Ladies and Gent's, we are going to have a clean fight!! See Mosley agrees for a pay day and olympic style testing.
Public's point of view is that he is a cheater, pacman is not scared of a fight but does not want to get exposed by using PED drugs.
While this isn't as big a fight as Mayweather v. Paq it's still a very nice consolation prize -- I think it will be better than the Clottey bout.
The testing issue aside, I'm more excited about this than Pacquiao-Clottey. This fight's been in the making for ages, even before Pacquiao moved up. Oh, am I too late to say, "inb4 Filipinos?"
Not so fast..... http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=25082 http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=4880645&name=rafael_dan Man, I don't see Floyd turning down this fight. No way he does after the Pacman fallout. Not even the biggest Mayweather fan can defend him if he doesn't take this fight. I don't know how you could.
Floyd signed.. Can't wait for this fight. It will be 100X better than a fight against Pac. Mosley actually has a chance against Mayweather if he can win the first 6 rounds. I am not sure that Shane has the legs to go 12 rounds with Floyd though. Shane is a little slower and opens up with his hooks. He can get crazy at times and that is something Floyd is going to capitalize on. Flurries of punches don't work on Floyd, you have to choose your offense wisely. Biggest difference will be the adjustments made in the middle of the fight. Floyd is one of the best at adjusting and taking advantage of mistakes. Shane on the other hand, is pretty much the same fighter all throughout the fight. Shane is going to need to use his jab, A LOT. Floyd is going to need to control the pace at all times, counter and beat Shane to the punch when he opens up with his short hooks. Fight is going to be great. My money is on Money.
Don't make it too obvious your love for Floyd. People will find it hard to believe any of your expert analysis here anymore.
It sure would be.....if it happened back when it was suppose to happen. But a Floyd vs Manny matchup would pit two guys at the top of their sport, in the prime of their careers. Very rare do you get that type of matchup. Not taking anything away from this fight but a Floyd-Manny fight would be the Ali-Fraizer of this era.
I don't know about ali frazier. Until they fought DLH I bet the average sports fan didn't even know who they were. I remember mayweather fighting at a half empty American airlines arena.
are you pretty much saying Mosley is 100X a better fighter than Pac straight up? or Mayweather fights better when he's not against Pac?
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4884208 After several days of concern over whether Floyd Mayweather Jr. would sign the contract for an agreed-upon showdown with welterweight titleholder Shane Mosley, he put pen to paper on Wednesday and signed the contract, Mosley attorney Judd Burstein told ESPN.com. That was the last hurdle to finalizing the super fight. Mosley signed on Friday. Mosley will defend his title against Mayweather on May 1 (HBO PPV) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Statements "This one is definitely for the fans as I wasn't going to waste anyone's time with a meaningless tune-up bout and asked to fight Shane immediately. I have said ever since I came back to the sport that I only wanted to fight the best. I think Shane is one of the best, but come May 1, he still won't be great enough to beat me." -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I have always wanted to fight Floyd and now it is finally coming true. I am already in great shape and ready to show everyone on May 1 that I am stronger, faster and better than he is. I will have no problem beating him." -- Shane Mosley "He signed. It's going to be a great fight," Burstein said. Burstein said he received the news on Wednesday afternoon from Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, who had been told by Al Haymon, a Mayweather adviser. Burstein said he then spoke to Haymon. "Al Haymon's word is gold to me. He told me personally," Burstein said. "We spoke and he said Floyd signed. It was a short but happy conversation. Shane is excited. We all know it's going to be a great fight." Later Wednesday, the fighters issued statements. "This one is definitely for the fans as I wasn't going to waste anyone's time with a meaningless tune-up bout and asked to fight Shane immediately," Mayweather said. "I have said ever since I came back to the sport that I only wanted to fight the best. I think Shane is one of the best, but come May 1, he still won't be great enough to beat me." Said Mosley, "I have always wanted to fight Floyd and now it is finally coming true. I am already in great shape and ready to show everyone on May 1 that I am stronger, faster and better than he is. I will have no problem beating him." Schaefer and Burstein had voiced concern on Tuesday when Mayweather had still not yet signed several days after Mosley had signed and the Mayweather side said it had agreed to the terms. Getting the contract signed this week was pivotal because Schaefer planned for the fighters to go to Miami this weekend to kick off the promotion with a variety of media appearances at the Super Bowl. That was the blueprint Schaefer followed before the Mayweather-Oscar De La Hoya fight in May 2007. They also went to the Super Bowl to kick off the promotion and the result was the highest grossing pay-per-view in history. Mayweather (40-0, 25 KOs), a five-division champion, and Mosley (46-5, 39 KOs), a three-division champion, have seemingly been on a collision course since the late 1990s, when Mosley was lightweight champion and Mayweather was junior lightweight champion. Now, the fight is on, having come together under unusual circumstances. Mayweather had been close to a deal with Manny Pacquiao for a March 13 fight, but that fell apart in early January after the camps had worked out everything except for the drug testing protocol, which they could not agree upon. Not long after that, Mosley's Jan. 30 unification bout with Andre Berto was canceled when Berto, a Haitian-American, withdrew from the fight after eight members of his family were killed in the earthquake that ravaged the Caribbean nation. At Mayweather's insistence, both fighters have agreed to undergo Olympic-style drug testing for the fight. "Floyd has been trying to make this fight for the last 10 years, so he is extremely excited about the opportunity to face Shane," said Leonard Ellerbe, a Mayweather adviser. "He can't wait to extend his undefeated record and perform at the highest level. More importantly, he is also happy to set the precedent for random blood testing in order to ensure fair and safe contests for all fighters." Mosley was linked to the BALCO scandal, admitting during grand jury testimony, which was later released, that he had used designer steroids "the clear" and "the cream" and injected himself with EPO, a blood oxygen enhancer, during the lead-up to his 2003 rematch with Oscar De La Hoya. Mosley said he took the steroids unknowingly. "When two champions of this caliber meet in the ring, you can expect nothing but excellence and that is what we are going to see on May 1," Schaefer said. "Shane Mosley is one of the greatest fighters of this era and I commend him for not only agreeing to the fight against Mayweather, but also agreeing to participate in a testing process that can only help the integrity of the sport." Mayweather came out of an 18-month retirement in September to easily outpoint lightweight champ Juan Manuel Marquez. Mosley hasn't fought in 13 months, when he upset Antonio Margarito, knocking him out in the ninth round to win a welterweight title for the second time.
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Don't think so. Mayweather and Mosley are both speed fighters, and Mayweather has more speed then Mosley. So he can basically do what he does best which is land a few punches then run around the ring. Pac has legitimate power to go along with his speed so he had the ability to hurt Mayweather which is why Mayweather backed out. Mosley's style plays right into Floyd's hands and this should be an easy scorecard victory for him.
I am saying it will more competitive than the clottey fight. I am very disappointed that pacman and money couldn't make it work, but I am glad floyd stepped up and took this fight. However one of these guys should have fought paul williams. I want to see how good he really is.
