Mosley Wants To Retire Mayweather Jr, Beat Pacquiao
By Mark Vester
WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley has been very vocal as of late. Maybe a sign of desperation to get a big fight. Mosley has been baiting his rival, Floyd Mayweather Jr, at every turn. Mosley is a partner in Golden Boy Promotions and still questions Mayweather’s reasoning for fighting Juan Manuel Marquez, the WBA/WBO lightweight champion.
Mosley says that he wants to fight Manny Pacquiao first, and beat him, to block any chance of Mayweather being able to fight the Filipino champion. Mayweather comes out of his brief retirement to fight Marquez on July 18 in Las Vegas. Mosley wants to send him back into retirement.
“I want to fight Pacquaio first then Mayweather. This way, it “kills the fight for Mayweather to fight Pacquaio (and) then be able to retire without fighting me. I want to retire him (Mayweather),” Mosley told John Martinez of doghouseboxing.com
Mosley is critical of Mayweather playing the size game by taking a fight with Marquez, but he doesn’t believe the criticism should go in his direction when it comes to fight with Pacquiao.
“Manny is bigger than most people think. He came into his last few fights weighing in around 150 the night of the fight. People should stop trying to make it sound like he is smaller than he really is,” Mosley said.
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