floyd mayweather vs ricky hatton

Mayweather vs. Hatton result: Floyd Mayweather wins the fight
Despite the insane odds movements over the week, Ricky Hatton failed to deliver on Saturday night and Floyd Mayweather won the fight in Las Vegas.

In one of the most bet on fights for 2007, Mayweather vs. Hatton, the bookmakers came out the real winners. Floyd Mayweather Jr. remained unbeaten last night after delivering a TKO in the 10th round of the fight. Everything was going according to plan up until the Round 10, when Mayweather delivered a powerful left hook that dropped Hatton on his back and clam up the thousands of British fans came to watch and support the Manchester fighter. Hatton got up at the count of eight, but Mayweather took advantage of the momentum, got him on the ropes and landed another flurry of punches to the head, sending Ricky Hatton on the floor once again. Referee Joe Cortez stopped the fight an the white towel was thrown from Hatton's corner at 1:35 into the tenth round. Final Mayweather - Hatton fight result - Floyd Mayweather by TKO in the 10th round.

It appears that the British bookmakers were the biggest winners after the fight. U.K. bookies saw so much action on Hatton that his odds were constantly being shortened throughout the week. According to some estimates, over 90% of the bets placed on the fight in the U.K. favored Ricky Hatton to win. Hatton's last odds were found at 6/4 and Mayweather was at 4/7.

WBC light-welterweight champion Junior Witter believes now is the time for Ricky Hatton to agree upon a long-awaited showdown following his defeat to Floyd Mayweather.

"It is time for the British showdown to happen at the biggest venue, wherever that may be - London, Manchester or Newcastle," Witter told Sky Sports News.

"He (Hatton) is still top of the tree at light-welterweight. He needs to get back in the ring as soon as possible with a good win.

"It would be (a fight between) the best light-welterweights in the world."

Former undisputed heavyweight world champion Lennox Lewis said on BBC Radio Five Live: "The result was obviously one Ricky wouldn't have liked but Floyd is very quick and displayed his talent.

"It seemed like Floyd was doing some sort of martial art in there, it was very difficult for Hatton to get a punch off.

"I don't think Ricky has anything else to prove. It's really all up to him whether he wants to retire or not."

Sir Henry Cooper, who floored Muhammad Ali in the 1960s but failed to beat 'The Greatest', admitted Hatton faces a tough decision about his future.

"I hope he's got the right people around him who can advise him," he told Sky News.

"He's unfortunate that he has come up in an era where he is fighting with Mayweather, an outstanding world champion.

"It was the same thing in my day, with Cassius Clay, or Muhammad Ali. We're both unfortunate to have a great champion around when we were trying to win the title."

Barry McGuigan was critical of referee Joe Cortez for his propensity for breaking the fighters up throughout the contest, while deducting a point from Hatton.

"Joe Cortez was very biased, I thought," McGuigan told BBC Radio Five Live. "He broke them up every time. Every opportunity he got, he broke them up.

"Hatton fought tremendously bravely. I thought the whole thing, the point being deducted, being broken up..... he (Cortez) never really allowed Ricky to fight his style of fight."

McGuigan does, however, believe Hatton should keep fighting.

"Of course he should continue, it's too soon for retiring," he insisted.