Comments Thread For: Mosley Brushes Off The Odds, Expects a KO Ending

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

By Keith Idec - NEW YORK — Their three-city, cross-country promotional tour is over.

Now that they’ve met with everyone from President Barack ***** to the New York Knicks, Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley have headed their separate ways. Mosley will soon begin training camp in Big Bear Lake, Calif., an ocean away from where Pacquiao will start preparing for their May 7 welterweight title fight in Las Vegas.

The consensus is Mosley will simply spend two months delaying the inevitable — a lopsided loss to a heavily favored fighter who hasn’t been beaten in nearly six years.

Mosley understands the cynicism. He’ll turn 40 in September and hasn’t looked all that formidable in either of his last two fights, a unanimous decision defeat to Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 1 in Las Vegas and a draw with underdog Sergio Mora on Sept. 17 in Los Angeles.

His draw with Mora (22-2-2, 6 KOs) looked even worse once the season one winner of “The Contender” lost a 10-round split decision to Bryan Vera (18-5, 11 KOs) on Feb. 4 in Fort Worth, Texas. Mosley’s performances in those fights led oddsmakers to install Pacquiao as a 7-1 favorite approaching their 12-round fight for Pacquiao’s WBO 147-pound title. [Click Here To Read More]

[Bushbaby]

I hope so,old legend,I hope so.

[Tacate Beans]

Is Mosley itching for some N!ggas aint **** but ho & tricks????? saying he lose only to american n!ggas? **** i Didnt realise that COTTO is a American N!GGa..haha

The Mission?Simple.Speak the truth & be a part of bringing a change to boxing.Floyd re-invented cherrypicking & with the formula call N!ggas aint **** but ho & tricks

[Larry the boss]

Is Mosley itching for some N!ggas aint **** but ho & tricks????? saying he lose only to american n!ggas? **** i Didnt realise that COTTO is a American N!GGa..haha

pump edited this? AND DIDNT BAN THIS GUY??WOW.....ALL HIS POSTS ARE RACIST AND IVE REPORTED HIM./..PUMP DOESNT EVEN CARE??

[amayseng]

ONE question for all the shane mosley haters..

if shane hits pac with that right hand he staggered and buckled floyd with will

pacman be able to overcome it like floyd did???


the intrigue in this fight is that shane almost got the best defensive fighter

in the last 40 years out of there in two rounds....can he catch pacman.....?

pac is an offensive monster but even clottey was snapping his head around

when he decided to throw a total of 8 punches that fight...

pacman is a stud, shane once was, this is an intrigueing matchup

[Lorily]

To be fair to Mosely, I don't think Mora's defeat to Brian Vera made him look any worse for taking a draw against him. To be honest, at least Sergio Mora came to fight against Vera, which is more then can be said for him in the Mosely fight. Mora seemed more concerned with running around and holding Shane in that fight then putting on a good show. I give Mora more credit for actually FIGHTING with Vera as opposed to NOT fighting with Mosely. I'd rather see a guy lose after putting everything he's got in to a fight, then win doing everything BUT actually fighting.

And to be fair to Pacquiao, regarding the comment "what's left of Mosely's speed could prevent Pacquiao from finding his comfort zone as quickly as he did against guys like Margarito, Joshua Clottey, Ricky Hatton and Oscar DeLaHoya, all of whom showed much slower hand and foot speed than Pacquiao".... while the comparison to Pacquiao and his past opponents speed may be correct, it could also be said that the comparison in style of those opponents and Moselys style of fighting differs quite a bit, in the sense that all of those opponents (with maybe the exception of Hatton) seem to fight without the need for constant clinching and wrestling. With Mosely, especially later in his career, he has become much more of a one or one-two punch and clinch type fighter, even more-so as he ages and gasses out early and against a more dangerous opponent (like FMJ). For this reason, I have to doubt that Mosely will throw anywhere near the amount of punches that Antonio Margarito threw against Pacquiao. The difference in the action of the Pac/Mosely fight is going to be incredibly slower, in comparison to the action and amount of actual FIGHTING of Pacquiaos previous opponents fights (IMO). Good for Mosely, not so good for the fans.

[amayseng]

To be fair to Mosely, I don't think Mora's defeat to Brian Vera made him look any worse for taking a draw against him. To be honest, at least Sergio Mora came to fight against Vera, which is more then can be said for him in the Mosely fight. Mora seemed more concerned with running around and holding Shane in that fight then putting on a good show. I give Mora more credit for actually FIGHTING with Vera as opposed to NOT fighting with Mosely. I'd rather see a guy lose after putting everything he's got in to a fight, then win doing everything BUT actually fighting.

And to be fair to Pacquiao, regarding the comment "what's left of Mosely's speed could prevent Pacquiao from finding his comfort zone as quickly as he did against guys like Margarito, Joshua Clottey, Ricky Hatton and Oscar DeLaHoya, all of whom showed much slower hand and foot speed than Pacquiao".... while the comparison to Pacquiao and his past opponents speed may be correct, it could also be said that the comparison in style of those opponents and Moselys style of fighting differs quite a bit, in the sense that all of those opponents (with maybe the exception of Hatton) seem to fight without the need for constant clinching and wrestling. With Mosely, especially later in his career, he has become much more of a one or one-two punch and clinch type fighter, even more-so as he ages and gasses out early and against a more dangerous opponent (like FMJ). For this reason, I have to doubt that Mosely will throw anywhere near the amount of punches that Antonio Margarito threw against Pacquiao. The difference in the action of the Pac/Mosely fight is going to be incredibly slower, in comparison to the action and amount of actual FIGHTING of Pacquiaos previous opponents fights (IMO). Good for Mosely, not so good for the fans.

good post, but even tho pac vs marg was an action packed fight, it was a

ruined (by shane) zombie stalking marg throwing high volumes of punches

with little buzz on them...

shane however, although may not be as busy, will have much more power

and bad intentions with his shots...he wont be wasting punches as marg did

just to put pressure on pac...

[AllEyesOpen]

Mosley would shock the world if he indeed KO Pac, Hell of a way to go out too, but not very likely.

I agree somewhat though, The only way Mosley wins this is by KO.

[MOTHER DUCKER]

Wtf ... Vera beat Mora

God Shane your getting yourself into trouble with this fight

[jbpanama]

ONE question for all the shane mosley haters..

if shane hits pac with that right hand he staggered and buckled floyd with will

pacman be able to overcome it like floyd did???


the intrigue in this fight is that shane almost got the best defensive fighter

in the last 40 years out of there in two rounds....can he catch pacman.....?

pac is an offensive monster but even clottey was snapping his head around

when he decided to throw a total of 8 punches that fight...

pacman is a stud, shane once was, this is an intrigueing matchup

About Value, at 7-1, Shane is a Live Dog!!!