Sugar Shane Mosley: The Most Sought Out Man In Pro Boxing?
November 20th, 2009
By Joseph Torres: With the imminent mega-fight of all mega-fights looming between Manny Pacquaio and Floyd Mayweather Jr., Shane Mosley takes on a less competitive and lucrative fight with World Boxing Council title holder, Andre Berto. But is Shane really on the outside looking in?
The biggest issue surrounding the mega-fight between “Pacman” and “Money” is money! This being not only the biggest fight of next year but as Max Kellerman so eloquently stated, historically, this will be the most significant match since Pernell Whitaker vs. Julio Cesar Chavez. It hasn’t been since those two legends fought, that a fight consisted of the undisputed number 1 and 2 best fighters in the world. Neither man will stand to make more money with each other than with anyone else.
After the historical fight between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto that has already been reported to have pulled in 1.25 million ppv buys (and that’s only domestic purchases), Team Pacquaio will demand and stay firm on a 50/50 split. This will not go over well with Floyd and his team.
After this fight, neither man will ever make this kind of money again in a single fight. You can bet that Floyd and Manny will fight tooth and nail to get as many percentages on their side as they possibly can. As young as they are, and as talented as they still are, both careers are winding down.
One man has his trainer pushing him to retire after this fight and has so many other financial options outside of boxing. The other has already retired once before and also has many financial options after boxing. Rest assure, before this fight gets done, with so much money on the line and the egos who’ll be participating in this matter, their will be a serious breakdown in the negotiations.
Enter Shane Mosley.
Now, even if talks breakdown, it doesn’t mean that Shane will get a fight with one of these two warriors. But he will be used as a bargaining chip. The next big fight, if Floyd and Manny doesn’t get made, you can be sure that Shane Mosley will be the other name on the marquee. Not only does he present another PPV blockbuster, but if he loses, the other fighter can go back and say they did 1 million ppv buys for the second time in a row, say that they bring in the numbers (Shane isn’t a huge draw) and get what they want when negotiations restart.
Whether this opportunity comes to fruition for Sugar Shane, he is much closer now to his dream mega-fight than he was after defeating Antonio Margarito last January.
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Ya i think mayweather or pac man is a eaiser fight for berto than mosley with that being said i think berto out boxes shane the first half of the fight giving angles and jabbing a lot and if he feels like shane is wearing down then he will stand flat footed in front of shane and ko him late or ud
What happens if Berto ko’s SSM in a great fight. Does he get into the mix then with MPP and FMJ? He might in fact be the best out there and if he does win in fact he should call out everybody, from Floyd to Pacman to Tim Bradley. Obviously the way to make money in the business is to draw attention to yourself, not by fighting the best fighters ;example FMJ Antionio Tarver. Just start calling guys out stop leaving it up to your promoter.
i really cant see it happening
I don’t think that Shane Mosley will win his fight with Andre Berto. Berto is nowhere near less competitive. Less lucrative? Yes. Shane is going to have real trouble with Berto for sure. This kid is young and hungry. And he is not a title holder for no reason. So Pacquiao might have to find another excuse to avoid fighting Mayweather.
WITH DUE RESPECT TO MOSELY I GUESS HE MIGHT JUST HAVE TO WAIT. PRO BOXING IS MORE OF A BUSINESS RATHER THAN A SPORT. HE’LL JUST WISH IT WON’T BE A CLOSE FIGHT BETWEEN MANNY AND FLOYD WITH THE JUDGES DECIDING THE OUTCOME BECAUSE A REMATCH WOULD MOST LIKELY TAKE PLACE AND IN WILL SURELY PROLONG HIS AGONY.
AS IS SAID PRO BOXING IS A BUSINESS RATHER THAN A SPORT. THAT’S THE UGLY TRUTH!!!
Honestly, I would rather want MP fight Mosely than PBF because Floyd’s ego is very hard to deal with. And if MP fights Mosley, it will surely drop PBF’s market now because it will surely prove to every fan what was said about Floyd that he is one overrated boxer trying to bost his perfect record by cherrypicking the right opponents for him. Although Im definitely sure that whenever MP fights PBF, a lot of people will watch it, but the split between the two will be more in favor of Pacman and the only reason for PBF’s camp to ask for a bigger slice will surely mean another good duck at MP.
shane will knock both of them out the same night.
who cares about the money JUST FIGHT!
Lol I meant Mosley!
I want to see what people are going to say when Mayweather beats both of them! Lol!
In my opinion, Floyd has absolutely no grounds to demand anything more than 50 percent, and I actually think he is in the 40 to 45 range right now. Remember, right now, more people know of Pacquiao than Mayweather as far as casual fans go.
owensupd, you make a good suggestion that appaerntly others have made: 40/40 with the extra 20 to the winner. That might be a good way to please them both and bring them to the table.
Sorry HardSe7eNs-hell of a good say mate!Hit it on the head,though I believe Pac’s team’s ego’s may match Floyd’s on this one!The fairest I,like many others can see is 40-40-with 20 to the victor.Hey champs,with all the money you’ve accrued surely this should be about legacy and not money-after all if your the “best” which this bout would aim to prove,then you would go away the “richer” anyway!
Seem to have forgotten De la hoya vs Trinidad mate-believe that was a mega-fight of two undefeated stars in their prime who’d cleaned up!
I don’t think Sugar Shane is sought after, he’s probably the most ducked figher amongst welterweights.
Good point about the Pacquiao – Mayweather negotiations breaking down. If anything, it would be because of Mayweather’s stubborness to admit that he is really #2 coming into the bout and not accepting anything less than 60% (this is also FMJ’s way of ducking fighters).
If negotiations break down, Mayweather won’t fight Mosley, there is way to much risk. If he loses, he’ll have even less leverage in negotiating a good deal with Pacquiao. So fighting Pacquiao now is his best option. Who else is he going to fight?
Mayweather may wait it out, fight another lower weight boxer like Hatton or Malinaggi and hope Pacman fights Marquez and loses (which he wont) or Mosley and loses, therefore giving Mayweather the upper hand in negotiating a better deal.
Bottom line. Mosley is the most ducked fighter, amongst champions. Berto is fighting him because he’s coming up and wants to make a bigger name for himself. The Mayweather-Pacquiao bout will happen, the only question is when…