Is De La Hoya next for Hatton?

British boxer Ricky Hatton is looking for a fight with Oscar De La Hoya or Manny Pacquiao after defeating Paulie Malignaggi in Las Vegas Saturday night.

Hatton, 30, dominated the junior welterweight contest before the New Yorker's corner called an end to the fight 28 seconds into the 11th round. Malignaggi was behind on all three judges' cards as he tried to take Hatton's International Boxing Organization crown.

De La Hoya and Pacquiao will fight at the same Las Vegas venue, the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Dec. 6. The arena was also the site of Hatton's only professional defeat, at the hands of Floyd Mayweather Jr., almost a year ago.

"I enjoyed it better than last time I was here, that's for sure," Hatton told Sky television after his victory Saturday. "No one will ever beat me at junior welterweight, no one. But what sort of a champion would I be if I didn't take [De la Hoya or Pacquiao] on next? That's what Ricky Hatton is all about."

Hatton is ready to move up a weight division to fight the winner of the De La Hoya-Pacquiao contest, and added that the fight could take place at London's Wembley Stadium.

There had been media speculation that Hatton, now under new trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr., might retire if Malignaggi (25-2) defeated him. Instead, Hitman Hatton clinched his 45th win with a convincing display as he overpowered the American with his heavier punches.