News – Mosley Is Now Willing to Fight Pacquiao at a ‘Catch Weight’

Brahma Bull makes some of the best analytical & logical assessments I read here. I know he reads and watches a lot about boxing. Now if I can get Perez to read Brahma Bull’s letters, maybe he too will understand boxing and start writing stuff that makes sense and is not onesided.
I have too have tried to reeducate those who Perez has misinformed, that P4P King does not mean a small boxer can beat a big one in a real fight. It was Nat Fleischer, founder of the Ring Boxing who felt that Sugar Ray Robinson if he was able to fight any other boxer at the same weight, he would beat them easily. So was bron the phrase lb for lb champ.
Pacman has not only cleaned out most divisions but has shown the guts to keep moving up to meet and beat bigger fighters in exciting matches.
I think Super was the best fighter I ever saw but he did not always fight the toughest. I used to like Fraud Mayweather but he keeps avoiding top guys. I loved Whittaker, Chavez, Hearns, Ali, Duran etc because they fought everyone. To be great you need to fight great fighters in exciting fights, not just be undefeated. If not Valero & Calgahze would be the best ever.
I know the object is hit and not be hit but Ali and both Sugar Rays did that but they were very exciting and when they had to, they could brawl.
The original point is that Pacman is not a big man and already has moved up many divisions. How much more can he go? If the fight was the same day as the weigh in there would not be that big an advantage because even rehydrating would not equal a 12-15 lb edge.
When a small man moves up too much even with muscle it restricts, flexibility, fluidity, speed & movement. If a large guy comes down too much he loses strength. It is not fair to either man so a saw offmust be reached. Even then a large man will gain back extra weight and have a huge edge in strength and absorbing the small man’s punches. Why can’t Perez explain this? I heard Dundee, Al Bernstein, Kellerman, Steve Farhood, Bert Sugar and many experts say this when Super Roy, Holyfield & Spinks moved up to challenge for the H-weight title. This is fair unbiased explanation that people need to know. This is not about Latinos versus Filipinos. I wish people would stick to facts and not incite hatred. have some fun but let it be known it is fun. I make fun with Hatton/Fatman but I respect that he is an action fighter. I respect that he trains very hard and draws fans but I will never question his heart. Oscar was very popular and i think got some close decisions cuz of his fame but so did Ali, Leonard, Marciano and many other all-time greats. I only get upset when the fight is so onesided and the home guy or the famous one gets the call. Then I start to question Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles. We have a very good forum to exchange views here and I enjoy reading them, no matter what. Keep it up because I get some very decent laughs.

Mosley is a smart fighter. He has realized that he’s the one calling out the p4p champ. He wants the title of p4p king. Now, Pacquaio does not want Mosley’s belt and Mosley does not want Pacquiao’s belt. Therefore, there is no need to fight at 140 and 147. They both want the p4p king title. In order to do this, both fighters must move in weight. To ask one and not the other does not make this a fair fight. They are not fighting for belts. This is different. If you want the title, you must be willing to move in weight to challenge all those that want the title. Would it be fair for Pacquiao to move up to Klitschko’s weight if Klitschko challenged him? It doesn’t make sense. When De la Hoya and Pacquiao fought, it wasn’t for a belt. It was to see if Oscar can beat the p4p king. Therefore, they both moved in weight. It was Manny who moved up 12 pounds and Oscar dropped 7 pounds. It was fair to Manny even though it was himself who was going through a bigger weight change. It wasn’t Manny’s fault that Oscar didn’t come in properly for the fight. That’s why Manny killed him with ease. There was no struggle at all. In the case of Mosley and Pacquiao, they are meeting in the middle. How is it possible for a naturally stronger fighter to fight a smaller man? Even though Pacquiao has fought at 147, it’s not his natural weight. He couldn’t even reach 147 at the night of the weigh-in for his fight with Oscar. He weighed in at 142. It was just too hard for Manny to reach 147. That’s why the catch weight is about 142. If it’s more, Manny will give up too much of an advantage to Mosley, who normally fights at 147. If Mosley wants the title so badly, he should go down a few pounds. Even though he comes in at 143 or 144, I guarantee he’ll know better than to come in weighing the same at fight night. Mosley is a real champ, not chump. He’ll balloon in weight by fight night. So, what’s the big deal? Pacquiao averages about a 6-10 pound difference come fight night. Mosley averages about 10-14 pounds come fight night. Mosley is just naturally bigger. So, no one will have the advantage if the catch weight is around 142. At 147, Pacquiao will weigh in 5 pounds less than Mosley, and give up another 4 pounds come fight night. Doesn’t seem too fair. At least at this catch weight, Mosley will only have an advantage of a few pounds, not around nine or ten. The few pounds won’t be as significant, as in the case of the Pacquiao/Hatton fight. There was only a 4 pound difference during the fight. So, plain and simple, Pacquiao won’t be able to come in close to 147 and give up a greater weight advantage come fight night. Then, all the excuses will be made, and if he were to win, no one would feel that it was a fair fight. At this catch weight, the weight difference won’t be much so that there won’t be any excuses. Plain and simple, no excuses when it comes to a p4p title fight.

Pacquiao should stay at light welter. With his height, he is too short to be a full welter. Mosley at 5’9 is way too much for the Pacman to overcome who is only 5’6. So to make it fair, Mosley must come down to 140 lbs. and he could weigh around 152 come fight night just like Hatton had and still have the weight advantage over the smaller Manny.

there is only one ricky hatton………..hatton is naturally the heaviest fighter than pacman…it did prove in the second round. with shane mosley i hope he can last the distant

this will be superior and ultimate boxing, both fighters are very destructive. after what shane did to margo with that uppercut, margo had no legs they practically have to give margo a cold shower in the ring and shane destroyed him mercilessly. the pacman is very destructive that can par with mosley. it takes a destuctive fighter to beat a destructive fighter. if the figth goes the distance the younger boxer with stamina with prevail, but if it goes allout war early on and the pacman gets hit then the damaged can be the factor. but for sure this shane and manny hardest fight or their careers.

october slug fest here it comes, this will happen cause manny and shane are not tied up for any contracts.

manny takes it allday

Now dont get me wrong this is not a fight i would not want to see, i doubt anybody would turn their nose up at it.

But im beginnin to really dislike these catch weights. I like fights and results to cement peoples standings in world rankings and all that, fighting at catchweights only proves whose better than their opponant at a weight that is not recognised as a fighting division in boxing weight classes.

I think Pacman proved so much in his victory over Hatton, I saw Hatton as the best Lightwelter in the world still and he was demolished big time, id like Pacquiao beat another top Lightwelter at Lightwelter and if he fancys taking another step up in weight go for it and fight Mosley at Welter, but dont take a half step and fight at a weight that doesnt technically exist.