At the top level the jab is rather more complicated a tool than just waiting to be in range and pumping your left hand out, especially against a southpaw. Just cause it's the fastest punch in your arsenal doesn't mean it's a gimme to land and do its job, just watch Jennings (who over uses his jab) after stepping up too high couldn't make it work at all against Cotto.

Like any punch it depends on foot placement and timing to land, and a guy who shuffles in and out of range as quickly as Pac is very difficult to time, he'd have been hitting air and leaving himself open to counters.

Watching him on the pads with Senior was a little baffling as there was no footwork incorporated at all, just standing two feet away from each other and throwing the punches called out, with the occasional huge duck thrown in for good measure. Dont' know if they were expecting Pac to stick his face exactly where the pads would be just for a laugh.

At the end of the day Hatton is a one trick pony, his greatest asset against guys just below the top level was his biggest liability against the elite. He has very good foot speed and is able to close the distance quickly and throw his left hook, from which he'd set up a combination or hold on to avoid the reply, but against a guy considerably faster of foot (Pac) and a guy with superior balance and timing (PBF) he just didn't have much of a chance.