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Every time the name of Manny Pacquiao is brought up, in terms of being the best pound-for-pound fighter in boxing, Floyd Mayweather Jr. lashes out. Mayweather does not understand why certain people are holding Pacquiao in a higher status and giving him a lot more praise. This Saturday in Las Vegas, Mayweather wants to end the pound-for-pound debate between him and Pacquiao - by dominating Shane Mosley.
Since the day the fight was signed, trainer Freddie Roach picked Floyd Mayweather Jr. to win a twelve round decision over WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley. The fight is only a few days away, taking place on May 1 in Las Vegas, and Roach is still backing Mayweather to win on points. Roach doesn't think Mosley will be able to deal with the speed or counter-punching style of Mayweather.
WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley, 38-years-old, doesn't see himself as an older fighter. He thinks the prime of his career is still an unfinished chapter. He wants to prove that on Saturday night when he steps in the ring with Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Mosley wants to prove that his best is yet to come.
BALCO Lab founder Victor Conte has issued a response to a recent BoxingScene.com news brief, where Shane Mosley's attorney Judd Burstein was very critical of Manny Pacquiao's defamation suit. Last December Pacquiao filed a lawsuit against the Mayweathers, Oscar De La Hoya and and Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer, claiming the parties had accused him of taking performance-enhancing drugs.
In his weekly column, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez expressed his grief over the tragic death of Edwin Valero. Last week Valero hanged himself in his jail cell after being arrested for the murder of his wife, Jennifer Carolina, in a hotel located in the city of Valencia. Valero saw Chavez as a hero and sported a huge tattoo of Chavez on his chest. Chavez wrote about how Valero was unbeaten in the ring, with a record of 27-0, 27KOs, but he couldn't beat his demons - being addicted to drugs and alcohol
The dispute continues between promotional company Sauerland Event and former champion Carl Froch over the venue for his appearance in the Super Six Boxing Classic, which takes place in August against Arthur Abraham. Wilfried Sauerland said there was no pre-existing agreement with Froch's promoter Mick Hennessy to stage the event in Nottingham, Froch's hometown.
Less than a week until the biggest fight of his career. Shane Mosley is finishing up training camp. He is not concerned with Mayweather's speed or defense. Mosley doesn't even care about the trash talking. He still says power will be the difference when they get in close. Mayweather says Mosley has never met a fighter like him in the ring. Mosley promises to make it a nightmare on May 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Super middleweight Carl Froch admits that he wasn't in his best boxing form when he dropped a unanimous twelve round decision to Mikkel Kessler on Saturday night in Denmark. Froch thinks he had Kessler badly hurt in the fifth round, when the Danish fighter went down and the referee waved it off as a slip. He blames himself for not trying to finish Kessler off. The replays did not show any real punches land when Kessler went down. I'm not sure what Froch saw that made him believe Kessler was in trouble.
Training for his American debut on May 15 against Paulie Malignaggi in New York's Madison Square Garden, WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan, 23, has gone on the record stating that he plans to retire by 2015. Khan wants to have all of his big challenges before the five year period is over, and that included mega-fights with Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao.
Talkative attorney Judd Burstein likes his chances in the Manny Pacquiao defamation suit. Burstein, besides representing Shane Mosley in the lawsuit against BALCO founder Victor Conte, is also representing Oscar De La Hoya and Richard Schaefer in the suit filed against them by Manny Pacquiao.