Shane Mosley, Will He Take The Paul Williams Challenge?

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During the last two weeks, WBA welterweight champion "Sugar" Shane Mosley has been aggressively pursuing fights with Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. Also during this time, Paul "The Punisher" Williams, has been trying to get Mosley in the ring. Williams' promoter Dan Goossen became upset when he made his daily run to BoxingScene.com and saw a particular news brief that caught his attention very quickly. [details]

[Bushbaby]

Negative sir!!,Mosley has had his wars,I think the man deserves to fight any one else but the Punisher,The Punisher is a beast and every 147 has got the right to head for the hills in the presence of such a monster!!!If unless they claim to be the greatest fighter ever,then u should prove it!!!

[Iceta]

I want to see this fight to be honest. I respect Goosen and Williams for being up front about this. The only thing that I slightly fault them for is not coming up with an exact offer of the dollar amount that they are willing to provide for Shane. They offered 4 million to Margarito and there offer was ignored and they had a good argument there about being avoided. The good thing about this fight is that it would crown a Ring Champ at 147. I've mentioned this on a bunch of other threads, but Ring has the intention of automatically ranking Paul at 147 if he schedules a fight there. A Pacquiao-Mosley fight is a bull**** fight when you stop to think about it. It brings no weight division clarity. I can't blame Mosley for not wanting that payday, but he needs to accept the fact that Manny is never gonna fight him. The only gripe I have about a Williams-Mosley fight is that if Shane beat him at 147 people may come up with the weight drain excuse for Paul. But that doesn't mean that any other fight makes sense for Shane. This is the right fight for boxing.

[drudolphreese]

Paul is a beast, let me say that first. But his resume is not that great. And he has a lost against a C class fighter. Besides from the real boxing fans, Mosley doesn't stand to get anything from a win against Paul. Mosley hasn't ducked anyone his whole career. He has fought the fighters people did not want to fight. I think Mosley has earned the right to fight the guys he wants at this point in his career. Mosley's career is on a level that Paul's is not on right now.

[egreezy]

You know whats funny if Mosley were to beat Williams would he be accellerated to #1 P4P, as compared to beating Pacquiao.
And how much did Goosen offer Mosley since it was the most since his Cotto fight?

[MANGLER]

Pwill ain't a WW no more and likely won't be again. Even if he was, SSM said flat out he don't want it. Sucks, but it is what it is. Pwill needs to focus on takin over at 154. That division is his to run imo. SSM better concentrate on the Cotto-Clottey winner, cuz boat buyer ain't gonna fight him.

[F-22 Raptor]

I want to see this fight to be honest. I respect Goosen and Williams for being up front about this. The only thing that I slightly fault them for is not coming up with an exact offer of the dollar amount that they are willing to provide for Shane. They offered 4 million to Margarito and there offer was ignored and they had a good argument there about being avoided. The good thing about this fight is that it would crown a Ring Champ at 147. I've mentioned this on a bunch of other threads, but Ring has the intention of automatically ranking Paul at 147 if he schedules a fight there. A Pacquiao-Mosley fight is a bull**** fight when you stop to think about it. It brings no weight division clarity. I can't blame Mosley for not wanting that payday, but he needs to accept the fact that Manny is never gonna fight him. The only gripe I have about a Williams-Mosley fight is that if Shane beat him at 147 people may come up with the weight drain excuse for Paul. But that doesn't mean that any other fight makes sense for Shane. This is the right fight for boxing.

No reason to get Williams man. He's not a draw at 147, or any weight for that manner. He dont bring no money, and is a high risk fight.

[Iceta]

Pwill ain't a WW no more and likely won't be again. Even if he was, SSM said flat out he don't want it. Sucks, but it is what it is. Pwill needs to focus on takin over at 154. That division is his to run imo. SSM better concentrate on the Cotto-Clottey winner, cuz boat buyer ain't gonna fight him.

But Mosley has went on record saying he thought a Cotto rematch was a step backwards. I thought he beat Cotto and got ripped off, but he's got the wrong attitude about his position. And if Clottey beats Cotto, a fight between him and Mosley would be good too but Clottey brings less money to the table than Williams. I don't think Shane is scared of Williams, but he also isn't ******. He saw how easy Williams was able to dominate Winky Wright. At first, I was willing to give Shane a pass for not taking this fight. But it's clear as day that Williams is pursuing a fight with Mosley aggressively. And if Shane looks elsewhere it's a clear duck. And I'm saying this as a fan of Mosley.

[DonTaseMeBrah]

its disgusting that a fighter as talented & exciting to watch as paul williams cant get a fight.

This is a effed up situation right here brah.

Goosen needs to step his mothafu**ing game up & get this man some fights. There are no stars in 154, cant believe they cant get a name guy in that division.

There are no fat cats in boxing except for oscar,manny,floyd, & ricky. This aint the auto industry, guys should be setting fights (jobs) left & right.

[ЯiZО]

Will Paul Williams go up to heavyweight, where he belongs?