Comments Thread For: Mayweather-Mosley Trade Words Face To Face on HBO

[SusieQ.]

your right, now were moving foward. Yay.

so who do u like for this fight?

floyd will school mosley, but id like mosley to win

[RedWhiteBlue]

Well then I guess it doesn't matter that Floyd called out Shane years ago, or that Shane called Floyd out when he fought Marquez(since it doesn't matter who called who out). And please go somewhere else with that "Floyd cheated Marquez" crap. It wasn't like Floyd was bullying Marquez around the ring with the extra 2 pounds, he was punching him and avoiding Marquez's punches, not leaning on him and pushing him around the ring.

rules are rules .,,

in combat sports the rule of meeting the agreed/standard weight is FUNDAMENTAL

it is kinda sad though he could not even KO JMM even though he cheated

[slick23]

so who do u like for this fight?

floyd will school mosley, but id like mosley to win

I would like to see Mosely win, I think a fight between him and Pac would be more exciting than Pac vs. May. But man, a fight between Floyd and Pac would be a spectacle that we haven't witnessed in years.

[educator06]

lol why can mexicans support mexicans, filipinos can support filipinos, but blacks can't support blacks lol amazing

good question

[Kagami Taiga]

Filipinos supporting Filipinos is patriotism (Filipino is combination of different races)

Mexicans supporting Mexicans is patriotism (Mexicans have many different races)

Blacks supporting blacks = degree of racism and favortism

u definitely dont know what you are talking about. just shut up, u sound dumb. if u understand the history of blacks in america, you understand how this is wrong in so many ways.

stop looking for reasons to hate floyd. its ok, we already kno u do.

[Tweezy316]

rules are rules .,,

in combat sports the rule of meeting the agreed/standard weight is FUNDAMENTAL

it is kinda sad though he could not even KO JMM even though he cheated

who has ko'd jmm?

[switchsouthpaw]

the fact is if we are talking about floyd and shane, than Pac's resume has nothing to do with Floyds resume. i understand what you are saying. but i put it like this. Floyd fights great but he is not a great fighter yet. the reason is this, compared to an all time great, sugar ray leonard, who was retired for 2+ years, came back and fought Marvin Hagler. Floyd was retired and came back to fight JMM, who was 2 weight class under him, made him come up and didnt even make weight. now i love floyds skills, he is the best at what he does, but he just doesnt challenge himself. you can say the same for pac but atleast when he moves up he takes on challenges. if they werent challenges, then why was pac supposed to lose to cotto according to most experts including Floyds people.

Excellent post...well said.

[slipjab73]

Cotto struggling against Clottey and having to fight Pac at a
catchweight when Pac fought De La Hoya at 147 is challenging
himself? What about Freddie Roach's comments about why he
picked Oscar and Hatton? & how Roach felt about Clottey?
Roach NEVER felt like Pac was being challenged by an of the last
5 guys he fought because he said it himself. I thought Pac was
going to be challenged but he has been the heavy favorite in each
match up with exception of Oscar because of size. I don't know
man, I just feel like Floyd gets too much flack because in actuality,
Floyd fought all the guys that made sense in his career and the ones
he didn't fight that made sense didn't really make an effort to fight
him when he was coming up looking for a big break so how can
Floyd be labeled a ducker? Floyd got the fight with Oscar and
fought Hatton. Pac got the fight with Oscar and fought, Hatton,
Cotto and Clottey with each fighter not looking like themselves
or lackluster. bottomline my friend is that, these are not the
Ray Leonard times anymore and it is clear every fighter is all
about the benjamins. Miguel Cotto was the last of the throw back
fighters and look what happened to him at such a young age.

Well said my man. People can only see one side of the boxing game and that's it. During the Ray Leonard, Hagler, Duran era, boxers didn't have as many belts or as many promoters as they do now. There is 10x the amount of red tape to match the best with the best when the promoters don't want to loose their meal tickets to a defeat. Its very pointless to keep saying who the greatest of all time is because it depends on what you favor in boxing. Mayweather will always have his supporters and his distractors. If you can seperate the man form the athlete then you could respect whatyou see in the ring. Knockouts are just one way to secure a win in boxing so I don't get all bent out of shape because all Mayweather fights don't end in one. Not all Pacquaio fights end in knockout but does it take away from his skill?

[switchsouthpaw]

But see, you have to take into consideration the time lines of each
fighter and who was who in the divisions and what fight made sense.
When Floyd went to WW, Judah and Baldomir were the biggest fights
for him PERIOD. Cotto was fighting Mosley when Floyd was fighting
Hatton the next month. You guys act like in the sport of boxing
that the fighters just say, "Hey, I want to fight you. Lets fight"
it doesn't work like that. I hear and read people bringing up fighters
of the old but back then, all the top guys were beasts and had to
fight each other for the spot, now it's different. If you want to
get deep on it, I think Manny Pacquiao's team is one of the biggest
carefully picking match makers in the sport because all of his past
5 fights were meaningless but only for big pay days with the exception
of Hatton (140 champ) Cotto wasn't the man at WW, it was Mosley.
Cotto was carefully picked for Pac. Cotto didn't even want to put his
title on the line and Mosley did AND the fight wasn't even at 147. My
thing is, why keep saying who Floyd ducked cause right now he is
fighting the best at WW and the best guy at WW didn't want to fight
him at WW when he was primed. I wish some of you would just get
off the bull**** and call it how it is.

How long has Mayweather been at Welterweight--->5 years?
How long has Pac been at Welterweight? A little over a year

How can you compare their respective paths, when one fighter has already been at that weight for half a decade?

[Puntoyhauf]

I like Mosley in this match-up because I know that he will give it his all, well he should. He is fighting one of the most skilled (if not the most skilled) boxer today.

I just hope Floyd will make it worthwhile and make this a fight... an exciting fight. But I would not mind to see him potshot Mosley, If that is part of his gameplan.

Because we all know that Mosley's not that young anymore, he may run out of gas after the 9th round. So Expect Mosley to pour it all in the early stages of the fight, Mosley must connect more because missing a punch could add up in losing his stamina later on.

It's like this I see Mosley winning by KO, but if he does not KO Floyd, Floyd will win by UD...Why? Mosley is there to get hit whenever he throws a powerpunch, Mosley closes his eyes coming in to throw his bombs.