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Former three division champion Shane Mosley is coming to Las Vegas with knockout intentions on May 7. He challenges Manny Pacquiao for the WBO welterweight title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Pacquiao, who captured titles in eight weight division, will be looking to secure his 14th straight win.
According to Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, Shane Mosley breaking away from Golden Boy Promotions had nothing to do with the overall decision of selecting him as Manny Pacquiao next's opponent for May 7 at the MGM Grand. The promotional feud between Arum and Golden Boy has carried over to their working relationship. No event since Pacquiao's fight with Ricky Hatton in May of 2009, has been co-promoted by the two companies. There are several pending lawsuits between the two promotional firms that relate to Pacquiao.
On May 7 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Manny Pacquiao will defend his WBO welterweight title against Shane Mosley. Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KOs), who won the WBC junior middleweight belt, is his last ring appearance, will head back to welterweight. Mosley was chosen over WBO/WBA lightweight king Juan Manuel Marquez (51-5-1, 38 KOs) and WBC welterweight belt-holder Andre Berto (27-0, 21 KOs).
Gabriel Penagaricano, the legal adviser for WBA junior middleweight titlist Miguel Cotto, believes Ricardo Mayorga would make for an interesting opponent. Cotto is scheduled to return on March 12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Mayorga (29-7-1, 22 KOs) is among those being considered by Top Rank Promotions CEO, Bob Arum, to face Cotto (35-2, 28 KOs), along with New Jersey's Pawel Wolak (28-1, 18 KOs) and, unbeaten Armenian-born prospect Vanes Martirosyan (28-0, 17), of Glendale, Calif.
In a deal that many are expecting to be finalized by Thursday, "Sugar" Shane Mosley will likely be announced as the next opponent for eight-division champion Manny Pacquiao in an HBO pay-per-view televised clash on May 7 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The deal is nearly done. All signs are pointing to Shane Mosley as being announced as the next opponent for eight-division champion Manny Pacquiao in an HBO pay-per-view televised clash on May 7 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
According to Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, former world champion Ricardo Mayorga has been added to the list of potential challengers to WBA junior middleweight titlist Miguel Cotto, who is slated to return on March 12. Mayorga joins Pawel Wolak, and Vanes Martirosyan, as the three frontrunners for the spot. The fight is going to be a Top Rank pay-per-view event with the MGM Grand in Las Vegas playing host.
Yvon Michel, promoter of WBC/IBO light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal, is livid with the recent comments from Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, and promoter Gary Shaw, regarding the officiating in Canada. Both Schaefer and Shaw are upset with the officials assigned to the last two fights involving Jean Pascal.
Promoter Gary Shaw expects Chad Dawson's rematch with WBC/IBO light heavyweight king Jean Pascal of Canada to take place in "in March or April" of next year. In the first meeting, Pascal won an eleven-round technical unanimous decision over Dawson at the Bell Centre in Montreal in August. Last Saturday' main event at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, between Pascal and 45-year-old Bernard Hopkins, ended in a controversial, majority draw.
According to Yvon Michel, promoter for WBC/IBO light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal, the WBC's President Jose Sulaiman will not stand in the way of Pascal's contractual obligation to rematch Chad Dawson, before taking a rematch with Bernard Hopkins. Michel wanted to clear up the situation after Hopkins' promoter, Golden Boy Promotions' CEO Richard Schaefer, said Sulaiman would order an immediate rematch.