Pacquiao's hook all wrong for Hatton

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The Filipino dominated what proved to be a short fight as he floored Hatton three times, eventually leaving the Mancunian needing medical attention in the ring before he walked away under his own steam.

"In the first round, I expected my right hook is going to be dangerous for him because he's open when he's coming towards me," Pacquiao said on Radio Five Live.

"He's very surprised because I have a new right hook."

It was, however, a trademark left hook that eventually felled Hatton for the final time, and there was initial concern as Hatton lay flattened in the centre of the ring.

Pacquiao, who went to his corner to mutter a prayer after the shot, was clearly thinking of Hatton as he gave his post-fight interview with medical treatment still being given to the defeated man.

"I'm always doing my job in the ring, doing my best to make people happy," he said. "It's nothing personal for me, I'm just doing my job."

Pacquiao has claimed Hatton's IBO and Ring Magazine light-welterweight title belts.

Asked whether he might want a shot at Floyd Mayweather Jr, who announced he was coming out of retirement, Pacquiao said would take on anyone.

"I can fight anybody, it will depend on my promoters," he said. "I'm just a fighter, doing my job, training and keeping at 100%."