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RICKY HATTON insists he would love another crack at Floyd Mayweather.
Hatton was knocked out by the Pretty Boy when they met in Las Vegas last December.
But the Manchester ace has not given up hope of facing boxing's greatest pound-for-pound fighter once again.
He said: "Losing my first fight in 44 was a very bitter pill to swallow.
"But I would fight him again, even though he knocked me out."
Hatton, 29, managed to keep his cool in the build-up to the fight despite Mayweather's trash talking.
And the Hitman claims the American is not as ****y as he seems.
THE BEST ... Floyd Mayweather
He added: "Floyd has texted and phoned me a few times. He wants to come over to Britain and watch one of my fights.
"He even said to me, 'Athough I have proved I am the best, I would give anything to have the love of the fans like you have'.
"Being the way Floyd is, it must have been hard for him to give me a compliment like that.
"He has certainly gone up in my estimation."
Hatton is still considering his next move following the brutal 10-round defeat at the MGM Grand.
But he is ready to box again after coming to terms with the mistakes he made against the WBC welterweight champion.
Hatton said: "It was a good performance. After five or six rounds I thought I was going to win the fight, until I got a bit frustrated by the referee.
"It was break, break, break every five seconds — I never thought I would get into a fight and be scared of hitting my opponent.
"I lost my rag, I lost my composure that little bit and that's the difference when you are fighting someone like Floyd.
"But there are no hard feelings. I moved up a weight division and fought the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world."
Hatton was knocked out by the Pretty Boy when they met in Las Vegas last December.
But the Manchester ace has not given up hope of facing boxing's greatest pound-for-pound fighter once again.
He said: "Losing my first fight in 44 was a very bitter pill to swallow.
"But I would fight him again, even though he knocked me out."
Hatton, 29, managed to keep his cool in the build-up to the fight despite Mayweather's trash talking.
And the Hitman claims the American is not as ****y as he seems.
THE BEST ... Floyd Mayweather
He added: "Floyd has texted and phoned me a few times. He wants to come over to Britain and watch one of my fights.
"He even said to me, 'Athough I have proved I am the best, I would give anything to have the love of the fans like you have'.
"Being the way Floyd is, it must have been hard for him to give me a compliment like that.
"He has certainly gone up in my estimation."
Hatton is still considering his next move following the brutal 10-round defeat at the MGM Grand.
But he is ready to box again after coming to terms with the mistakes he made against the WBC welterweight champion.
Hatton said: "It was a good performance. After five or six rounds I thought I was going to win the fight, until I got a bit frustrated by the referee.
"It was break, break, break every five seconds — I never thought I would get into a fight and be scared of hitting my opponent.
"I lost my rag, I lost my composure that little bit and that's the difference when you are fighting someone like Floyd.
"But there are no hard feelings. I moved up a weight division and fought the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world."
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