British great advised to retire

LAS VEGAS: Ricky Hatton was advised to hang up his gloves for good by his own trainer after being knocked out here on Saturday by Manny Pacquiao in a fight that ended with the Englishman flat on his back.

Filipino southpaw Pacquiao captured a world title in his record-tying sixth weight class by taking Hatton's International Boxing Organization junior welterweight crown one second before the end of the second round.

A powerful left hand to the jaw sent Hatton to the canvas unconscious and on his back when referee Kenny Bayless ended the fight. Hatton fell to 45-2, his only prior loss to Floyd Mayweather Jnr in the same ring 17 months earlier.