By Lem Satterfield
New York-based promoter, Lou DiBella, doesn't understand the reasoning for Manny Pacquiao to select Shane Mosley as the opponent for April 16 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. According to DiBella, Pacquiao should forget about Mosley and fight unbeaten WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto.
DiBella believes Mosley, 39-years-old, has seen better days. He was dominated in May by Floyd Mayweather Jr., and then fought Sergio Mora to a lackluster twelve round draw in September. If Pacquiao wants a real challenge, with a young ubeaten champion, DiBella says the only option is Berto.
"Manny Pacquiao wants a challenge and wants to stay at welterweight, well, here is a challenge. Shane Mosley was a great fighter, but what does he prove by fighting Shane Mosley?" said DiBella to FanHouse. "What does he [Pacquiao] prove by beating Shane Mosley, who lost every round but, you know, one, to Mayweather. What's to gain?"
DiBella believes Berto is more of a dangerous opponent than Mosley.
"It's a very dangerous fight for Manny," said DiBella. "It's young blood and it's new blood and it's somebody with a huge punch, and I think that it would be a helluva fight. [Top Rank CEO] Bob Arum, it's a better fight than Mosley."
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.
