Was the Mayweather-Mosley altercation staged?
March 2nd, 2010
By Chris Williams: In today’s press conference at the Nokia Theater in Manhattan, New York, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley were briefly involved with a brief shoving match after the two of them met at the center of the stage to stare each other down and exchange trash talk. Mayweather gave Mosley a shove that looked as staged as I’d ever seen. Mosley didn’t look the least surprised by the shove and immediately came after Mayweather and grabbed both of his hands and seemed to be in control after that.
What was funny in today’s press conference was when Mayweather’s advertiser Leonard Ellerbe fell to the floor during the scuffle between Mayweather and Mosley. And Mosley, being a good guy, came out of angry character all of a sudden and tried helping Ellerbe off the floor. It was comical. As for the rest of the press conference, it was much more tame.
Mosley said “It’s been a long time since I got a chance to show the world that I’m the best fighter, and that’s all that I really want, to be the best. I’m going to take my hat off to Mayweather, because I didn’t think I was ever going to get a fight from any of these top fighters. He said, ‘Yeah man, I’ll take that challenge. I’ll fight you.”
Mayweather said “I can’t say how many fights Shane has won in the past because we know Shane was using enhancement drugs. That’s something we do know. It’s no different than Pacquiao. I offered Pacquiao the fight. I said, ‘We’ll give you $25 million.’ I never met a man who wouldn’t take a $25 million drug test.”
Mayweather has been using that quote about Pacquiao an awful lately, and I’m not surprised that he’s still using it now. Hopefully, he comes up with some new material about him. This is getting old.
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Alot of boxers have done staged altercations that’s nothing new, that’s a way of selling tickets. Why write an article about it? Learn some history of the sport Chris Williams.
it was more staged than a wast end musical people but thats wot puts bums on seats now theres even more “bad blood” between them
definetly was but everyone has done it even ali himself. it is what it is end of the day its entertainin and we have a real match may 1st. you dont like it keep the hait up watch the march 13th match with the other 15 people who will be watchin.
cmon!!! May 1 is near already! Can’t wait!
damn! thats why I dont watch WWE because they are fake and all actors. please mayweather and mosley dont make boxing a joke. if you want hype to the fight make it real that you really dont like each other or thrash talk but dont do shoving like in WWE. whats next slapping?
It’s all staged fools…that includes the bout itself.
The best part was Mosley taking a hold of Mayweather’s hands, and just manhandling him. Mayweather was flopping like a wet bird and Mosley was able to hold fast.
Best boxer in the world couldn’t play a game of mercy.
Of course it was staged. Vety, very bad acting on their part. Not fooling anyone.
After the FMW vs JMM the confrontation mosley had with mayweather seem real to me w/o a doubt. But this s**t was deff staged to atract ppv sales ofc.
Anybody remember the Mike Tyson-Lennox Lewis press conference before they’re fight. It was a bunch of yelling, pushing and shoving, about 50 punches thrown between Tyson and Lewis and both entourages and guess what else, not one punch landed, not one single person hurt or anybody complaining about it afterwards. …Its called hyping up the fight idiots.
of course its “staged”…both parties agreed to meet and promote the fight…..been this way for well over one hundred years !! its how you get press these days to promote whatever !! any one who thinks other wise is mistaken big time..why havent we seen any promotion at all for pac vs. clottey ?? just wondering…
The only people that are scared of durg testing are drug users.
come on folks . . . we all have our own opinion, and my opinion on this one is pretty obvious: they may be good boxers but sucks in acting.
It is called Marketing. Why would so many people watch WWE while knowing that it is staged anyway? It is called entertainment and not even recognised as a sport.
This means that people have options while others were happy to see a fight get finished within the first round during the Tyson era, some would rather prefer Ali’s skills and timing.
This is the case with Mayweather fans and Pacquaio fans. It is called choice. Choosing one does not make the other obsolete and not real, it just means you prefer the other.
You cannot force anyone to see it your own way either. As for me I go for both at different times.
There is nothing wrong if this press conference scuffle was staged as long as it creates entertainment and some interest in the fight which it is clearly intended to do.
Pacquiao / Clottey promotion advisers decided to promote it through alcohol when you buy “Tecafe” you get a discount to this fight. That is their choice too.
It is called Advertising and it is part of Marketing people. Enjoy the fights and stop being so stressed about things you cannot control.
Chris Williams, you are right it was staged but this is in no way a clip of what will happen in the ring on fight night. None of these two fighters would throw a fight and they are going to go at each other to get better paydays in the future. There is pride at stake here.
stage or not stage i got mosley but mayweather will win the fight i know for a fact he wouldnt accept a fight unless he knows hell win
this is anti pacman site…flomos are most welcome here..
im geussing the writer is a pac fan lol
At least there us a pulse in this fight! PAC and clottey are fighting in 2 weeks and I already hear the crickets chirping.
I want to see Mayweather and Pac but this will do for now. I got Floyd winning this fight in the later rounds.
People saying how boring floyd is dont seem to realise that not every boxer is a stand and trade kind of fighter. I love watching the likes of pacquiao devistate opponants with there power and its great to see a couple of warriors slug it out but I also love to see the skill and timing that you get from the likes of mayweather. I think nearly everybody preferes the big ko’s but i know ill always enjoy watching a skillfull boxer control the ring
Think about it guys, Mayweather senior is good friend of Mosley, Mayweather Junior play basketball with Mosley, that’s what they said in the Marquez fight, It’s obvious that this fighters are trying to solve Mayweather’s financial problem, since Mayweather can’t get a big payday from Pacquiao, they staged something so fishy and really stink so bad nobody won’t go near it. This fight will be the lamest fight in the history of boxing…..trust me….Check the evidence…..
Haha Bob what are you talking about? Why is it then if Mayweathers fights are so boring that he gets record sales for his fights? I guarantee that May-Mosely will out view Pac-Colltey.
Plus you want to see an amayzing Mayweather fight youtube Mayweather vs Ndou.
It will be the same performance in the ring. Lame Fight.
The Rock was watching the press conference and when the Floyd and Shane were at each other, The Rock saw Floyd and Shane doing the wrestling clench. The Rock wonders if Vince McMahon help stage this fight. The Rock definitely smells something is cooking.
haters,
Have you read Chris Williams previous articles? All this guy does is bash on Pacquiao. At least he finally wrote something worth mentioning, c’mon man the scuffle looked so cheesy.
Hater what are you smoking A Mayweather bout better than a Pacquiao bout. Floyd can fight King Kong and the bout will still put people to sleep. A Floyd fight is better than Ambien to cure insomina
mayweather is a FAKE….. it was just a show to hyped the fight. but nobody is buying that now, boxing fans are more wiser and smarter than before. he may fool some of the people some of the time; all the people some of the time, but never fool all the people all the time….
Hmmm, interesting point. Was it staged? I wouldn’t be surprised. Personally this is what I think happened. Based on post interviews and Mayweather’s reason for pushing Mosley, (which if you guys don’t know you should definitely watch it, it’s hilarious) I think Floyd definitely had in mind what he was going to do. Mosley maybe wasn’t necessarily in on it. Floyd wanted to give a little push and shove to build some form of animosity between the two. He probably learned a bit or two because of his stint on WWE. But definitely it was either staged, or Mayweather just did it to get some buzz.
BTW, Mosley makes Pacquiao look like Hitler by the way he is constantly cheesing.
people who say it’s fake are pactards just trying to put this fight down as much as they can. they are just jealous that this fight is way better than pacquiao clottey. pacquiao clottey is not worth paying for, mayweather mosley is worth every cent.
That’s why it called free fight???…no judges, no referee,.. Will c if they can make a show on may 1,,, cuzzz I know, m I guarrantee! PAC/Josh is going 2 b a good fight… (WAR)
Luvboxing, I suggest you change that name to LUVFLOYDIESNUTS. People that love boxing will surely love the Pacman.
Just as long as the fight in the riing is real, that’s all I care about
I thought it was pretty obvious that the whole thing was fake.
Probably a little staged just like most pushing and shoving matches. It was entertaining either way.
BTW, why wouldn’t Mayweather bring up Pac turning down a $25 million drug test when the Pac Man camp is bashing Mayweather EVERY SINGLE DAY. Heck, all three of them (Arum, Roach and Pac) all had something to say today. Atleast Mayweather was giving Shane credit for taking the test.
Furthermore, he is being asked about Pac Man every other question so it is going to be addressed.
Personally, I could not care less about Pac Man right now because Mayweather v Mosley is a fight I have been waiting on forever and I am PUMPED about it. I love both fighters and can’t wait for this to go down!!
must be I heard 2 other poster saying that stage,and fake .dont think this will sell fast.
Obviously, this is Golden Boys trademark “scripted press conference” as usual to “hype” a very boring typical Floyd fight. Floyd fans, better enjoy this press tour while you can, since this is the most action you’ll see, as the fight itself would put the entire audience to sleep. GOLDEN BOY AND FLOYD HAVE FOOLED FANS TIME AND TIME AGAIN, AND THIS IS THE LATEST EPISODE, QUESTION IS, WHEN WILL TRUE BOXING FANS WAKE UP AND STOP THiS COMICAL NONSENSE?????
Publicity stunt… People xpect that,,,