Berto-Mosley: Shane will continue to be avoided if he wins
November 21st, 2009
By Jason Kim: 38-year-old World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO’s) will likely continue to be avoided in the future by the top welterweights in the division should he get by WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto in their unification bout on January 31st at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
If Mosley loses, then Pacquiao and Mayweather will likely use that as an excuse to not fight him. But if Mosley wins, especially in an impressive manner, then Pacquiao and Mayweather will probably continue to steer well clear of Mosley. In other words, it doesn’t pay off to look to good in beating an opponent. Mosley would be better off letting the Berto fight end up closely contested.
However, Mosley can’t afford to fight that way because Berto has fast hands, good power and youth working for him in his fight with Mosley. This isn’t going to be an easy fight for Mosley for a variety of reasons. Berto is much younger at 26 compared the 38-year-old Mosley, and Berto is perhaps a little faster than Mosley at this point in Shane’s career.
By the time the two step foot in the ring in January, Mosley will have been out of action for an entire year. It may be a good thing to rest of from damaging fights every now and then, but it can’t be a good thing to take this amount of time off at Mosley’s advanced age.
The good thing that Mosley has going for him, however, is that Berto has looked nothing short of horrible in his last two fights against Luis Collazo and Juan Urango in 2009. Berto used to be a brilliant fighter who used his fast hands to throw dazzling combinations to dominate his opponents.
However, Berto has evolved into a punch and grab fighter in the past year, and barely escaped with a win over Collazo in January. This is the same Collazo that Mosley totally dominated in beating by a one-sided 12 round decision in November 2007. But it’s unclear whether Mosley is the same fighter he was back then. Mosley looked great in his last fight against Margarito, but with the year off from boxing, you never can be too sure what Mosley has left in the tank.
But for the sake of argument, if Mosley does get by Berto with ease, Mosley may find himself in the same exact situation where is right now with Mayweather and Pacquiao, the two biggest names in boxing, ignoring him. Mosley doesn’t have the time to wait for them to pick each other off and look his way because by the time that does happen, if it ever does, Mosley might be over 40-years-old, and not young enough to have much of a chance to win.
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floyd stop running. If mosley was 40 plus you would fihgt him quik. MAN UP
mosley is the best, thats why he cant get a fight. Pac and Mw won’t take any chances, that will end it for them.
Pacman will fight the winner period!!!!!!!!! If Mayweather don’t sign, this will be next ultimate fight for Pac (hopefully Sugar Shane win)….Bob Arum wanted Cotto instead of Sugar Shane (under Golden Girl promtional —-see Dela-Hoya fish stocking——-)…….Pac fighting Cotto means more money for Arum and for his prize fighter…due the math!!!!!!!!!!!!!I rather see Pac vs Sugar Shane n call it ” Battle of the Force “. Sugar is more dangerous, stronger and more fun to watch than Fyod Jr with his dancing shoes!!!!!!!!
All Mosley had to do was wait till the end of Pacquiao Vs Cotto. Just like all Mayweather had to do was wait till the end of Pacquiao Vs Hatton.
Paul Williams was more than willing to fight Mosely.
Mosley #1.yeah sure, if you really think like that than you just have no idea and not a clue about boxing.
then answer me why he doesnt want to fight paul williams????
Mayweather is scared stiff of Mosley as he knows he will get flattened and Roach Knows the same will happen to Pacquiao. Mosley = #1
seattle is full of it ,pacmanABSOLUTLEY DUCKED MOSLEY!mosley was ready to go while cotto had a giant gash over his eye from the clottey fight,shane pleaded for the pacman fight even at 140lbs!this was before the cotto fight was signed,pacman had his choice cotto or mosley, seeing as how mosley looked stunning against margarito and cotto has looked like crap since losing to margarito,of course pac picked the easier of the two, lets not pretend mosley is the best welterweight not pacman!a win against cotto at this juncture is only great on paper,we all know cotto was finished by the time pac got him!
Berto has good power??????Where in his mouth??
it’s hard to think someone is avoiding someone when they have won 7 belts in 7 divisions..mayweathers looking for a reason to avoid pacman,he’ll blame promoter,salaries,fight site,or some other lame excuse to get out of it.mayweather is a big money draw so why would boxers dodge him…he picks slower straight foward fighter,no fighters with defensive skills or fast footwork.
id love to see mosley fight pacman, it would be a better fight than cotto/pacman
well said alphonso
bring on mosley if he wins…………….
pacman will beat mosley and possess 3 welter belts, never done by li’l floyd.
pacman will never fight mosley,because mosley has to much hand speed even at this age. Roach knows that mosley would give pacman to many problems on the exchanged of punches.
Pacquiao will fight Mosley in due time. Right now, the road to money is PBF. So they have to go first. After that, Pacman will Shane. Dont worry, unless MP decides to retire because he is running for congree next year, the fight will definitely happen. There is money in this fight, and when there’s money, small talks is only needed for MP to sign.
i really think the Pacman is being overated.he’s avoided guys with speed. he is fighting guys who can’t deal with his speed.Mosley and Mayweather would tear him apart!
Why do you pick on Pacquiao? He just arrived in the Welterweight division. Give him time to choose his opponents. He is not like Floyd who has been around for a long time. He is the one avoiding Mosely. Not Pacquiao. Be fair.
pacman will ko mosley!
styles make fights- roach did not want PAC to fight MOSLEY because he knew MOSLEY would knock the PAC MAN out. I never thought COTTO was that good of a fighter in the first place YES he did beat MOSLEY but he did run the last three rounds.
jason what’s up?
ha i disagree with the notion shane is being avoided, paul williams has done everything but go to shane’s house for a fight, shane has said he is not interested is fighting paul, clottley and berto has said all year they wanted to fight shane, cotto also if the fight was in nyc? shane has had 3 fights in 4 years at 147 pounds,how can he be avoided? oh you mean he is looking for the mega fights and pay days which is all well and good, but he needs to really stop this bs of how he is being avoided,the champions ie belt holders are lined up to fight shane, shane turned down 2 fights with mayweather in the past when he (shane) was p4p king in his prime now all of a sudden he wants to fight mayweather and get paid NOW mayweather is ducking him? LOL this sh@@ is beyond funny. How can shane lose to cotto who has 3 wins over 3 top 10 ww and shane is 1-1 and shane is the top ww? what his head to head lose does not count cause he beat margocheat? LOL
no one believed any of the baseball and track stars who said “we did not know what it was” but you cats believe shane LOL shane created this everyone is avoiding me bs, when in fact he declined to fight the above mention fighters this year- some people need to stop letting their hate or dislike for a fighter cloud their thoughts- i know the bob arum saying floyd turn down 8 mil to fight margo and he is scared of margo but what he did not say was the 8 mil required floyd to resign with top rank like cotto’s fight with pacman but you cats keep drinking the kool-aid
another controversial article…good for business…keep it up guys.
Good honest article!
Tell me something. How did Pacquiao’s name got into this mix?
I could understand Mayweather is avoiding a fight with Mosley with his Steroid excuse. But Pacquiao?
When Mosley called out Pacquiao, The fight bet. Pacquiao and Cotto was already being ironed out. Pacquiao decided to fight Cotto because he was the winner between the two and the younger fighter compared to Mosley by 9 years. Now tell me if that was ducking.
Pacquiao will fight anybody. so, don’t mix Pacquiao’s name with Mayweather.
Do you really think Pacquiao would have faught Mosley while he lost his previous fight with Cotto. While Cotto was available? Get your facts straight.