The Wild Card Boxing Club in Los Angeles hosts a Manny Pacquiao training session under supervision from his coach Freddie Roach
Ricky Hatton talks with Amir Khan at the IBA gym in Las Vegas. Khan will move up to Hatton's light-welterweight division to challenge Andriy Kotelnik in London in June
Pandemonium breaks out as the Filipino and his huge entourage, including his mother, trainers and friends arrive at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas
Hatton talks to the British media during the news conference at the MGM Grand Hotel and states that he's never been fitter before a fight
Hatton is greeted by 300 supporters who arrive at the MGM Grand to witness his "official" arrival. Up to 15,000 Hatton fans are expected to make the journey from the UK for Saturday's fight
With the greetings over, the Mancunian fighter heads into the arena and gets a feel for the ring where the fight will take place
Early on Wednesday, Pacquiao heads to the University of Nevada to do some work on the track as he looks to keep himself in peak physical condition
The fighters reconvene at the MGM Grand for a press conference but it is their respective trainers (Freddie Roach and Floyd Mayweather Sr) who make the headlines with an exchange of insults
Hatton's brother Matthew (centre left) will also be showing off his talents on the undercard along with the recently turned professional Joe Murray (centre right)
Elsewhere, Hatton takes questions from American radio journalists as the build-up to the big fight continues
The fight itself is over before Hatton even gets going, the Filipino landing several good body shots early in the opening round
The best punch of the first is also Pacquiao's as he catches his Mancunian opponent, bereft of a credible defence, flush in the face
Hatton's lesson in boxing is over in the last moments of the second round, hitting the canvas barely conscious after a firm left to the jaw from Pac Man
As the Hitman slides down the rankings, Pacquiao is undoubtedly the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world right now and will likely fight the winner of Floyd Mayweather Jr and Juan Manuel Marquez
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