By Mark Vester
The adviser of Floyd Mayweather Jr., Leonard Ellerbe, who is also the CEO of Mayweather Promotions, brushed off the recent radio comments that were made by Mayweather's May 1 opponent, Shane Mosley.
Mosley is usually calm and doesn't talk a lot of trash but in that interview, Mosley went out of character by attacking Mayweather. He questioned whether Mayweather's security team was using steroids and even wondered if Floyd was picking up their bad habits. Mayweather believes the mental war has already been won because Mosley, who promised not to engage them in talking trash, is doing just that. Ellerbe thinks the actual fight will play out in the same way.
"Shane's handling it just like he's going to handle the action in the fight. And the results of the fight will be the same. Shane's been defeated. And Shane knows that. Shane knew that from the world 'Go.' From the world, 'Go,' he was mesmerized by being on the same platform as Floyd, you know? This is the most attention that Shane has gotten in any fight. And I think that Shane is caught up in that," Ellerbe told Lem Sattferfield of AOL's Boxing FanHouse.
"We don't pay nothing that Shane Mosley says any attention because Shane Mosley don't even believe that sh** himself. Shane Mosley, deep down in his heart, he knows what he's up against, and come Saturday night, all of those questions that he might have had will be answered."
Mosley has only been dropped by one fighter and he's been in the ring with some very hard punching boxers during his long career. That doesn't stop Ellerbe from making a bold prediction. He says Mayweather is going to knock Mosley out on May 1.
"Shane Mosley's getting stopped. Shane Mosley will not see twelve rounds. This is the best Floyd Mayweather that I've ever seen," Ellerbe said.
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