Shane Mosley Wants Pacquiao, Cotto or Margarito Next
By Lem Satterfield
Former five-time world champion Shane Mosley is pretty confident that last Saturday's performance against Sergio Mora had nothing to do with age. Mosley turned 39-years-old on September 7. He fought Mora to a controversial twelve round draw in a very ugly fight at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Mosley blames the performance on a clash of styles and Mora's reluctance to make it a fight.
"Well, you know, the people who saw the fight, they've seen the fight. They saw that I was trying to make the fight. I was going out there and trying to fight. You know, Sergio Mora, he's a great mover. He moves very well and it was hard to really get any shots off with him. When a person who doesn't want to fight it's hard to fight them. He is a person who knows how to hid and to get away. It wasn't my fault," Mosley said.
Mosley would like to land a much bigger fight in 2011. He wants to fight Antonio Margarito, Miguel Cotto or even Manny Pacquiao. He says the styles would create a more exciting contest than what fans were subjected to last weekend.
"It's just a whole lot of other fights out there with fighters who have a different mentality than Sergio Mora. They're guys who come to fight and they're good fights for me. I think that a fight with Antonio Margarito or Miguel Cotto or even Manny Pacquiao would be a good next fight for me," Mosley said.
"Like I said, I think that these are guys who are warriors and champions who come to fight. These are the fights that will definitely be a fan's type of fight. The fans, you know, they know that it's going to be a great fight if I fight any one of those three. Those three are all fighters, and they would be the best fights out there for me."
Lem Satterfield is the news editor for BoxingScene.com and the boxing editor for AOL FanHouse. To read more from Lem Satterfield, go to AOL FanHouse by Clicking Here.
