Mayweather vs. Mosley on May 1st

[vito corleone]

mosley agrees to the olympic-style drug testing that pacman refused to undergo. . .

http://www.ringsidereport.com/?p=961

February 1st, 2010 Brad

Hosted by Brian Wilbur

Hello readers, I welcome you to another fun and exciting volume of my boxing mailbag. The big news this week was that the rumored match up between Floyd Mayweather and Shane Mosley is now confirmed and set for May 1st in Las Vegas. This is great news for a couple reasons. First, Mayweather is taking on a legitimate top ranked welterweight (gasp!), and it is always good to see the best fight the best. Second, the bout is not taking place on March 13th so it won’t counter program the Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey fight as previously thought.
An interesting wrinkle in the announcement is that Mosley agreed to the Olympics style drug testing that Pacquiao refused, leading to the collapse of negotiations. I had discussed in last week’s mailbag though that Mosley and Mayweather really had to fight with the enhanced drug testing or else Floyd would come away looking like a fraud.
Pacquiao and Mayweather are engaging in two separate but quality fights this spring to look forward to. However I know that everyone is still hoping and praying that they both win and will meet later on in 2010 in the fight that entire world is waiting for. Nothing compares to Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather.
There were a few minor fights this weekend, but the one that caught my eye was Jesse Brinkley vs. Curtis Stevens. I have to give a shout out to Brinkley, a former contestant on The Contender reality show. He had a brilliant performance against Stevens, scoring two knockdowns and winning a wide decision. Brinkley was thought to be finished due to a series of losses starting with his exit from the television show. However since 2007 he has won his last 9 fights and taken down a handful of name opponents during that span, including Dallas Vargas, Joey Gilbert, “The Next Great Champ” Otis Griffin, and now Curtis Stevens. Brinkley has surprised and impressed me by resurrecting his career at the age of 33. I see a title shot in his future.
Before we move onto the mailbag, I wanted to remind my readers once again to check out Yusef Mack vs. Glen Johnson this upcoming Friday. This is the best fight we’ve had on regular cable in a long time.
I have a mixed bag of topics this week. We touch on Antonio Margarito, the Super Six tournament, and Manny Pacquiao among other topics. I open this week’s emails with a take on the Mosley vs. Mayweather bout. Enjoy, and as always, I would love to hear your feedback.
Shane Mosley vs. Floyd Mayweather Set
I know this disagrees with a lot of growing excitement about Floyd “Money” Mayweather vs. “Sugar” Shane Mosley, but I honestly think Mosley will look oh so bad that Money’s ego will only be stroked and will skyrocket into the next galaxy. Shane did demolish Margarito, but think about it:
- Shane looked bad against Ricardo Mayorga
- Miguel Cotto out-boxed him
- He just looked decent against a badly faded Fernando Vargas
- Shane couldn’t dent Winky Wright
- Margarito probably weakened his previous opponents with his loaded gloves, so he was able to take their punches better as the rounds went; such was not the case against Mosley. And of course huge credits to Naazim Richardson for the tactics Shane employed (loading up on his punches as Margarito came near, knowing Margarito wouldn’t move his head anyway; then coming close & clinching to avoid Margarito’s power hooks to the body when Margarito got into position).
Shane would be very dangerous against Manny Pacquiao, maybe that’s why Freddie Roach thinks that is the most difficult fight for Pacman among the top welterweights. But against Floyd, Shane, would be embarrassed by the end of the fight.
Of course he has brother Naazim is in his corner, but what stylistic change can Shane do to be more competitive? Oscar De La Hoya did good in the early rounds against Floyd, but it seemed De La Hoya’s punches were not connecting solid or hurting Floyd. Shane would have much more power but I don’t see him doing a forcing job with hard jabs to get close and then body strike solidly. How would you advise Mosley and brother Naazim?
-Rob P.

[jjmd3_787]

Aru, scripted na yan 2 egoy from the very start. Napanood nyo ba yung video after the Mayweather-Marquez fight? Kunwari nagalit si Mayweather kay Mosley. Parang showbiz din yan, gagawa ng isyu para kumita ang palabas nila.

As for the lab requests of Mayweather from Pacman, talagang OA ang ginawa nila. Dapat nga sila ang nademanda at nadanyos sa mga paratang nila e. At higit sa lahat, alam kasi ni Floyd "big mouth" Mayweather na kayang-kaya nya si Shane Mosley kaya hindi siya papayag na si Pacman ang makalaban nya. Ayaw nyang madungisan ang record nya bilang "undefeated".

[CVT]

Lukutoy talaga iyang si Gayweather..... :hysterical:

9202:toothbrush:

[tsupermario]

i hope shane will knock floyd's teeth out

[vito corleone]

i hope shane will knock floyd's teeth out

i want to see that, too, but won't minimize the chance of pacman-gayweather?. . .it's gonna be a sweeter sight to see pacman knocking fmj's teeth

[bwiseat]

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