Last Contract for the Hitman

It's been a mixed couple of weeks for British boxing.

Carl Froch made a superb comeback to retain his title, but Hatton was outclassed by Mannny Pacquiao.

Froch's last-round knockout almost certainly ended Jermaine Taylor's career at the top level. Taylor's distraught face after the first knockdown was pathetic in the true sense of the word, you couldnt help pity him when he was so close to victory. Having been ahead on two of the ringside scorecards going into the final round, his stamina, his Achilles heel at the top level, had once again been his undoing, as it had against Kelly Pavlik. Froch can look forward to unification fights against either the Canadian Lucien Bute, or Mikkel Kessler, probably the toughest man left in the division after Calzaghe's retirement.

Hatton should hang up the gloves now after being knocked cold for the second time. I had thought Hatton would fare better with his natural weight advantage, but Manny confirmed his status as the best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet. Pacquiao can look forward to megafights with the likes of Juan Manuel Marquez and Shane Mosley, or the ultimate megafight with the now unretired Floyd Mayweather Jr.