" I Never Recovered From The First Punch"

Ricky Hatton says that he never recovered from the first punch that Manny Pacquiao was able to land last Saturday in Las Vegas, the counter right hand, that sent the Manchester fighter down for the first time in the fight, not long into the first round of their bout at the MGM Grand.Pacquiao knocked him out cold in the second round. The first loss of his career, a tenth round TKO to Floyd Mayweather Jr in December 2007 was tough. The second loss is proving to be just as tough to take."I am absolutely devastated. My head is in bits. I didn’t think I could cry anymore than after the Floyd Mayweather Jnr loss, but I certainly have. Pacquiao knocked me down from practically the first punch he threw and I never recovered," Hatton told The Sun."Maybe my attitude was wrong because I always wear my heart on my sleeve and I was straight in there. Maybe if I had gone a few rounds I could have won, but there was nothing I could do about it. I have felt worse after hard 12-round fights, because it was over that quickly and physically I have never felt better."It was said to the paper by Hatton's mother, that Ricky wants a farewell fight in England.

Pacquao in Manila

Tens of thousands ruled the streets of Manila for the salutation home parade of Manny Pacquiao, following his two-round devastation of Ricky Hatton in Las Vegas on May 2.Pacquiao returned home late last week following a government ask for that he stay in the United States for five days after his fight because of concerns over swine flu.However, the world's No 1 pound-for-pound fighter was given an official reception by Philippine President Gloria Arroyo at the state palace on a day declared as a national holiday.Admiring fans had braved the morning humid heat to throng the streets of Manila, cheering and honking horns as Pacquiao waved to them from a truck ornamented with Filipino flags that wound through the wealth.Office workers left their desks and showered Pacquiao with confetti, chanting "Manny! Manny!" while traffic blocked off side streets to allow the passage of the convoy of more than 30 vehicles, tying up traffic."He's the people's champ," said Danilo David, a 39-year-old government employee who filled his tank with two dollars' worth of petrol – half his daily pay – just to be a motorcycle escort for Pacquiao's convoy."We're happy and fortunate to escort him around Manila," David said.Pacquiao tossed red and white T-shirts that bore his picture and the slogan "emperor Of the Ring" into the swarm. "The reception was incredible," he said.The crowds were especially thick and enthusiastic at the impoverished district of Tondo in Manila's rundown dockyards, where a week earlier thousands had crammed a public gym to watch a free broadcast of the fight.At the presidential palace, Arroyo played the part of a journalist, interviewing her guest about the Hatton fight for the benefit of the assembled Filipino officials, palace staff and members of Team Pacquiao."He was so busy watching my left that he did not see my right hand coming," said Pacquiao, who dropped the Mancunian twice in the first round before sending him to the canvas unconscious at the end of the second round."He was not able to adjust his strategy. He fights in a certain style and did not change."His International Boxing Organisation junior welterweight title means Pacquiao, who ongoing boxing as light-flyweight in his teens to get away poverty, has equaled the record of six world crowns in different divisions.