Why did Pacquiao fight Mosley?

[D4thincarnation]

How was Floyd nowhere to be found, when no one was looking for him?

Berto>>>Mosley still...Ranked higher.

Mosley seen better days...That's all you had to say.

Mosley had also seen better days, when he fought Mayweather, you can even say the same when he faced Cotto.


Mosley 2011 > Mosley 2010

Mosley > Berto: The real world.

[BoxingFollower]

just as i thought mosley was ranked 3rd at welter when pacquiao fought mosley

no.1 pacquiao
no.2 ortiz
no.3 mosley

http://ringtv.craveonline.com/blog/167137-ring-ratings-update-mayweather-drops-from-welterweight-and-pound-for-pound-rankings

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/687573-manny-pacquiao-all-the-latest-news-and-notes-on-his-fight-with-shane-mosley/entry/77715-pacquiao-vs-mosley-who-are-the-best-welterweights-in-the-world

pacquiao taking on the best available again.

CAUGHT!!! Dude look at berto's record, berto had already lost to ortiz when that article was written.

[BoxingFollower]

So with that being said, Berto was ranked number 2 before floyd returned and before the lost to ortiz.

That rating reflects the return of Mayweather, and no one is sure why Mosley is still ranked that high.

All I know is it does NOT show that Berto (Undefeated) is ranked at number 4 under Mosley.

[BoxingFollower]

Because he looked good enough for the first 2 rounds against Mayweather that they thought it might be an interesting fight, and yet still looked bad enough against Mora that Roach knew he wasn't that big of a threat at this stage of his career.

They had it planned out.

Lol, I can't believe that D4T thought that Mosley was ranked at number 3 during the Pacquiao fight...

Everyone knows Berto was number 2, ESPN said it, the world said it, and even his ring entrance said it.

[jjbj2]

Despite what other bias posters will say it was obviously a business decision made by Top Rank and team Pacquiao. Please dont try and tell me Ortiz, Berto or Bradley would have been bigger paydays.

End all discussions here. Best answer is right above me. Thank you for participating in this thread. Also, Pacquiao fighting a washed up and over the hill boxer named Mosley that still managed to garner 1.3 Million PPV buys says a lot about Pacquiao's PPV status as the number one face of boxing and earner from the sport.

[AllEyesOpen]

They had it planned out.

Lol, I can't believe that D4T thought that Mosley was ranked at number 3 during the Pacquiao fight...

Everyone knows Berto was number 2, ESPN said it, the world said it, and even his ring entrance said it.

Some of these cats don't see how flawed their own logic is;

Mayweather fought an old, past his prime Mosley who gassed and couldn't pull the trigger anymore.

Later...

Pacquiao fought Mosley, a future HOFer at the top of his game.

The only way Mosley was better in '11 then he was in '10 is if the mother****er had a time machine. If you watch Mosley's last 3 fights you see an obvious and dramatic decline in his ability to let his right hand go.

[BoxingFollower]

End all discussions here. Best answer is right above me. Thank you for participating in this thread. Also, Pacquiao fighting a washed up and over the hill boxer named Mosley that still managed to garner 1.3 Million PPV buys says a lot about Pacquiao's PPV status as the number one face of boxing and earner from the sport.

Yea, Yea Yea.

Thats exactly what we are debating.

Pacquiao didn't need to fight OLD Mosley to sell PPV'S he could have taken any YOUNG prime fighter and done it.

Instead he took the absolute safe way out.

[William Blake]

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The people's champ has a very expensive lifestyle. After a tough fight with Margarito, Pacquiao was looking for an easier go.

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[dc3383]

Shane was begging ****m to stop the fight, he lost 9 minutes of his life rounds 4-6, total blank for him and got hit harder than he has ever been hit before.

Check the damage to Shane's face after the fights.

Cause of a blister on his foot not a punch genius; he co-inhernit enough to say he couldn't go on but he couldn't remember nothing that I see you are fooled easily.

[BoxingFollower]

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The people's champ has a very expensive lifestyle. After a tough fight with Margarito, Pacquiao was looking for an easier go.

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Well why not just ADMIT THAT, and stop trying to pretend that Pacquiao always fight the best????

See you said it yourself, Pac took the easy fight.....but lets not pretend that Mosley was all of a sudden a threat or was back in his prime.