By Mark Vester
Leonard Ellerbe, the CEO of Mayweather Promotions, made a very bold statement about the upcoming fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley, which takes place on May 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Ellerbe told boxing scribe Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports to expect a “Corrales-type performance.”
When Mayweather met Diego Corrales head to head in 2001, they were two undefeated super featherweight boxers on a straight course to collide. There were some experts who had the much taller Corrales as the favorite to win. Mayweather put on one of the best performances of his career when he knocked Corrales down five times and forced his corner to stop the action in the tenth round. The win put Mayweather on a clear path to being a future superstar.
Mosley is seen as Mayweather toughest opponent in several years. Some see Mosley as the first "welterweight test" of Mayweather's career. If Floyd can dominate Mosley in the same fashion as Corrales, that would certainly make a strong case for some people to place him ahead of Manny Pacquiao in the pound for pound rankings.
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