Ricky Hatton swaps holidaying with Claire Sweeney for Olly Murs as he gets him in the ring for 'punishment'

Ricky Hatton swapped spending time with new girlfriend Claire Sweeney in the sunshine for the boxing ring with Olly Murs as they both headed back to work.

The boxer and the Coronation Street star were recently seen enjoying their first holiday together in Tenerife. The pair met while taking part in Dancing on Ice earlier this year and have been spotted on a series of pub dates throughout spring and their getaway comes just a couple of weeks after Claire and Ricky stepped out on the red carpet together for the first time.

But after their time in the sun together, Ricky and Claire have returned to the UK where the latter headed back to the cobbles to continue her work as Cassie Plummer in Corrie while 'The Hitman' has been busy putting one of the country's biggest pop stars through his paces.

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With Olly in Manchester, as he supports Take That on their mammoth tour, which finally got off without a hitch after the chaos of moving their string of shows from the yet unopened Co-Op Live to the AO Arena, he decided to use some of his downtime to train with Ricky at his gym in Hyde.

Taking to his Instagram Story, the singer shared a string of photos of himself working up a sweat in the ring under Ricky's watchful eye. "Honour to train with The Hitman today. Great to see ya mate! @rickyhitmanhatton," Olly wrote alongside a picture of the pair.

In another, Olly was flat on the floor as Ricky rested one foot on his chest and flexed his biceps as he said: "Ricky, was an honour mate! I'll be back for more punishment soon!"

Ricky was also thrilled to have Olly at énergie Fitness Ricky Hatton and alongside his own string of snaps on Instagram, the 45-year-old wrote: "Great to have me mucka @ollymurs down @energiefitnessrickyhatton today to put him through his paces. Not bad at all mate."

And Olly hinted it wasn't an easy session as he replied: "What a morning! F**k me your hands are hard Rricky." But Ricky quipped back: "It's them fat fingers my mate," with a crying laughing emoji.

Meanwhile, Ricky's followers appeared impressed by Olly. @finneganjonjo said: "@ollymurs you can really do it your shape is very good this is brilliant to see @rickyhitmanhatton." @jamiechristophernew predicted: "He’s been training for few years no way he’s like that on his time he’s been doing this for years

@davidblamire replied: "Pretty impressive." @danny_crisp shared: "Impressive Olly thought you’d be s**t." @keith_michael_canning_ shared: "Great to watch. Hes got some hands." @fitzysboxingcoaching added: "Not bad at all."