Roach: “Mosley will be beaten by Floyd”

Personally i’m not a big fan of Mayweather, i think his a top boxer but definately not one of the greats. Main reason being his ducked too many good fighters over the years.. it’s good to see his now chosing to fight Mosley, which i think he’ll win but wouldn’t have stood a chance 5 years ago. There’s a reason why his undefeated, he chooses his fights very carefully, that’s not what being a champion is about, to be the best you have to beat the best and he plain hasn’t done it in his career.. would love to see Mosley get up in this fight but agree it’ll most likely be a close decision win to Mayweather. Finally i wouldn’t be surprised if there was a clause in the mosley.mayweather contract stating mosley would have to give mayweather a rematch if he lost, so don’t expect to ever see mosley vs pacquaio (unfortunately). peace

There is no way Manny will fight the winner of Mayweather-Mosley. Manny is hoping Cotto can beat and take Yuri’s title. If Cotto does, than Manny will win another paper title by fighting Cotto at another catch-weight of probably 148. If Cotto loses Manny will probably retire or fight some more B level fighters for Top Rank. No way Manny will ever fight anyone that moves around the ring.

i think FMJ wished he was fighting Pacman now with the huge money than taking a risk with SSM. he’s got little options now and his cup is really full. he knows he’s got a problem which is , he’s not as agile and swift as before and moreover his retirement has really dipped his confidence.

its true that he’s not fought any of the top welterweights now and really needs to prove himself. if he really signs the agreement, then i think its a 50-50 between him and SSM.

dont forget that SSM is aging and the only reason he beat Magarito is that Magarito has only one style which is agression and he leaves himself too open. any good welterweight will beat magarito.

Jason, r u retarded? U r right about shane being vulnerable 2 the overhand right, but floyd hits about as hard as ur grandma. Shane will walk through all his shots, his name should b mayfeather cuz that’s how soft he hits

Floyd is just making Mosley wait. This fight is on the books next week. Floyd has always wanted to fight this dude. He just wasn’t willing to give him a shot after he called Mosley out twice and he didn’t respond. Back then for Shane, it was eveerything thing to lose and at the lower weight class PBF was recking dudes for real. None of the top dogs wanted a date with PBF before Welterweight. (See below)

In 1999, when Floyd Jr was 130lb champion he called out 135lb champion Shane Mosley to fight him in what would’ve been a super fight, Mosley declined!! Fast forward to 2005 after the Henry Bruselles fight a WBC Eliminator to determine who would fight Arturo Gatti next, Floyd was asked by Larry Merchant who he would like to fight next, amongst the names Floyd recited were Kostya Tszyu, Oscar DeLaHoya and Shane Mosley. Once again no response from Mosley or the others for that matter.

A year later following his 2nd victory over Fernando Vargas, Mosley was asked whether he would face Mayweather by HBO host Larry Merchant, Mosley’s response he needed to get his teeth fixed and go on vacation.. This doesn’t sound like Floyd Jr is ducking Mosley to me!!

I think FMJ is worried about Mosley possibly upsetting him and recking his perfect record! I was sticking up for FMJ,saying his reluctance is all a ploy to make as much money as he can and fullfill his “demands” foir the fight. Now I am getting so annoyed at ALL these top fighters who think they are something REALLY special to demand all they want! Guys, you are watering down the sport of boxing and making it a laughing stock to many people who used to watch it all the time! The guys today are worried about making as much money as possible and thats it!!! The guys today cannot even be considered close to as high ranking as the fighters of yesteryear who fought 3 or 4 times as many fights as the guys today! ( Bhop,54 fights/Mosley around 53/Mayweather 40 fights)
The guys a few years ago fought 40-50 fights before they even got a title shot!

One major difference between FMJ and Mosley is Mosley is always exciting,FMJ,well,you all the the answer to that!
Many seem to forget that the fighters who gave FMJ the best fights were NOT that fast but aggresive who threw alot of punches. Mosley may not be quite as quick as FMJ but he’s still VERY fast and hits ALOT harder! His agression and hunger give him an excellent chance at beating FMJ,wait and see!

Did FMJ even sign the contract yet? I only read last week that Mosley was the only one to sign. I also read an article that FMJ made sure that there was an immediate rematch clause in the contract. That to me says alot. FMJ is truly worried about this fight. That being said, this is boxing anything can happen on any given night. Remember FMJ usually gets caught with shots early in the fight before he makes adjustments as with Judah, Corley,Castillo and DLH. If Moslay catches FMJ early in the fight FMJ may be in trouble.

Lol Roach is contradicting himself all over the place. If Floyd will beat Shane and Pac is better than Floyd, why won’t Roach let Pac fight Shane when he was begging for a fight? When you say your guy is the best WW in the world then you should not back down from any challenge.

Roach is pretty accurate about his predictions. He’s honest when he said Mosely would be a high risk low money fight for Pacman before fighting Cotto instead. The problem is that if theres a chance you will win, Floyd doesn’t want to fight you. Name a top 3 Welter Weight he fought after his Dela Hoya split decision win. ????

I think you got it Vince V, all fight fans, even PBF fans it seems, want PBF to show some heart before he retires. He’s probably not as fast as he was in say 94′ – 95′.
We all hope he’s got something, anything, to show that he’s still a good, if not great any more, fighter.
If he dodged Pacman, and now dodges SSM. Then I guess he just don’t wanna fight no more.

This is a winnable fight for Shane but my gut tells me he won’t. Shane is fast compared to most boxers in his division but the difference in speed will be evident come fight night & it will make the difference. Shane was best @ a young 135, since then it seems he’s become more one dimensional.

I’m not sure we’ve seen Mayweather’s best. He has the rare ability to turn it up a notch above his opponent, enough to win but never really let it all hang out. Like him or hate him you can’t argue with his ring intelligence.

That beig said it would be a shame for Floyd to reach the end of his career without ever being in a battle that shows the fans his ability & his heart.

As far Pac/Clottey; Pac will beat Clottey, but he won’t beat him up, like he did Cotto.

I believe if roach really said that he thinks floyd will win this fight,is to try and make floyd believe he has a chance,and of course he does have a chance of pulling this off. even though the chances in my opinion are slim. but again I think this was said to get floyd to sighn.

if ever shane/floyd face in the ring, shane will bring it to floyd for sure for aslong shane’s stamina last. he is a warrior who might be cheated by time in this bout.

you forgot about what his name? mr cement glove,he fighting manny next floyd looks out of it, its be a betterfight anyway.

I dont know i dont honestly think clottey would have a chance to beat floyd or pac. Who has he beaten that proves he could beat one of the top p4p fighters?

Even if we agree clottey cotto was a draw or a slight edge to clottey its obvious clottey is very comparable to cotto so i dont see him putting forth a much better effort against pac then cotto did. And i dont think it would be much different against floyd.

I agree this was his best option available but that doesnt make it a good fight.

I’m going to the Pac vs Clottey fight…I’m excited! And Mosley vs Money is going to be a great fight….that’s if it happens.

id be interested in floyd vs clotty p.s. wasnt his fight against marq a lil lopsided in the begining? what fight is worse pac vs clotty or the boaring sad over weight floyd vs jmm?

I agree, a fight with Clottey is not an easy walk on the park. Yet, seeing what pacman did to Cotto is such an easy fashion is hard to think that he might have trouble with Clottey. Mayweather needs to beat Mosley, Pacquiao and then Williams and I will eat every criticism that I ever had of him.

who cares what this guy thinks everyday? he keeps predicting the things that he wants to see happen.thats all he does.I really just dont care.