Kellerman and Mosley crash Mayweather’s Victory Party
September 20th, 2009
By Dave Lahr: You got to fill a little bit sorry for Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) right about now, because just after he beat Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision by the scores of 120-107, 119-108 and 118-109 last night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada, HBO interviewer pulled a couple of surprises on Mayweather when he brought Shane Mosley into the picture.
Mayweather looked sheepish and very uncomfortable with Mosley right in front of him and said” Shane Mosley is one hell of a fighter. I’m not scared of him. I’m not scared of nobody. However, Mayweather’s face appeared to show the opposite emotion from what he was talking about, because he looked afraid. Shane then said “We just want to get it on, that’s all. The fans want to see a good fight. Let’s get this on.”
Floyd then, looking tongue tied, said “It’s like this. Do I interrupt you when you do an interview. Don’t disrespect me.” Mayweather clearly wasn’t going to directly address Mosley about wanting a fight. This is the same tactic that Mayweather chose to use when Kellerman asked him about his weight, to which Mayweather said “I don’t want to talk about weight. I’m here to talk about my victory.”
Kellerman was trying to get Mayweather to speak about him coming in at 146 instead of the agreed upon catch weight of 144. The two fighters had agreed on that weight because Marquez, who only recently moved up to lightweight, would be moving up two entire divisions to fight Mayweather at welterweight for this fight. The plan was for Mayweather to accommodate him in a small way by fighting Marquez at 144, which really wasn’t much of a handicap for Marquez when it comes down to it.
Marquez, for his part, came in at 142, two pounds under the catch weight limit. It’s unknown what Mayweather weighed last night during the fight because he didn’t let anyone know. However, Mayweather appeared to weight in the neighborhood of the low 150s by looking at him. Kellerman then asked Mayweather about his choice of opponents, asking him why he chose to fight Marquez.
Mayweather, looking as if this was another question that he wasn’t going to give Kellerman an answer to, then snatched the microphone out of Kellerman’s hand, saying “I’m just going to do the talking. You [Kellerman] do too much talking.” Kellerman, sensing that Mayweather was going to go into a monologue about this or that without answering his questions, motioned for the interview to be stopped.
It seemed like Mayweather wasn’t going to have any part in talking about weight, his reasons for selecting a small fighter like Marquez and whether he would be interested or not in fighting Mosley. By not answering these questions, Mayweather didn’t come off well at all in the interview and it, at least for me, seemed to take away much of what he got from his performance last night.
By the time the interview was over, I felt that Mayweather had handpicked Marquez because he was smaller and less threatening than Mosley. I wish Mayweather had at least stood up and answered Kellerman’s questions because I would have felt a lot better about him if he had let us in on his reasoning for fighting Marquez instead of someone his own size like Mosley and why he came in overweight.
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Shane got what he asked for….lmao a straight whupp’n. I ca see that there are a lot of people who posted and had no idea as to what they were talking about. Funny thing… that internet thingy just keeps track of everything..lol
Mayweather ant no fool he not going to take a chance fighting a hard puncher like shane mosley who can beat him but the fans out there have common sense is not going to pay money to watch floy fight smaller fighter fight shane i pay.
Well said Nepster, even without beating Cotto right now Pac is a better opponent for Mayweather than Marquez.Pac moved up and kept his speed, improved his power and added a right hook. Marquez lost speed, wasn’t the bigger man and had gotten bullied by Diaz at 135. I know Marquez won but Diaz was the stronger, bigger fighter that night.
Anyone who thinks that Marquez at 142 is the same Marquez at 130-135 doesn’t know boxing. Sure Marquez gave Pac fits at 130, but he’s GREAT at 130. Does anyone honestly believe Marquez can beat any top 5 welterweight? So what was the point of his fight with Mayweather? I refused pay $50 to watch it based on that. And for those who say that the only ones who has a chance at beating Floyd is Mosley, P Will, or Cott, and Pac has no chance, would you change your mind if Pac beat Cotto on Nov. 14th? To me, that will tell me if Pac can bang with the big boys, and if he beats Cotto on Nov. 145th, then he’s got a fantastic shot at beating Mayweather.
To WHite Boy who says Mosley needs to avenge his loss to Vernon Forrest…what an idiot.
RE: WHITE BOY
Mayweather has the talent to beat anyone at welterweight and everyone knows this. IMO he should fight the top guys before he retires because theres always gonna be a what if in his legacy. You can’t fight the Arturo Gatti’s, Carlos Baldomir, Ricky Hatton( who after fighting Collazo at WW admited 147 was too much for him) and inflated lightweights moving up to get a payday against all odds. You gotta fight the fighters who actually have a chance at winning. Thats what fans want to see. Everytime i see a Mayweather fight i feel like i just got mugged out of 50 bucks cause his fights are so one sided. Mayweather has to step up and fight tough fighters so we can see how great he really is.
Ha Ha True P4P kings dodge noone!
What a great victory for mayweather. And as for kellerman, a complete, total, idiot. a waste of space who should never be allowed to show his face again in such an event. As for moseley, he just wants a pay day and like mayweather says, what exactly would moseley bring into the fight? at least pacman would pring the p4p title and also millions of fans and supporters with him to the fight. so moseleys just hunting a payday which he should not be allowed to have!
Golden fan mosley lost to Vernon Forrest twice in the beginning of his career he went from pound for pound best to nothing he’s 38 now and on his way out looking for a payday he didn’t do so well against a washed up Vargas and looked superb against Margarito cause he has no defense looks at mayweathers highlights he is damn good. Mosleys win to DLH was overturned when he tested positive for STEROIDS!! Seriously the guy is finished he lost at his prime mayweathers prime is just about over and he is still undeafeated!! Hand picked or not if he beats mosley then it’s Williams he beats him then you will mention another fighter. If mosley is so good he should redeem his loses to Vernon Forrest and winky wright who might I add also has a good defense then maybe he’ll be a big enough name for mayweather. And when mayweather fought Jose Luis castillo he weighed in at 138 and castillo at 147 since weight is such and issue I guess this makes mayweather an even better fighter then He already is.
Kellerman in particular was an absolute disgrace. Mayweather trained hard and put on a boxing clinic which i enjoyed every second of, and max kellerman was utterly dismissive, totally rude and disrespectful, he gave no congratualtions at all, wouldnt let get a floyd get a word in edgeways and showed nothing but contempt. As for mosley and hopkins they behaved like a pair of morons aswel. 3 people ganging up trying to embaress a great fighter after a performance like that just made me want to kick the TV thru
MAYWEATHER CAN BE OUTWORKED! AS SOON AS HE FACES A REAL WELTERWEIGHT WITH SPEED,POWER AND GOOD DEFENSE HE WILL LOSE. HE BARELY BEAT DELAHOYA AT THE END OF HIS CARREER. WHITE BOY MOSLEY DID NOT LOSE TO DLH HE LOST TO WINKY WRIGHT TWICE AND AT THE BEGINNING OF MAYWEATHERS CAREER HE HAD TO TAKE FIGHTS NOW HE CALLS THE SHOTS AT HIS CONVENIENCE AND ANYONE WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT BOXING CAN’T APPRECIATE WHAT HE IS DOING.
Kellerman quite simply was a disgrace and should be fired immediately! An absolutely disgraceful interview highlighting the fact he clearly resents Mayweather! (I’m not a Mayweather fan by the way, but I appreciate his boxing talent). In short, Kellerman is an idiot and should be fired immediately!!
In addition, B-Hop as usual came across as an absolute clown!! He’s just an ignorant lout who always has to be in the limelight! He’s a disgrace as well.
Mosley, almost feel sorry for him as he just can’t get the big fights. Unfortunately he hasn’t built up the fan base thrpughout his career, therefore in the multi million dollar PPV HBO 24/7 era, the big names don’t see a fight with as viable from a risk/reward point of view! Sorry Shane, think you should fight Clottey!
In conclusion, Kellerman and Hopkins, both total and utter disgraces!!
Shane’s clock is ticking and Floyd knows it! Mayweather is going to put off fighting Shane until Shane is 40, and then it won’t be as risky as a fight for Mayweather. I don’t understand how some of you fans don’t see that Mosely is the most dangerous immediate opponent for Mayweather. His speed is the closest to Mayweathers, he possesses more power, a great chin, and he is a phenomenal boxer/puncher! The other opponent that would be dangerous for Floyd is Paul Williams, but I’d bet Floyd will turn a def ear when he hears that name. I would much rather watch Shane than Floyd, he is a more exciting fighter; he goes for the KO, and can and will take a punch in order to land one. Mayweather has awesome defense & speed, but he is content to “score” and win a fight on the cards rather than take risks to knock a guy out.
Sugar shambles mosley is looking for a pay day nothing more. He’s washed up looking for a big fight he lost to Vernon Forrest cotto and de lahoya his chances for big fights are over!! Mayweather is the best shouldn’t bother with stuper Shane and get his money he deserves it 40 and 0!! That speaks volumes he couldn’t possibly hand pick all his fights from day 1?? Look back at his career and see how many names he fought and shut down!!
Well said Woodley, totally agree with that.
Kellerman could’nt hide his hate for Mayweather though ha ha It was funny Mayweather is a d**khead, I’d like to thank Reebok gotta get my 7 figures baby. . . .Kellerman was like Stfu b***h beating on lightweights.
Kellerman could’nt hide his hate for Mayweather though ha ha It was funny Mayweather is a d**khead, I’d like to thank Reebok gotta get my 7 figures baby. . . .Kellerman was like Stfu =)
Mayweather you got no pride.
So what If Mosely is trying to get a payday!!!
His the WW Champ. . . .The Chicken Mayweather should be fighting Mosely. . . .Mayweather is a joke & I’ll never have him down as a legend, His a legend in his own mind. Mosely & Paul Williams would defeat Mayweather & Floyd know’s it deep down. Mayweather will do the same thing to Pacman as he done to Marquez all night long.
Sugar Shane would fight anyone anyday. Even when he lost he came back and rematched with no hesitation. Mosley is a true warrior. Hey GEE Marquez was ranked #2 PFP in lightweight not welterweight. So you’re trying to say if Ivan Calderon were #2 it would be okay for floyd to pick him as an opponent. Mayweather can’t even answer a legitimate question, he has no respect for his fans its all about him. HEY FLOYD TAKE A PAGE OUT OF TRINIDADS BOOK HE FOUGHT EVERYONE IN 147 AND 154 INCLUDING VETERANS,PROSPECTS AND CHAMPIONS AND CLEANED OUT THE DIVISIONS AND THEN WENT UP AND FOUGHT 160 NOT 155 OR 156. MAYWEATHER’S NICK NAME MONEY SUITS HIM PERFECTLY.ITS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY FOR HIM,THE SPORT OF BOXING AND BOXING FANS MEAN NOTHING TO HIM. WHAT AN A**HOLE!
im sick of hearing mosley,oscar dlh,hopkins and all the other muppets at golden boy.not once have i heard any of them predict a mayweather win.how can this be!
bIGMOUTH WHITE BOYS LIKE KELLERMAN HAS NEVER HAD A FIGHT IN THEIR LIVES THEY ARE ALWAYS GOOD AT SITTING BY THE RINGSIDE TALKING ABOUT WHAT A REAL FIGHTER SHOULD DO.FLOYD FOUGHT OSCAR ,WHO WAS A MIDDLEWEIGHT,WHY SWHOULD HE BE AFRAID TO FIGHT MOSELY ,WHO WE ALL KNOW LOST TO THE SAME OSCAR INSPITE OF HIM BEING JUICED UP.
Mayweather was shaking in his boots when Mosley appeared like some sort of kanye west to steal his moment!!
I guess Floyd doesn’t fancy the idea of having to face a REAL Welterweight!!
let me get this right mayweather was 150 on fight night put jmm down once ref deemed a slip but it wasnt pac man a lot smaller had jmm down 3 times in the first 2 rnds mayweather will not get into a war with any1 talented yes boring yes stand toe to toe with pac man for 5-6 rounds if he can manage it and any1know ppv figures boxing v ufc? i like to find out any1 who can let me know it would be appreciated
The fact that Mayweather was punked in front of the whole world I loved it, Suger Shane all the way!!!!!
I honestly believe that if he hung with Oscar Delahoya without a problem there is no reason why he couldnt with Mosley,Delahoya has around the same power as Mosley.I Honesly believe Mayweather is going to go down as one of the best fighters of all time,Give him credit. When Castillo came very close to winning the first bout. he had a rematch and dominated.Mosley should worry about Clottey first,That Cotto Vs Clottey fight was kinda close so Mosley should worry about that bout first.
mayweathers may have a good chance of beating mosley only in the microphone but not in the ring, and i doubt this fight between the two will push through as the mayweathers may take all the alibi. if they need a doctor’s advice for an excuse they’ll do it because of fear with mosley.
I would love to see this happen Mosely/Mayweather as Soon as possible. I think Shane is the only fighter out of The Others that can Beat Mayweather right now. Mosely Hits a Ton Harder and has good Speed. I see Shane not allowing Floyd to Dictate the pace.
Manny stands no chance, so its all about mosley, williams, clottey, cotto. If he fights one of those guys ill be happy
FMJ beat a great fighter who hapen to weigh probably 10-15 lbs LESS on fight night, close to 2 inch shorter, and 5 inch reach advantage. YEA HE IS THE GREATEST!!! No need to fight mosley, clottey, williams, cotto.MAN HAGLER WOULD HAVE PUT MAYWEATHER IN HIS PLACE
mayweather pound 4 pound king 40-0 motherf@@kers
For 5 million bucks I’d beg Mayweather for a fight too. I’ll talk about his mama, his sister whatever! Mosley needs a big payday folks, he wont fight Clottey, he doesnt even want Berto, he wants Mayweather or Pac Man cause they bring the money!
These Mosley supporters are wrong. First Mosley is looking for the fights to bring HIM money. Mayweather is looking for the fights to bring Him money. Mayweather’s big fight is against the most popular fighter in Pac Man the one everyone said can beat Floyd. Floyd comes out and destroys the fighter who gave Pac Man fits to prove a point. Mosley wants to get a nice payday so he wants to interject himself in the picture thinking himself a big draw, the problem is, he isnt. He ducked Clottey and the Dec. 26th date they had for fear of losing the fight and his chance for one last pay day. Mosley being a Golden Boy fighter, and Golden Boy being close with HBO, together, they made some lame excuse to renig on the deal leaving Clottey with no opponent, and trying to free up Mosley to hopefully land a fight with the big dogs! Hence you have Shane and his Golden boy henchmen damn near begging Floyd and egging him into a fight that will get Mosley his biggest payday. Mosley is a coward for ducking Clottey, he beat a overrated Margarito who didn’t have his plaster to fight with, and I hope he never fights Floyd. Floyd beat a great fighter and made him look amateur, hate him if you want, but Floyd is the best! Golden Boy sucks by the way!
Im glad kellerman took floyd moment this aint a comercial. HBO dont do comercials.Just answer the question they are asking you, just say “i came at 157 tonight against a lightweight, this was my whole intention thats why my contract wasnt finalised yet. And no i dont want to fight a welterweight, I dont want cotto, williams, clottey, or mosley”. Till he fights them dudes and defeats them then he will be considered the best p4p of all time. Has of right now he is considered the most skilled
floyd certainly fears mosley, he was so uncomfortable last nite when he was approached as it was hard to get out of it. dnt get me wrong i fink hed beat mosley. i truly fink hes scared of a tough fight where he may have to dig deep. and then he doesnt no y no1 wants to watch him. hes a waste of talent
And people forget that Marquez had only faught at lightweight a couple of times aswell….he only went up to lightweight trying to chase down pacquiao. Marquez is basically a super featherweight blown up to welterweight.
Marquez did amazingly well to go the 12 rounds, it was clear he couldnt handle the weight, you could see he would tire after throwing a few combinations and then would get picked off because he was too tired to defend himself.
Mayweather is really no better than a school bully picking fights with kids 2 or 3 years younger than him. A true coward! He has all the skill in the world, a tremendous boxer and the heart of the cowardly lion.
And people forget that Marquez had only faught at lightweight a couple of times aswell….he only went up to lightweight trying to chase down pacquiao. Marquez is basically a super featherweight blown up to welterweight.
Marquez did amazingly well to go the 12 rounds, it was clear he couldnt handle the weight, you could see he would tire after throwing a few combinations and then would get picked off because he was too tired to defend himself.
Mayweather is really no better than a school bully picking fights with kids 2 or 3 years younger than him. A true coward! He has all the skill in the world, a tremendous boxer and the heart of the cowardly lion.
Mayweather, i would feel so bad to be under your skin, you deserve to be hated you deserve to be disliked from the public, you deserve to be discussed from the negative aspect, sometimes it’s not important if you win a fight, you will still be not remembered as a good man, because you are not such, you are so dissapointing man, even with victory you still make yourself look bad, learn to behave!
I agree with Mr Rich!
Kellerman asked fair questions, he never answered even 1 on them. Even when Kellerman was stoppeing the arguement between FMJ and Sugar he said, now let’s go to Pacquiao. it seems that even when Pacquiao’s name was mentioned he acted like he never heard that and never commented on it. He avoided most of the questions. all he talks about is he is great and told Kellerman man that he defeated a “little GREAT man”?
He is trying to say that he fought a great fighter? JMM is great at Lightweight but not on Welterweight! He just wants everybody to see that he beats JMM, the one who gave Pacquiao a hard time. LOL! so what does that prove? LOL!
Mosley, is already past his prime and Mayweather still doesn’t have the balls to say yes and look at him eye to eye. that is he they never gave him respect. But i salute JMM who fought an almost Middleweght division boxer. and what did you know, with the long reach and the weight advantage of FMJ never KOed JMM. ahahah! what did he prove again? …LOL!
Mayweather looked like he was about to pi ss his pants when mosley came out of nowhere like some kinda ninja lol.
Then i think Mayweather realised how he was coming across and tried to give it the large one. You aint fooling anyone Floyd!
and more more thing, after watching Mosley Standing next to Floyd haha SHane aint peanut boy, he’s a nice Size to give Floyd a good fight, that’s why Floyd won’t fight him cuz Mosley present a thread to him.
anybody who knows boxing knows that shane mosley will cause mayweather a world of problems,,,,cant bully the smaller guy anymore ,,,lol, thats why mayweather wont answer any questions about it,,mayweathers gonna run out of small guys to beat up and excuses,id like to see mosley fight mayweather at welterweight or even light middle and come in 2 pounds heavier and see what happens to mayweather then,,,thats right he probly wouldnt fight him,,,,,mosleys alot more exciting than mayweather anyway id rather see him fight pacman at least hel come to fight and not run !
I think what shane did is completely smart, he wants to fight the best and the best keep ducking him so let’s get on national television where millions of people are watching and let’s challenge the best…that’s what it takes to get a fight against Floyd, you need to make a fool out of him so he feels like he needs to get respect, I mean the only way Marquez got a fight against Floyd was, he called him out right after beating Juan Diaz so Shane have Called out Floyd tons of times right after his fights and gotten nothing, so he gets on his face and see what Floyd would do? I honestly believe Floyd is going to wait until November 15 and see what’s the out come of Pac/Cotto if Pac wins Floyd will fight him and beat him just like he beat Marquez if Cotto wins he’ll avoid Cotto and go for Mosley, but Mosley is going to ask for a 50/50 split with is a no no against Floyd so we’ll end up with Cotto/Mosley 2 and Floyd will be left out with no one to fight, unless he wants to fight Paul Williams or Berto and I don’t see that happening!
How can you say he wouldn’t stand a chance, i think 99 percent of people who know anything about boxing would disagree with you. Get back in the spotlight? i think he did that when he destroyed Margarito. Shane only lost a narrow decision to Cotto and, unlike Mayweather, has never ducked a fight with anybody. He’s more box office than Floyd, his biggest ppv draws were against De La Hoya and Hatton, it wasn’t him that people were paying to see.
i agree with tony shane is using floyd to get back in the spotlight n for what it worth he wont stand chance and everbody wants meaywether vs manny pacqiuao
Why are people so against Kellerman? They were fair questions were they not? I dont beleive for one moment that Mayweather deserves praise for that win. People on this site saying 2 lbs or 4 lbs means nothing. If thats the case lets see Floyd go up 2 divisions and fight a top middleweight.
Shane is trying to get a pay day and all the people know it. If Mayweather was too fight Pac Man and beat him then people will be saying he needs to fight somebody else. People know Marquez asked for that fight and he got it. Sugar Shane is not a Pay Per View fighter and thats why he wants to fight Mayweather. Marquez is and he is the one after his last fight to pick Mayweather out to fight.
beating smaller boxer like marquez doesnt deservw floyd a p4p ranking,he should hav fought the likes of mosley or paul williams,if he beats them then his legecy in boxing will be cemented as one of the great p4p fighter just like pacman has done,pacman has a chance of beating floyd with the speed and power he posses which marquez doesnt have. ithink floyd only like money the easy way without risking his body. lol
mosley woke up the sleepy party. lol.
shane certainly knew how to wake up everybody, even li’l floyd became fully awake after sleep-walking over the bloated marquez. li’l floyd can’t stand losing a mic, that mic is worth more than $600,000.
Kellerman is a total sap he ruined floyds moment – he had the right to speak an celebrate a great victory, make no mistake about it – 2 pounds or not, he was awesome. Kellerman brings his boys mosely an hopkins in and sets up the whole interview to make floyd look bad, the weight issue, why did you pick marquez, why dont you fight shane – like what the hell dude shut the hell up already. Floyd coulda come in weighin less and hed still batter marquez, marquez is a p4p great at the mo so a good opponent esp as pacman fought him – there setting up the pacman fight, any idiot can see that, an floyd will kill mosely, it was mosely who turned down a fight with floyd few years back due to a tooth problem lolol now floyds minted everyone wants a shot – get in line boy
IT’S TIME THAT MAYWEATHER TAKE HIS JOB MORE SERIOUSLY AND GIVE THE FANS A GOOD FIGHT. IT’S TIME TO STOP CHOOSING HIS OPPONENT LIKE IT WAS A GAME OF CHESS. BUT DON’T GET ME WRONG! I LOVE HIS SKILLS, BUT IT’S TIME TO PROVE IT AGAINST A DESERVED OPPONENT. FORGET ABOUT PAC RIGHT NOW HE HAS HIS HANDS FULL AGAINST A STRONG FIGHTER AND I BET YOU ANYTHING THAT MAYWEATHER ISN’T IN HIS MIND RIGHT NOW. WETHER IT WAS PLANNED BY KELLERMAN OR NOT THE MOSLEY APPARITION IT WAS LOVELY!!!
Very good article, Money man is not answering the question cause he is afraid of Mosley.
im not a mayweather fan, but Kellerman was being a total idiot.
great article? this guy chats %$£t period
MAYWEATHER IS AFRAID OF NO MAN NEVER MIND SUGAR SHANE
Minor league guys?! Rated number 2 P4P but minor league?? Come on, its no wonder your remaining anonymous!!
Floyd chose Marquez not because he was easy but to simply prove a point to people that he is No.1 and to show Pacmans ppl exactly what he could do simply using his boxing skills.
Answer me 1 question do you think that Floyd is further away or closer to a Pacman fight?? if he comes through Cotto?
In my ‘unbiased opintion’ the answer to that is YES.. and that is all Floyd wanted to do in this fight!
mayweather is afraid of mosley
Give floyd a break. he’s just won his fight and all these ppl storm his party.
Kellermans i complete tit like!