{"id":429831,"date":"2025-09-16T22:26:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T22:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/429831\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T22:26:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T22:26:38","slug":"love-island-star-anton-danyluk-faces-criticism-after-using-ricky-hattons-death-to-boost-his-fitness-business-after-boxers-tragic-passing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/429831\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island star Anton Danyluk faces criticism after &#8216;using Ricky Hatton&#8217;s death&#8217; to boost his fitness business after boxer&#8217;s tragic passing"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.co.uk<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-691\/kirsten-murray.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KIRSTEN MURRAY, SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  16:16 EDT, 16 September 2025   |  Updated:  17:05 EDT, 16 September 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/anton-danyluk\/index.html\" id=\"mol-fc66f140-9335-11f0-9e82-a98dc339095a\" rel=\"noopener\">Anton Danyluk<\/a> has faced criticism from fans after appearing to use Ricky Hatton&#8217;s death to help promote his business.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The former Love Islander, 31, is now a fitness coach and uses his Instagram to advertise his services as a fitness coach.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">And following the news of Ricky&#8217;s death on Sunday, Anton took to Instagram in a now deleted post titled &#8216;Ricky Hatton&#8217;s death hit me hard&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sharing a video of himself boxing and a series of snaps of the sports star he penned: &#8216;Ricky&#8217;s passing really reminded me why I started this.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Too many of us feel like we&#8217;re struggling on our own \u2014 but you don&#8217;t have to. That&#8217;s why I built my free community.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The star then went onto list key points of his services including a &#8216;supportive space,&#8217; &#8216;daily tasks&#8217; to help clients become &#8216;the best version of yourself&#8217; as well as fitness tips and discounts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-c46e00a17496b31e\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/09\/16\/21\/102196833-15104839-image-a-41_1758054661491.jpg\" height=\"953\" width=\"634\" alt=\"\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Love Island star Anton Danyluk has faced criticism after &#8216;using Ricky Hatton&#8217;s death&#8217; to boost his fitness business after the boxer&#8217;s tragic passing<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-9f022d77bedf436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/102195225-15104839-image-a-18_1758051873755.jpg\" height=\"951\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The former World Boxing Champion passed away on aged 46 after he was found at his home in Greater Manchester with police not treating his death as suspicious\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The former World Boxing Champion passed away on aged 46 after he was found at his home in Greater Manchester with police not treating his death as suspicious<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Yet fans seemed to find the post insensitive as they commented: &#8216;This is soooooo sad using his death to promote,have a word with yourself and have some respect&#8230;&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Shocking using someone\u2019s death too promote your business&#8217;;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Using someone&#8217;s death to promote business is not it bro. I was a fan of yours for sure, and I hated all the stupid comments on your posts&#8230; but now I&#8217;m starting to see their side sadly&#8217;;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Someone in your team needs to start intervening before you post because you really do scrape the moral barrel with some of your content&#8217;;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;If you aren\u2019t click baiting photos of your ex\u2019s you\u2019re now using somebodies death for content.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Daily Mail have contacted Anton&#8217;s representatives for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The former World Boxing Champion passed away on aged 46 after he was found at his home in Greater Manchester with police not treating his death as suspicious.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">On Tuesday\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/claire-sweeney\/index.html\" id=\"mol-9691d910-92d7-11f0-8839-9d422660f46c\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Claire Sweeney<\/a>\u00a0paid tribute to her former boyfriend and &#8216;dear friend&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-553894d89fdd02b2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/102195199-15104839-Anton_took_to_Instagram_in_a_now_deleted_post_titled_Ricky_Hatto-a-43_17580546682.jpeg\" height=\"705\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Anton took to Instagram in a now deleted post titled 'Ricky Hatton's death hit me hard'\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Anton took to Instagram in a now deleted post titled &#8216;Ricky Hatton&#8217;s death hit me hard&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-94e47b330a570586\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/102195195-15104839-image-a-19_1758051878684.jpg\" height=\"562\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The star then went onto list key points of his services including a 'supportive space,' 'daily tasks' to help clients become 'the best version of yourself' as well as fitness tips and discounts\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The star then went onto list key points of his services including a &#8216;supportive space,&#8217; &#8216;daily tasks&#8217; to help clients become &#8216;the best version of yourself&#8217; as well as fitness tips and discounts<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sharing a video montage of her ex-partner on Instagram to the soundtrack of Elvis Presley&#8217;s If I Can Dream, the actress wrote: &#8216;I\u2019ve needed a few days to process the devastating news about my dear friend Ricky.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Claire sent her condolences to Ricky&#8217;s loved ones, including his long-serving manager Paul Speak, who was known as Speaky. <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-15102389\/Ricky-Hatton-manager-Paul-Speak-Steve-Bunce.html\" rel=\"noopener\">It was Speak who found the body of the sporting legend at his home <\/a>in Hyde on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;My thoughts are with his family especially his children Campbell, Millie Fearne and Lyla, his granddaughter,&#8217; Claire wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;To them, Speaky and to all his friends who loved him so deeply and for so many years I send you my deepest sympathy. Ricky, you were the people\u2019s champ. We adored and cherished you. Love you always.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The actress struck up a relationship with Ricky after spending time together\u00a0on Dancing On Ice in January 2024 and despite splitting following eight months of dating remained close friends.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Love Island star Anton Danyluk faces criticism after &#8216;using Ricky Hatton&#8217;s death&#8217; to boost his fitness business after boxer&#8217;s tragic passing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Have YOU got a story? 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