By Mark Vester

Nate Jones, the assistant trainer for Floyd Mayweather Jr., is predicting a knockout win on May 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Those who are picking Mayweather to beat Mosley, are picking him to win by decision. Few, if any, are picking Floyd to win the fight with a KO. Jones thinks his fighter can pull it off.

"He's fighting one of the best fighters out there, and knows he has to be in the shape of his life," Jones said to the Los Angeles Times. "He's done it. I predict he's going to knock Mosley out, the way he's hitting and letting his hands go. This is a fight where that can happen."

"He wants to show the world he's the greatest. It took this guy four days to get in shape, and he'll keep training up until about three, four days before the fight. I've told him, ‘Floyd, you're getting scary.' He says, ‘Nate, I gotta beat this [guy].' "

Uncle and head trainer, Roger Mayweather, told the paper his nephew is probably facing the best skilled fighter of his entire pro career.

"This guy's bigger than Marquez, was a good amateur like Floyd, has good hand speed and power," Roger Mayweather told The Times. "I still say [if] we get him in the middle of the ring, we'll get him. There ain't a more skilled fighter in the middle of the ring than my nephew. But Mosley is among the elite my nephew's ever faced....probably the No. 1 guy as far as skill level."

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