Mosley looked more than a match for Mayweather at yesterday’s press conference
March 3rd, 2010
By Jim Dower: Floyd Mayweather Jr. looked for once in his life out of his element at yesterdays’ press conference in Manhattan, New York. In 10 of Mayweather’s last 11 fights, he’s been the taller fighter than his opponent. Yesterday, it was the 38-year-old Mosley who was clearly the taller fighter and also seemed to have the bigger frame as well. Additionally, Mayweather has had a huge advantage with his trash talking of opponents recently, getting the better of Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton and Juan Manuel Marquez.
Mosley said afterwards “I’m a lot faster and mentally stronger. I kind of pushed him [Mayweather] back a bit. He said, ‘don’t put your hands on me,’ and then we started tussling, so I just grabbed his hands. There’s a lot of money on the line, so there’s no need to do any fighting. But you could see we need to get in there and mix it up.” Indeed, when Mosley grabbed Mayweather’s hands, he seemed to have total control over Mayweather due to his bigger size.
Mayweather couldn’t do much after Mosley grabbed a hold of him. Obviously, this doesn’t tell us what would happen in the ring with both fighters wearing gloves, but it did seem strange to see Mayweather being handled by Mosley during the press conference scuffle. Based on what I saw, I’m giving Mosley the first round of the pre-fight action. Mosley wasn’t intimidated like some of Mayweather’s recent opponents during the press conferences, and actually seemed to have Mayweather looked tentative and unsure of himself when they were in close.
It will be interesting to see how they interact in the other press conferences. Mosley looked mentally stronger than Mayweather during the press conference, and seemed to be the one in control. Whether Mosley can control the actual fight with Mayweather is a different matter. However, I’ve never seen Mayweather look as flustered as he did with Mosley, and this could be a bad sign for Mayweather that he’s finally met his match after 40 fights and 14 years as a pro without a defeat.
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I wouldn’t be surprised if mayweather ducks mosley as well.
I don’t think Shane is going to knock Floyd out, but it is a small posibility. I guess we’ll see on May 1st.
I can’t wait to see what was called the fight of the century become a moot point when Sugar Shane Mosley makes Pretty Boy and Ugly Boy. Shane is in the best shape of his life right now mentally and physically. After that, we’ll get to see the real fight of the century, Mosley vs. Pacquiao.
Shane held his own in the press conference. It was a lot of fun to watch, but I would be worried if I were Shane since the ultimate jinx, DLH, picked him.
LOL! @Mosley.”May 1st will be May’s 1st loss”.
although this was staged. I saw something that people are not seeing! Floyd was very confrontational when he fought Delahoya, Hatton and Marquez. He looked to me a lot more respectful of Shane and for good reason, Shane will beat Floyd and I think he is on shaky ground…
It was staged but served to show how they physically measure up to one another!
Mosley is going to win!(hope hope!)
Mosley has an excellent shot of beating the borring Mayweather!
Even on mosley’s dream, he wii never be able to beat the greattest and current best fighter of all the time, master ever, floyd maywheather; even manny paquao rellieze it. that’s why he’s running away.
Dahhhhh… These two dudes are just selling tickets. The video clip was too funny!!! Looking forward to the fight though…
Floyd will get his ass whipped by a 38 year old fighter on May 1st.
Mosley is Hopkins prizon b@#ch! I hope PBF does a Winky Wright on him.
I’m definitely NOT a Floyd fan but I will certainly watch the fight and witness with my own eyes Floyd first loss by KO. Then, the REAL fight will follow between Pac and Shane and will be dubbed “THE FIGHT OF THE DECADE”. After that Pac can retire as there are no more worthy opponent on sight.
why didn’t the clown that wrote this post the post press interviews where Shane was clearly flustered by Floyd..such as when Floyd said Mosley beat DLH twice but is still working under him or when Floyd mentioned how Mosley and Berto were going to be splitting $3 million. Let’s face it Floyd is the cash cow!!
yeah yeah, I’m going PBF 8-4.
WWE at its best!
May the best fighter win!
I’ll be watching this … they talk the talk but who can walk the walk?
“May 1st is going to symbolize May’s 1st loss!!!” Hilarious quote, can’t wait to see this one.
even though it looked like a wwe style hype job it was still entertaining. as for what we saw physically i doubt that will mean much when it comes to the fight itself. and even though i think this was clearly staged i think these two honestly dislike eachother.
I didnt think either fighter looked flustered at all.. I have no idea what you other people saw. Floyd did his trash talking… Mosley stayed composed and didn’t look prematurely defeated like other fighters have… I liked it
damm ..dont believe it…. someone been saying he had insider info ,he started it when floyd was taking a long time to agree to fight mosley.and the two came to a agreement.
he said that mosley going to take a dive,in exchange for having ownership ,a part of gbp.dont think that was possible then as mosley has strong pride, but today news article. mosley when talking to floyd said gbp is his company,and now oscar just pick mosley to win over floyd by a knock out,damm. oscar always wrong always.and could he be loading the boat ,and mosley going to take a dive? or I for one hope oscar finally right in picking a fighter.
Boxing has become Show business (for the money ) not a sport. Look at the costume trunks, elaberate entrences,ctc etc.
Andrew- Yeah but who looked like the joke after the fight.
What?? mayweather trash talked hatton?? hatton is one of the sharpest people in boxing, iv seen the guy do stand up and hes never short of a word. I remember the Manchester press confrence for the Hatton-Mayweather fight and he made floyd look like a joke.
Mayweather will drop before round 6!
I think this article smacks of wishful thinking. Physically Shane looks a match, that much is true, but trying to imply that Floyd looked intimated and so on is utter tosh.
Mosley will be handed his ass on a plate by Floyd. The guy is one of the greatest technicians in boxing history and though he is not to everyones taste you CANNOT deny his phenomenal defensive artistry.
My opinion of mosley went down even further when he instigated this scuffle.
It was all hype to boost Pay per View.
i was there and shane got pushed,,the crowd here in new york was pro-mayweather,we gave it to mosley for hgh using,,when oscar talked the crowd started chanting sweepy sweepy…shane looks old and his mouth wrotr a check his body wont be able to cash..mayweather was his self as always trash talking and doing his thing,,PBF wins 9-3
I didn’t see Mayweather flustered at all. Floyd was being Floyd as usual. I could tell this was staged though. It never would have got out of control because both fighters understand this is a business. Mosley grabbed a hold of Floyd’s coat sleeve. Now that was a real tough act. It was like it was choreographed for WWE. Looking at them in the face off I realized that Shane is not that much taller than Floyd. Maybe an inch if that. He may be bigger but size don’t win fights skills do.
Floyd’s butthole was probably puckered up for the first time in a while. You could see it in his face.
Whattttt???? Is this mosley againt r.mayorga????…
i def think the author’s read too much into this, but he does make some good points, mainly, that I have actually never seen floyd quite like that and that mosely was certainly much stronger
reserved I agree but will go right after Floyd when the bell rings……..i excited to see how they both react when they settle into the fight Fight being the key word I’m hoping Flody dosen’t do his huging and kissing like he did with Hatton……they again Shame is bigger and more skilled the Hatton and Flody may just have to dance and take pot shots all night………Floyd may wish that earthquake never happened
May 1 – the showdown, but first, some March 13 fun.
B*LL*CKS
YES MOSLEY LOOKED LIKE HE HAD A WEIGHT ADVANTAGE WHEN HIM AND FLOYD TRIED TO HOLD THERE WEIGHT AGAINST EACH OTHER. MENTALLY STRONGER NOT A CHANCE. ANYONE THAT SEEN WHEN THEY WERE BEING QUESTIONED ABOUT THE FIGHT COULD SEE MOSLEY WAS WOUND UP. THE FAKE SMILE AND LISTENING TO WHAT FLOYD WAS SAYING WHEN HE WAS BEING ASK QUESTIONS WAS FANTASTIC. HE HAD TO ASK THE INTERVIEWER WHAT HE ASKED TWICE BECAUSE HE WAS SO OCCUPIED WITH WHAT MAYWEATHER WAS DOING. MAYWEATHER IS AN MASTER BOXING AND MASTER HEAD WRECKER. MOSLEY IS A GREAT MAN AND SEEMS VERY RESERVED BUT FLOYD WILL EASILY GET TO HIM AT EVERY CHANCE HE GETS.
True, i’m sure it was all hype-but when mayweather is talking about mosley’s personal life-it makes me wonder.
Nice try… But terrible act…(wackkkkk)
Fake As need it 2 promot tha fight…
Haseem Rahman said the same thing about man-handling Lenox Lewis during a press conference to promote their second fight, and Lenox Lewis preceeded to beat the living hell out of Rahman when they fought………pre-fight press conference talk, and the ensuing melee’smean nothing.
I most be going blind because I didn’t see the fluster from either fighter.
It looked like it was setup,wasn’t real.