By Lem Satterfield

In the more than a month since losing a unanimous decision to Floyd Mayweather on May 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, former WBA welterweight (147 pounds) super champion, Shane Mosley, has been "taking it easy," and, spending time with family, said his attorney, Judd Burstein to BoxingScene.com.

 

Since then, however, Mosley's name has come up as possible opponents for 26-year-old WBC welterweight king, Andre Berto (26-0, 20 knockouts), and 26-year-old junior welterweight (140 pounds) titlist Tim Bradley (25-0, 11 KOs).

 

Mosley, who turns 39 in September, will continue to mull his future, said Burstein, adding, "He hasn't decided what he's going to do yet."

 

Mosley paid the sanctioning fee to remain WBA champion in the event that he won his May 1 bout against Floyd Mayweather (41-0, 25 knockouts), who would not pay the fee, and, thus, could not win the crown.

 

After losing to Mayweather, and was subsequently stripped of his crown.

 

"Shane could have kept the title if he had paid more money," said Burstein. "But we weren't prepared to do that."

 

The WBA already had recognized Ukrainian, Vyacheslav Senchenko (30-0, 20 KOs) as its regular welterweight titlist -- a belt he won with an April, unanimous, 12-round decision over Motoki Sasaki.

 

Sanchenko will defend his crown, yet again, in August against Charlie Jose Novarro (18-3, 13 KOs), of Monagas, Venezuela, at Lenin Square, Donetsk, Ukraine.

Lem Satterfield is the boxing editor at AOL FanHouse and the news editor at BoxingScene.com. To read more from Lem Satterfield, go to AOL FanHouse by Clicking Here .