Who won the Manny Pacquiao versus Ricky Hatton fight?”
From Yahoo sports article Pacquiao cemented his claim to being the best pound-for-pound boxer Saturday night with a spectacular performance that ended with Hatton sprawled helplessly on the canvas after a devastating left hand to the head late in the second round. Coming off a dominating win over De La Hoya, Pacquiao was even better against Hatton, knocking him down two times in the first round before finally stopping him with a vicious left hand that dropped Hatton for good in the 140-pound title bout. Referee Kenny Bayless took one look at Hatton and declared the fight over at 2:59 of the second round. “I didn’t have to count,” Bayless said.
Manny Pacquiao can no longer be identified as a boxer. Lethal weapon, maybe. Or destroyer missile. Whatever the definition, he is unquestionably the sport’s top gun. What he did to Ricky Hatton on Saturday night, in a boxing ring at the MGM Grand Garden, before a crowd of 16,262 and millions more all over the world watching on pay-per-view, was mostly mayhem. The man from Manchester was manhandled. British fans who swoop down on this city every time Hatton fights — which is three times since December 2007 — serenaded him into the ring as usual, with the now-annoying version of “Winter Wonderland” that begins: “There’s only one Ricky Hatton.” They were right. He was the only one who ended up on his back in the middle of the ring. The fight summary is one paragraph. Pacquiao knocked Hatton down twice in the first round, dominated the second and caught Hatton with a vicious left hook as the round ticked down. Hatton’s eyes rolled back and his body fell, like a sack of potatoes, flat on
