ITV Dancing on Ice viewers split over 'interesting' Ricky Hatton routine

Ricky Hatton made his Dancing on Ice debut with a Rocky-themed routine which didn't go down too well with the judges.

Dressed in a boxing outfit, Ricky who is known as The Hitman, wore elbow pads as he referenced boxing moves on the ice and did press-ups to Rocky movie theme tune Gonna Fly Now by Bill Conti with his skating partner Robin Johnstone.

The judges were less than impressed with the janky routine as he received a total score of 12.5 points from the judges and he will be in the first skate-off next week. However, judge Ashley Banjo remarked: "Ricky Hatton on ice is iconic, you should be proud of yourself".

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In response to the low score, Ricky said: "I'll have that, from going to do absolutely nothing to doing the masterclass...I'm glad I stuck at it."

Despite being a dark horse in the new season, Ricky spoke about how he stuck through the training to do the performance and is happy he did so. During the show, Ricky remarked he 'never' thought of himself dancing on the Ice and that he would have rather gotten "punched in the face".

Reaction from those watching at home was mixed with many already branding the 45-year-old their favourite. Writing on X, formerlyt known as Twitter, @PaigeyEFC wrote: " Can we keep Ricky in like we did Bez. Got to love the effort" while @JaimeB_83 added: "He did really well love Ricky Hatton he's a good guy" while @CJFOXY30 said: "Well, that was interesting! More "rolling on the floor" on ice, then Dancing on the Ice!"

Others were not so complimentary with @markbelfast89 writing: "I love Ricky Hatton!! One of my favourite ever boxers to watch through the years but dancing on ice. What's he