In what was a continuation of the constant bad luck for UK sports this year Ricky Hatton lost last night to Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Now, being a fellow Brit, and also quite a local lad to myself, I have taken a keen interest in this fight, from the build up to the actual fight itself. Ricky Hatton is a great guy, and his down to earth attitude has made him a very popular fighter in the UK. This was shown in the 4000 UK visitors who followed Ricky Hatton to Las Vegas in order to see the fight, which, he lost.

Ricky started strong against Floyd, with a barrage of his usual trademark body shots. However, it was clear that Mayweather was the superior boxer, with Hatton probably the superior slugger and has history has taught us, the superior boxer will always beat the superior slugger and it was only a matter of time before Mayweather would land the punch to send Hatton down, for the first time in his professional career. This came in round 10, and ended the fairy tale right for Ricky Hatton. Oh well!

The bookies were offering great odds on this fight and I had a slight flutter with Bet365. I had a great bet for Hatton to win in the fourth, which would have returned at 40-1 and also on Hatton to win. I felt confident in these bets but lost, pretty much like every sports team in the UK right now!

Sports personality of the year tonight, that sounds like fun.

I bet Steve Maclaren won't be wining that!

Tags: boxing