Nathan Heaney is a British middleweight boxer who has sold 1,300 tickets single-handedly for his upcoming fight, get to know more about the Stoke native, his age, height, nickname, fight record and career, and net worth
Nathan Heaney just managed to sell another stunning 1,300 tickets for his fight on Saturday, making him one of the biggest boxing stars in the country.
Who is boxer Nathan Heaney, age, height, family, tickets sale, boxing fight record, net worth
Fight week 😍🥊 Some noise will be made in 5 days time! Thank you Stoke for creating another amazing sell-out 👏 @Queensberry @FrankWarren @BTSportBoxing pic.twitter.com/cAU3OPvZ9q
— Nathan Hitman Heaney (@NathanHeaney) March 20, 2023
🔴⚪ Ready to top the bill for the first time! @NathanHeaney #HeaneyFlatley2 | Saturday | Live on @BTSport pic.twitter.com/EZWUzbgLTk
— Queensberry Promotions (@Queensberry) March 20, 2023
Heaney, a former PE teacher, has become a ticket-selling sensation with a huge following particularly in his native Stoke.
Nathan Heaney brief bio
Nathan Heaney was born on 4 April 1989 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, United Kingdom where he also lives currently. The middleweight boxer has always been a life-long Stoke City football club fan and holds a prominent place in the Stoke City supporters’ association. This is something, which has contributed largely to his growing popularity as a professional boxer.
Nathan Heaney age and nickname
The Stoke native is currently 33-year-old and is also known as the ‘Hitman’. His height and net worth isn’t known.
Nathan Heaney fight record and career
The Hitman currently has an impressive undefeated fight record of 16 wins including 6 knockouts and zero losses. Heaney is also the reigning IBO International Middleweight Champion. Nathan started boxing in the professional sphere only at the age of 27 despite boxing throughout most of his childhood.
He started out his career under hall-of-fame promoter Frank Warren. Owing to his huge fan support in Stoke, the popular boxing ace leads his die-hard supporters an hour down the M6 to watch his all-action displays. Much to the delight of those fans, Nathan’s always enters the ring to the tune of the iconic entrance Potters’ anthem Delilah.
He recently stated in an interview:
I boxed in Bolton in my third fight, the show went out on Channel 5 but my bout was too early so wasn’t even televised.
Under Frank, the duo has plans to take a huge fight to the Bet365 stadium. The 33-year-old has come a far way from his debut where he sold only 60 tickets back in 2017.
“They probably all thought he was silly and so did I probably”
While speaking about his rise in the boxing world, Heaney revealed how he started boxing under his father Joseph’s guidance. Joseph tragically passed away in 2019 after lost his battle with mental health. While speaking about his father, he shared:
If my dad just hung around for just a few weeks longer he would have seen us achieve so much.
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