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Dancing On Ice star Ricky Hatton reveals he nearly QUIT the show ahead of his first performance... before ending up bottom of the leaderboard


The former boxer, 45, revealed he struggled so much early in rehearsals he was left 'wanting to throw in the towel'.

Dancing On Ice 's Ricky Hatton, 45, has revealed he nearly quit the ITV show ahead of his first perfomance during Sunday night's launch (pictured with pro partner Robin Johnstone) The routine saw him dressed in a boxing outfit, complete with knee pads as he referenced moves from his sport and did press-ups to Rocky movie theme tune Gonna Fly Now by Bill Conti. He told MailOnline: 'Ricky is one strong man, I asked him to punch me as a gag forgetting for a moment that he is a three time boxing world champion and yes it hurt, a lot!

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