Mayweather vs. Mosley in May?
January 18th, 2010
By Eric Thomas: Unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. could be facing WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley on May 1st, provided that Shane gets through his next fight against World Boxing Council welterweight champion Andre Berto in their unification bout on January 30th, according to the Los Angeles Times. Mayweather, instead of facing someone on March 13th – and end up competing with the Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey bout at Dallas Cowboy stadium in Texas – Mayweather will wait on the winner of the Berto-Mosley fight.
None of those opponents appeared to interest fans other than Cintron to certain extent. However, by opting not to fight on March 13th and compete with the Pacquiao-Clottey fight, Mayweather won’t have to risk having his fight not do well on pay per view.
It’s unknown what Mayweather will do if Mosley is beaten by Berto on January 30th. It’s a very real possibility that Mosley could lose to Berto, and given that Berto isn’t arguably as popular as Mosley as of yet, it might make a fight between him and Mayweather not a thrilling.
Mayweather was previously negotiating a fight with Pacquiao for March 13th, but the fight fell apart over random blood testing that Mayweather wanted.
Pacquiao and his promotional team Top Rank wasted no time in picking out former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey as a replacement for Mayweather. Pacquiao’s choice of opponent hasn’t exactly thrilled boxing fans either, but it might not matter because Pacquiao is a hot fighter right now and fans will likely purchase his fight in droves regardless of who he fights.
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mosely will knock out or win by points agianst mayweather
I agree Floyd is one of the best of our era but not T H E BEST Floyd lost to Castillo in the first fight in everyones eyes but luckily bob arum his promoter at that time pulled some strings and he won…. Floyd only fights fighters he thinks he can beat He fought Marquez at welterweight and still had the nerve to weigh in over.. people say it’s only three pounds” if that was the case he would of made weight. Every true boxer knows each pound counts and plus this was Marquez’s first fight at welterweight and still went 12 rounds with a middleweight cmon Marquez would of beat Floyd at lightweight believe that. Delahoya to me also beat Floyd. Mosley is my all time fav boxer and he will take Mayweather to school. Mosley is the best welterweight out there period . Pacquiao has proven to me time and time again why he is the #1 pound 4 pound but Mosley will end that streak if given the chance. Mosley will defeat Mayweather and then I doubt Pacquiao would fight him. Mosley is becoming invisible to other fighters just like Margarito was.
ya pretty boy fans!
Your guy aint nothing but a joke. That pretty thing Floyd was dukking Mosley and Pacman the whole time. Claims himself pound for pound Shiiiiit, Joke! Mosley was and is a true warrior. Loosing to bigger Winky, old friend Forrest all the guys with class. Who did pretty beat so far? That chicken aint boxing, just running in the ring. The guy never faced anybody with a class like Mosley. If Mosley coming concentrated, will crush Floyd. Besides he is gonna be in hellova shape with not facing Berto. DEFINETLY MOSLEY!
floyd will make mosley look even older than he is by runnin his straight right straight down the pipe all nite long,,,,RIP MOSLEY
I agree that Mayweather is the most technically profiecient boxer out there now and one of the best of all time,i enjoy watching his technique, but he was kind of bein a weenie about this whole blood test thing. I mean pacquio agreed to blood tests right after the fight so even if mayweatherlost, pacqiou’s win would be tarnished and it wouldn’t really matter. i think mayweather was a little scared seeing how pacquio’s been steamrolling through some of the best.
It really winds me up that you idiots who fail to recognise that Mayweather is the greatest of our time, can call him a coward, while rising through the divisions he has faced and convincingly beaten every champion he has faced.
I honestly can’t see how Pac man refusing blood tests makes Flloyd a coward it makes me think what Pac has to hide. Mayweather would clearly outpoint Pacquiao and show he is the greatest. I can’t wait till he stops Mosley after the way him and Hopkins got in his face after he humbled Marquez
Mayweather is going to make another excuse up cos he is scared of MOSLEY
I said it before and I say it again, when Mayweather defeats Mosely! I often wonder what this “chicken”( as every Mayweather hater so elegantly puts it) will do! There are going to be a boat load of self-claimed Mayweather-haters finding something/someone that this “gifted” fighter will have to do to prove himself yet again. This is AMAZING!!!!
I beg people to watch THE ACTUAL fights instead of Mayweather’s loud and ridiculous personality outside the ring. You will soon discover that he is a mastermind inside of the ring. Mayweather-haters are soooo focused on his personality that they forget he can actual BOX!!!! You guys keep my day going I swear!! Please keep it up!!! LMAO!!!! Every win will slowly ruin your life!!!
I said it before and I say it again, when Mayweather defeats Mosely! I often wonder what this “chicken”( as every Mayweather hater so elegantly puts it) will do! There are going to be a boat load of self-claimed Mayweather-haters finding something/someone that this “gifted” fighter will have to do to prove himself yet again. This is AMAZING!!!!
I beg people to watch THE ACTUAL fights instead of Mayweather’s loud and ridiculous personality outside the ring. You will soon discover that he is a mastermind inside of the ring. Mayweather-haters are soooo focused on his personality that they forget he can actual BOX!!!! You guys keep my day going I swear!! Please keep it up!!! Every Mayweather win will reduced your penis size by about 1.5″….LMAO!!! Please just shut your mouths and watch yet another Mayweather victory!!!
Mayweather, now that you’re going to fight Mosley, you need to be consistent and demand that Mosley undergo Olympic style drug testing just like you demanded of Pacquiao. If you don’t demand that of Mosley, it just proves that you were using that as an excuse to get out of the fight with Pacquiao. You are a great coward until you demand Mosley undergo everything you were demanding of Pacquiao.
@Bernie , so are u saying that if several people are promoted by the same person they are throwing fights. Arum promotes Pacman, Cotto, Clotty, and Yuri who he tried to throw in the mix. So i take it that Cotto took a dive and Clotty is next? I guess that is why Arum was in such a big hurry to find Pacman a new opponent instead of making the deal with Money!
Mr SweetSci
Just save it!!!! Your boy was afraid to take the test. Anyone can pass the urine test. They did it in baseball for years… Pac Man knew he couldn’t get past the blood test so he made a big fuss about it and backed out of the 40 million dollar fight. His actions look suspect so forget him and hopefully they can make the Sugar Shane vs Money May fight. Maybe if Pac Man builds up enough courage to get into the ring without the steroids he can get the winner…
If Floyd is scared of Mosley why has he called him out before and why has Mosley been the one ducking Floyd?? Hopefully Mosley doesn’t need another vacation, his last excuse, or fight someone of the caliber of John Brown. Who? You know the guy Mosley fought when Mayweather called him out before
My sincere condolences to Berto and his family. As the fight with Mayweather is concerned, Mosely might as well try to find another opponent. Mayweather won’t fight Mosely because he is not smaller than Floyd. He will find any and every excuse to null a fight with Shane. It’s too bad though, because that fight would bring close to the PPVs as the Pacman vs Clottey fight. Run Floyd run.
bernie;
How much did GBP pay God for this earthquake?
mosly by KO if this happens
I sure hope that this fight happens. This is a huge oppurtunity for Money to silence the critics. When people say that he avoids the top welterweights, usually Shane is the first out everyone’s mouth he should fight and i have no doubt that he will beat Sugar and look good doing it. The question will be then, do he have a shot at Pacman ever excepting a fight with him.
floyd fight with mosley??? hmmmm.. i think he will asking another random blood sample for drug test. since mosley is a roid user..
Floyd has no excuse not to fight Mosley. He fights Mosley he get super money Shane too, then He fight Manny super money Pac too, then he retires 42-0 and lol at you fools for you Doubt.
This would make for a great fight! It seems that every Mayweather-hater would give their right NUT to see him lose. Unfortunately he hasnt yet. I definitely would like to see Mayweather fight every qualified welterweight out there, Cintron, Williams, Pacquaio, even Cotto(who is a shell of his former self) but this will not happen. It baffles me that 45% of people that buy Mayweather fights only buy to see him lose.
Like it or not, he is one Hell of a fighter. He proves it consistenly, whether you agree with his opponent choice or not. He easily wins fight and goes unscaved. The Mosely fight will not be any different. KEEP THE LEFT NUT HANDY MAYWEATHER HATERS!!!
In other news badlefthook.com is sayin khan vs madiana is on for april 17 undercard of hopkins vs jones jr
Even if they wanna steal the ppv is better to make it may 1 cuz u will get all the attention! I mean march 13
Pac vs clottey
Floyd vs mosley
King abraham vs dirrell!! I wanna see all three!!
No where to hide Mosley! Or is their another John Brown, the opponent he chose instead of Floyd when Floyd called him out before. Or does Mosley need another vacation like he did a couple years ago when asked if he would fight Floyd.
I said this last night!! Where? Liar! Idiot! you don’t know what you’re talking about! Not too mention petty name-calling like on an elementary school playground. Now does everyone believe this?? The only question is do they steal all the PPVs on March 13 or do they show mercy on Manny and hold off until May 1. You know Manny and Arum are praying they wait until May 1.
Floyd called mosley out now that mosley is free nowhere to hide floyd!!
hey KALEL…..what made you think pacquiao using steroid? maybe the convicted drug dealer told you huh? it isn’t because manny refused to give in to floyd’s demand make him a user. remember pac recently passed the test earlier. also, pac agreed to unlimited/random urine testing all the way up to fight night. is that wouldn’t be enough for you? FYI…urine testing is more accurate than blood testing with regards to doping.
Lol sry it is true berto n mosley is off!! Floyd can’t hide now he called mosley out now is time to man up!!
@chris jr!!
It will be a shame if u miss pac vs clottey!!keep ur 50 while we fans watch it live!!!
mayweather fighting the winner of mosley/berto is really the only acceptable bout that floyd could take right now. and it would be a good one.
it would be the first fight at welterweight/super welter that floyd has taken since oscar 3 years ago. and its obvious that public opinion killed off any chance of another cop out fight against smaller men eg matthew hatton, maling etc…
it was also predictable that floyd wouldnt go one on one with a pacquiao ppv on march 13. hell it would have clearly shown who the top ppv king is wouldnt it.
however credit where credits due the winner of berto/mosley against floyd would be a top ppv.
Berto vs mosley is still on!!
Since the Berto/Mosely fight is off. Money May and Sugar Shane needs to give the people what they want and sign to fight each other. Now is the time. These guys need to stop playing around before they get too old or lose and no one cares anymore.
Floyd vs mosley on cinco de mayo weekend? I doubt that!! This was marquez date
Mosley is partners with gbp so he will do wat he wants!! Arum will steal him away to fight pac easily!! It will be easier to make a fight with pac then with floyd
Yes i will look forward to that one if it comes off!!!! Kalie all the fans are dispointed at the pac v mayweather fight not taking place but i believe pac to be clean,i think it was a Mayweather ploy to unsettle Manny and its backfired big time.
Mayweather needs to get a competitive fight with somebody real soon. After the failed negotiations with Pacman, he left his supporters all depressed and going crazy. To this date, they’re still talking about Pacman and blood testing that never happened.
There you go that’s the fight that needs to be made since Pac Man doesn’t want to be exposed for using steriods. This will be a honest fair fight and the best honest man will win.
Err…
“… before Mosely fights and beats BERTO.”
Doh.
…ryan
Yeah, I don’t see this fight getting signed before Mosely fights and beats Mosely. And I don’t think that means Mayweather would fight Berto if HE wins, either.
Let’s not jump the gun yet. Mayweather should be fighting Manny or Shane, no question. Once those foes are out of the way, the winners can test the mettle of the younger fighters like Bradley and Williams (maybe).
Just my two cents.
…ryan
Lot of fans want this fight, just hope Mosely looks good against Berto and that age hasn’t caught up with him, could be a good 1 in May