pals and even partied with boxer Chris Eubank.
Last month, Manchester native Ricky – two-weight world champion during his career – caught some heat, when he shared a sizzling shot of a woman wearing just lingerie and knee-high boots as she fried an egg sunny-side-up.
But in a rather embarrassing turn of events, it was revealed that the sportsman had no connection to the beauty and had taken the snap from the internet.
The way they were: Before embarking on his new romance, he was engaged to Jennifer Dooley. The pair are seen together in 2007, when Ricky received his MBE
Split: Despite their seemingly unbreakable bond, the pair eventually went their separate ways
Ricky led his followers to believe that the girl in question was cooking him up a treat in the kitchen, as he accompanied the sultry snap with the caption: ‘Some breakfast I woke up to this morning.’
The photo showed the mystery brunette standing over the hob in a black bra and a mauve thong. Snapped from behind, the woman wore her tresses in light ringlets around her shoulders, shielding her face from view.
However, a source revealed to MailOnline that the lady in the photo is an Instagram model who has no connection to the former boxer, saying of the pint-sized boxer: ‘He‘s nicked it off the internet!’
Fans had speculated whether Ricky had been the person to take the photo of the girl in his Instagram post, with many joking that he must have ‘used a ladder’ or a chair to do so. Others quipped that the star ‘wasn’t tall enough’ to have captured the shot.
Mocked: Ricky was the target of much mockery last month, when he shared a racy snapshot of a mystery brunette, while implying she was cooking breakfast for him
One s(hell) of a woman! However, it was later revealed to MailOnline that the busty lingerie-clad mystery girl was an Instagram model who had absolutely no connection to the star
While some commented on how ‘lucky’ Ricky was, after seeing the snaps, others were quick to question how genuine his post was.
During his boxing heyday, Ricky won world titles at light-welterweight and welterweight and is one of Britain’s best-loved sportsmen.
His memorably emphatic wins over Kostya Tszyu and Jose Luis Castillo earned him a fight against pound-for-pound great Floyd Mayweather in December 2007.
Thousands of British fans travelled to Las Vegas to watch their hero in action and infamously ‘drank the Strip dry’ during their weekend away in Sin City.
His only two career losses – aside from an ill-fated comeback fight in 2012 – were against Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.
Champ: Ricky’s only two career losses were against Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao (pictured during their Las Vegas bout in 2009)