Shane Mosley is Not Interested in Paul Williams, Either

[savorduhflavor]

I dont understand why Shane said him and Bertos styles wouldnt make for a good fight... I think itd be a barnburner!

Yea, that's the thing that bothers me.

I know Shane doesn't duck anyone, and as far as I'm concerned he's done enough to fight whoever he wants.

But for the life of me I don't understand why he would say that.

[Dave Rado]

mosley qualifies "i'm willing to fight anyone" with "i won't fight williams"

I'm well aware of that - my point is that's a contradiction in terms unless you think Williams isn't anyone.

[Addition]

So he doesn't want to fight either Berto or Williams, then who else is there to fight to keep busy will others are occupied with fights of their own?

[Dave Rado]

So he doesn't want to fight either Berto or Williams, then who else is there to fight to keep busy will others are occupied with fights of their own?

Jin?

[WESS]

Yea, that's the thing that bothers me.

I know Shane doesn't duck anyone, and as far as I'm concerned he's done enough to fight whoever he wants.

But for the life of me I don't understand why he would say that.

Money? I think Shane's looking for that top dollar fight. He knows he's getting old. Its retirement funds now!

[Xcusemymood]

[QUOTE=Dave Rado;4971950]

The WBO belt is the least respected of all the alphabet belts and their rankings are a joke - hence Jennings was Cotto's mandatory and WBO's no. 1 contender at a time when he was only rated #50 by boxrec. Williams wants to fight for the lineal title and he wants to fight top Welterweights, not bums who the WBO calls mandatories; and he should be respected for that.QUOTE]

Corrrect me if im wrong but wasnt Cotto/Jennings for a vacant title?

[Xcusemymood]

This is what kills boxing.Suppose the Boston Celtics said they didn't want to play the Lakers or the Yankees said they didn't want to play the RedSox,wouldn't that be an injustice to their sport and fans?Boxing needs a higher authority to step in and make this sport legit.They should order unification fights so there can only be one champion per division and they must defend their title three times a year.Top contenders must battle for the number one spot.This would keep all the top guys in the ring facing each other.If they weren't willing to do it then they wouldn't have a boxing career.What Shane is pretty much saying is ,he doesn't want to fight Berto or Williams cause they can beat him.He wants the easier fights for bigger money.Makes sense financially but cheats the fans and is a disgrace for any athlete who claims they want to be the best.

Mosley has earned the right to fight who he wants. I might catch some heat for saying so, but the guy has paid his dues. Real talk.

[Xcusemymood]

he definately needs to stop dreaming and just fight then again so do alot of boxers out there. he can go after berto or collazo, pac and hatton arent going to fight him, pretty suprising he cant figure that out on his own.

Pretty sure he already mopped the floor with Collazo.

[Xcusemymood]

I repeat this one more time. Mosley fails against TOP American boxers. He got schooled and owned by Forrest and Winky.

And Beat De La Hoya twice when Oscar was on top of the world........???

[Dave Rado]

Corrrect me if im wrong but wasnt Cotto/Jennings for a vacant title?

My point was that the WBO rated Jenning, a journeyman who was only ranked #50 by boxrec at the time, as their top contender - so he would have been Williams' mandatory if Williams had hung on to the belt; and Verno Phillips and especially Winky Wright are several leagues above Jennings. Someone in this thread thinks he'd be more credible if he fought bums like Jennings than if he fights a future Hall of Famer like Winky, and a solid highly rated fighter like Phillips, and I was responding to that.