RICKY Hatton got battered for the second time in two days after going on a monster booze bender in Las Vegas.
The Hitman necked pint after pint of Guinness to drown his sorrows after being knocked out by Manny Pacquiao in Saturday?s world title fight.
He also had something else to ease the pain of defeat ? sexy fianc?e Jenifer Dooley.
The loved-up pair larked about at a pool party at the city?s five-star MGM Grand Hotel before heading for more booze at the famous New York-New York casino.
?Ricky was laughing and joking as if he was just a normal tourist enjoying himself,? said one fan.
?You wouldn?t have known to look at him he?d been spark out on the deck just hours before.
?A few supporters shook his hand. He was a gentleman as ever and apologised for letting people down. He couldn?t help but make light of it all ? that?s the Ricky everyone loves.?
But behind the smiles the 30-year-old Mancunian is locked in his toughest battle yet ? deciding whether it is finally time to hang up his gloves. Filipino Pacquiao, also 30, destroyed the popular Brit by flooring him twice and then knocking him out to win Saturday?s IBO light welterweight bout in just five minutes.
Jenifer, 27, has admitted she hates boxing and has refused to marry her man until he quits the ring. And although Ricky has not decided his future, he said after the fight: ?My family know it is coming to an end. It must be awful for them ? I know how I feel when my brother boxes.?
Boxing experts ? including Ricky?s trainer Floyd Mayweather and Pacquiao?s coach Freddie Roach ? have also urged him to quit while he still has his health and his pride.
?Give me a reason why Ricky should go on,? said Roach, 49. ?It would be sensible to retire because knockouts like that are not good for you.?
Ricky?s trainer is the father of Floyd Mayweather Jnr, the only other man to have beaten Hatton.
He added: ?He tried twice, he failed twice, so I say strike three is out. It?s his choice though.?
