Mayweather, boxing undisputed winners

LAS VEGAS - Boxing had its best face on over the weekend, because it delivered as promised, a true rarity in a sport dotted with rascals, thieves, and cheats, going back to the creation of knuckles and the invention of canvas.

Unfortunately for Ricky Hatton, it was a shot to his face that ended his evening Saturday and reconfirmed Floyd Mayweather Jr. as the undisputed best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.

"What can I say?" mugged the wry-witted Hatton after losing his chance to win the World Boxing Council's welterweight crown. "I was doing all right until I [bleepin'] slipped."

Hatton didn't slip, except where it counted most - in figuring how to defend Mayweather when backed tight into his opponent's corner. Mayweather, showing far more feistiness and punching power than he displayed in his May 5 decision here over Oscar De La Hoya, slipped the previously undefeated Englishman a chop hook, a righthand shiver that came from underneath and flattened Hatton midway through the 10th round at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Click here to read more.