Mosley-Baldomir Official!

Almost. I just wanted to point out that it's coming straight from Shane's mouth- he is the one who said the fight is going to happen. The other thread did not make me realize that Mosley himself is telling people Cintron is still busy and Baldomir is the guy he wants to fight. Moments ago former three division kingpin "Sugar" Shane Mosley informed **********.com that he plans on returning to the ring in June and former welterweight champion Carlos "Tata" Baldomir is the man he's got his sights set on. "The guy I wanted to fight before Collazo was Kermit Cintron, but he's still caught up in litagation and Golden Boy will not get involved with that, so the fight that we're going to be working on for June is Carlos Baldomir," said Mosley. Full one on one interview with the Sugarman to follow tomorrow morning. (4:37 PM EST) Also, there was speculation that Mosley would hop onto the undercard or be a co-feature in the Wright-Hopkins fight. That fight is happening in July, though, and Shane is still talking about fighting in June.

Comments (20)

Njord777

Baldomir has a very solid chin but he was knocked out early in his career by a guy who, to date, only has 16 KO's in over 50 fights. Point is...it's always possible for a strong puncher like Shane to put someone like Baldy down.

19y ago

Mike_R

i think mosley just wants to make a statement and upstage mayweather's baldy win (which is kind of dumb). i would only be impressed if shane knocked baldy out. which could happen. shane is stronger than gatti and floyd and fast as hell. but carlos has a rock chin for sure. but if shane fights baldy and wins UD, that kind of sucks. a KO would be crazy impressive though, and telling of shanes power in comparison to floyd.

19y ago

niceguy45

well, if zab pulled a miracle and beat cotto, there's no way he'd fight shane cause he would get KTFO for sure... i think shane does not want to fight cintron, but hey i guess he is almost done with his career he wants big cash and less risk

19y ago

Njord777

This is Zab's one shot back. Pretty much everyone recognizes Cotto as one of the next big things. He's undefeated, strong, and has a big Puerto Rican fan base. He's steadily getting more and more popular. A cash cow. If Zab Judah, despite all his past problems, can beat Miguel Cotto he's back. No one will discredit a solid win. They'll just say what we all know, "While being very inconsistent....Zab again proved his has championship quality talent...".

19y ago

guru

I say winner (shane of course) fight the winner of Judah-Cotto...then the winner of that should fight Floyd.. well, if zab pulled a miracle and beat cotto, there's no way he'd fight shane cause he would get KTFO for sure...

19y ago

RisAri0

I say winner (shane of course) fight the winner of Judah-Cotto...then the winner of that should fight Floyd..

19y ago

gattifan24

With how messed up Margarito's hand apparently is and his mandatory with Williams, he'll fight Williams this summer and then MAYBE fight again this year. Who cares though, he's too slow for Shane anyways (of course, so it Baldy)

19y ago

ll_cool_j

ill bet 1 million points against 100,000. im for mosley.

19y ago

DiegoFuego

Cintron is a pussy. Steward doesn't want to lose to Mosley.

19y ago

freedom213

I'd rather see Mosley fight Judah theres an idea! WTF Cintron better get his shit together, tell me again when is margarito fighting?

19y ago

_Mr_Soprano

I'd rather see Mosley fight Judah

19y ago

BigDog9

i dunno this is a nice fight both got power and expericence but mosley is faster.. o well we will see wat happens. i got for mosley

19y ago

gattifan24

A lot of people never saw Mayweather-Baldy, not as many as those who saw Gatti-Baldomir on live regular HBO. That said, its not a great fight but it is not Shane's fault because there wasn't a fight out there at 147 that matched the early summer time frame. Nothing wrong with this fight and I'm happy to see Baldomir get one last payday

19y ago

small_warrior

that's sucks, i don't won't this fight too happen. i like baldomir and he's gonna get knocked out for sure.

19y ago

Njord777

I don't even see Mosley-Baldomir helping to set up Mosley-Mayweather, honestly. I mean, the only people who are going to be impressed with wins against boxers the general public has no clue of are boxing fans. We already know that Mosley-Mayweather would be a big fight. They'd have the common opponent of DLH- why do they need Baldy? There is no need for Shane to fight Carlos in hopes of hyping a fight with Floyd. Oscar's defeat at both their hands would be putty in the grips of promoters..

19y ago

Hydro

Yeah I know, based on him. What's the problem waiting for another 30 days? If the best opponent is available on July not June then he should fight on July. That's real. Mosley and Baldomir will probably make more money headlining a fight than being on the undercard.

19y ago

eazy_mas

Overrated Baldy? Who on earth overrated Baldy? People who gave him a chance against Floyd? I don't think there were many of those, at all. He was a huge underdog vs. Zab and a solid underdog vs. Gatti, beat them both, and then got himself a big fight vs. Floyd. It is a great story, but I don't think anyone trumpeted Baldomir as anything other than a great, Rocky-style underdog success story. That said, if he gets a Mosley fight, good for him. It isn't the best fight in the world, and I surely expect Shane to box circles around him, but Baldy again will be a huge underdog and thus not overrated at all... sometimes Baldomir could suprise use once again is going to be a good story. the guy is full of suprises what happen if Baldomir win Shane?

19y ago

eazy_mas

The fighter with the fastest hands vs a fart faced frankenstein with the slowest hands in boxing. Mosley KO 3 Baldy chin is made of steel and he is smart fighter so i going with Shane UD

19y ago

Deeznuts

For a regular HBO telecast this is an OK fight. I mean Baldy is tough and keeps on coming and applying pressure. Yeah, Shane can box circles around him but at least we know Baldomir is not going to try to outbox him and go straight at him which makes it kind of entertaining.

19y ago

guru

Overrated Baldy? Who on earth overrated Baldy? People who gave him a chance against Floyd? I don't think there were many of those, at all. He was a huge underdog vs. Zab and a solid underdog vs. Gatti, beat them both, and then got himself a big fight vs. Floyd. It is a great story, but I don't think anyone trumpeted Baldomir as anything other than a great, Rocky-style underdog success story. That said, if he gets a Mosley fight, good for him. It isn't the best fight in the world, and I surely expect Shane to box circles around him, but Baldy again will be a huge underdog and thus not overrated at all... there are guys on this forum that think baldy is as good or better than margarito and cintron based off that one win over zab and the overrated win over gatti...

19y ago