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The waiting is finally over...

Ricky Hatton and Floyd Mayweather are in the ring, the national anthems have been sung at long last Undefeated is underway.

Someone's '0' has to go.

Will the pound-for-pound king Pretty Boy prevail, or will the Hitman produce arguably the best performance from a British boxer?

Follow the action right here, with our round-by-round updates...

Pre-fight

Brad Pitt, Denzel Washington, Tiger Woods, Jack Nicholson, Sly Stallone, Gwen Stefani, Sugar Ray Leonard, Lennox Lewis, Tommy Hearns, Marco Antonio Barrera, Joe Calzaghe and David Beckham are all in. Sir Tom Jones - and about 5,000 Brits - have sung the national anthem, the Star-spangled Banner was booed. Blue Moon has boomed out, Floyd has strutted his stuff and at long, long last as Michael Buffer says... Let's get ready to rrrrrrrrrrrrumble!

Round One

Hatton lands the first jab of the night, but Mayweather catches him on the way in the next two exchanges. Referee Joe Cortez is too quick to step in as Hatton tries to get inside. At length Hatton sends Mayweather scuttling off balance with a great jab and gets him in the corner, before the ref steps in - again. Floyd's straight right leads are landing and the Pretty Boy has had the better shots hit home. Mayweather ends the round complaining, but probably edged it.
SKYSPORTS.COM SCORING: Mayweather 10-9

Round Two

Hatton kicks off with a huge left hook but is still susceptible to the straight right over the top. Mayweather lands three and sadly every time Hatton gets close, referee Joe Cortez steps in. Two time outs and a warning mean there is no rhythm yet. Ricky's face is reddened but so far so good. He is forcing the fight as expected and is having no trouble catching Floyd with his left - straights and hooks. Cortez the only one not looking good so far.
SKYSPORTS.COM SCORING: Hatton 10-9

Round Three

It's turning into the Joe Cortez show! Too many interventions - one when Hatton was throwing a punch - are doing Hatton no favours. He keeps coming though, but a good start is cut short by Mayweather's holding. The first close exchange goes Hatton's way, but on the back foot a left-right-left combination shows Floyd's class. Now for the bad news... Hatton is cut! Above the right eye, courtesy of a punch, but Mayweather paws at it furiously in a clinch.
SKYSPORTS.COM SCORING: Mayweather 10-9

Round Four

Hatton's worst round yet. The cut is not getting any better of course, but other than a right down the middle, it's all Mayweather. Hatton is not being helped, still, by some ridiculous refereeing - he is constantly being warned - and as a result the pace suits Floyd perfectly. A four-punch flurry rocks Hatton badly and even when he does get a left in, the right comes back, clean and crisp. Hatton looks weary already. Hopefully it's nervous energy he's using up.
SKYSPORTS.COM SCORING: Mayweather 10-9

Round Five

Better from Hatton. At last able to get in close he lands three lefts, and a big hook to the body as he ties Floyd up on the ropes. Cortez is quiet for a full 90 seconds and Hatton makes the most of it. But when they break, Floyd still pops off a right. Hatton spends the round buried in Mayweather's chest, which is where he needs to be. The worry is that we've just seen a round where Mayweather takes his foot off the gas, as only he can.
SKYSPORTS.COM SCORING: Hatton 10-9

Round Six

Disastrous start for Hatton as he is deducted a point - the first of his professional career - for hitting on the back of the head. Cortez fails to see Mayweather ducking and almost trying to lever himself through the ropes. Hatton responds by turning his back on Floyd on the resumption and ruffled, he is caught by a beauty of a left. He rides it, but Cortez is being conned by Mayweather's cuteness - and he is ruining Ricky's big night.
SKYSPORTS.COM SCORING: Mayweather 10-8

Round Seven

At last what Hatton needs - a round close in. The trouble is he can barely get a shot off, tied up by Mayweather's arms and elbows. Floyd on the other hands lands to sweet bodyshots and again, when they move apart catches him with a left hook and another right, the latter spot-on. Pressure and workrate from Hatton, but the better quality shots are all coming from the Pretty Boy. It looks like this one's slipping away from Hatton.
SKYSPORTS.COM SCORING: Mayweather 10-9

Round Eight

Mayweather shows his class, close in and at range, two uppercuts hurt and a huge right rocks Hatton's back badly. He pours forward though but soon finds himself in a whole heap of trouble in the corner. Floyd unleashes a flurry of shots, the right hook looking like it could end it all. Hatton somehow survives but can't hold on because a) he can't get close and b) Cortez wouldn't let him. The best you can say is Ricky is coherent when he gets back to the corner, but it was so one-sided it's a 10-8 round for Floyd I'm afraid.
SKYSPORTS.COM SCORING: Mayweather 10-8

Round Nine

Mayweather is a class apart. Hatton can't get a glove on him, close in or at range. A shoulder here, a faint there, the Pretty Boy is demonstrating what we all feared. Hatton keeps coming as ever though but Mayweather is not all defence and he lands the better shots of a muted round. He is that good Floyd he can make you look ordinary without throwing a punch. Hatton is getting into the realms of knockout needed.
SKYSPORTS.COM SCORING:Mayweather 10-9

Round Ten

It's all over! Mayweather starts off well and topples Hatton with a sweet left hook. The Hitman struggles to his feet but the signs are there and a follow-up right sends him bouncing back on to the ropes, legs all over the place. Ricky tries in vain to hold on, but stunned, a simple nudge sends him over again and Cortez steps in with just over a minute left. Heartbreak for Hatton, but as always, he gave it everything.
SKYSPORTS.COM SCORING: Mayweather 10-8