Someone once said there are 3 things in life you must do:  train, say your prayers, and take your vitamins.  I officially add a fourth:  never bet against Floyd Mayweather.

Unlike his last 2 fights, Floyd was in a real fight last night.  Hatton did what he said he'd do, at first anyway, and was pressuring Mayweather, getting in his face, not letting him fight his kind of fight.  At the halfway point, the fight seemed pretty close.  The key word there being "seemed" because even by then, Mayweather had already won it.  There isn't a better fighter today at learning his opponent and adjusting then Mayweather.  Not to mention Hatton's little "kiss my ass" gesture in the sixth round after getting penalized for hitting in the back of the head, which showed Floyd was inside Ricky's head.  The only thing left at that point was the physical dissection.  Floyd could've just pot-shoted him to an easy decision victory, like he did against Baldomir, but he took it to Hatton and scored the TKO (the first knockdown in the 10th was a thing of beauty).

He's not a blood-and-guts action fighter like Gatti or the late Diego Corrales (two victims of arguably Mayweather's greatest masterpieces).  He's not a knockout artist like Kelly Pavlik.  He's just the absolute best practitioner at his craft today.  Like many greats (think Lennox Lewis), he's not appreciated in his own time, but the day will come when he's no longer in the sport.  And like Lennox, people are going to look back at his resume, look at the dominance he showed in his biggest fights, and realize this is truly one of the all-time greats.

HBO usually replays their PPV main-events the Saturday after, so do yourself a favor if this is shown next week and watch this virtuoso performance.