Ellerbe: Announcement of Shane Mosley fight 'definitely' by next week

Floyd Mayweather’s adviser said he saw no remaining hang-ups in negotiations for a Shane Mosley fight and said an announcement “definitely” would come next week. “We’re very close,” Leonard Ellerbe said. “There are no hang-ups. It’s just all the legal-beagle stuff now.” The fight will be scheduled May 1 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, presumably for Mosley’s World Boxing Association welterweight title. Mosley-Mayweather has been in the works since the proposed Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight fell through earlier this month. Mosley’s fight against Andre Berto, originally scheduled Saturday, subsequently was canceled, with Berto citing the earthquake tragedy in Haiti, where he has family. Mosley-Mayweather has been close to finalized for two weeks. It was only a matter of hammering out details. Random blood and urine testing, which was at the heart of the Mayweather-Pacquiao negotiation failure, has not been a problem for Mosley-Mayweather. “We’ve agreed to all the major deal points and Mosley has agreed to the random testing. I don’t foresee any problems at all,” Ellerbe said. He added that he does not expect an announcement until after this weekend. “Whether it’s this week or next week, what’s the urgency?” Ellerbe said. “It’s just the normal stuff that goes on with any huge, huge fight.” mlive.com/mayweather/index.ssf/2010/01/floyd_mayweathers_adviser_anno.html