Is Mosley selling his Boxing Legacy for another check?
December 21st, 2010
By Allen Hmiel: Reputations take a life time to build but only a second to destroy and Shane Mosley seemed to let everything flush away with his lack luster effort against Mayweather. Mosley gave up just to last the twelve rounds and escape still standing up and considering it a moral victory for himself.
Where does an ex-champions pride go when the finances dip, the skills erode and the big 40 approaches. When the echoing cheers turn to resounding boos? At what extreme does a old champ say the heck with my legacy, I need money and I am willing to take another significant loss in exchange for another large but undeserving pay-stub? Does Mosley deserve the Pacquiao fight? Absolutely not, but it is another faded name for Paq to hang on his questionable reputation seemingly built on well chosen hand picked opponents vulnerable and open to the Pacquiao style. Mosley seems willing to give it another go even after humiliating himself against Mayweather and sliding by an average Mora. Mosley isn’t selling his soul to the devil rather than accepting a seven figure payday from an obliging Bob Arum who keeps his cash cow Manny winning again and a game obedient Mosley willing to once again tarnish his reputation in lieu of a multimillion dollar retirement sled into average-ness. Mosley once again swallows his pride at the expense of collecting an undeserved pay-date not with destiny but with father time.
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Maybe? He could get hurt here,and maybe will have a good moment or so against the younger talent.but ,Yes.
@bri…you should be thankful that Manny granted the wish of your fellow african american and will give him a good paycheck by fighting him…no need to hate Manny. But since you are a Pachater(which i forgot)you will always be a Pachater. You need to tell your idol to fight Manny because he is the one who has all kinds of excuses not to fight Manny.
If Mosley wants another big payday before retiring, he needs to never be in this fight and lose a one-sided fight. This is exactly-quite literally- what i said he needed to do against Floyd if he wanted a payday against Pac and caught plenty of flak from Manny’s loyal followers for even suggesting such an outrage. Cotto lost a one-sided affair to Pac and has constantly been talked about as being a possible opponent for Pac again! If JMM had really wanted this fight he would have lost to Katsidis. Honestly, JMM and GBP knew this already, they knew as soon as Marquez won that fight that he would not be fighting Manny next. Remember, despite the bad blood between Arum and GBP, that Golden Boy still wants Pac to rake in huge numbers because they get a cut of Pac’s pie. This is because this good Christian, who is so honest, signed a contract with GBP and days later signed another with Top Rank! Either Pac is a borderline retard and can’t understand anything or he knew what he was doing was wrong and did it anyway. Eitherway, it worked out for everyone as now Pac shares his pay with Arum, Ariza, Koncze, Roach, and GBP!
I heard there one yellow guy from some poor asian country fighting starved bums and grand-dads??? what was that his name again…eeerrrrr manny who? eeerrrr pac what??? eeerrr roid, oh yeah, hahhhhaaha, what a loser!!!!
Boxing is not like other sports. A fighter can continue to fight and get pulverized but he will always be remembered for his prime days. Look at Ali and Chavez. Getting thoroughly beaten up when old and faded does not harm a boxer’s legacy in the least, if it did everyone would be claiming Holmes is “the greatest of all time”. 15 years from now, RJJ and Mosley will be remembered for what they did in their prime. However, pulling off a huge upset at such a late stage in a career would enhance a fighter’s legacy immensely. Ray Leonard is proof of that.
what boxing legacy ?? – mosley’s a convicted drug cheat !!
do nice guys cheat to win, i guess they do if they dont want to finish last.
Look, Mosley is a nice guy, but he’s about as interesting as a glass of water. Outside the ring, what will he have when his career ends? Not much. Plus this chick takes him to the cleaners in the divorce settlement. (is she a golddigger or what?!?!?)
Let Shane have a big payday so he can have a secure future after boxing. Jeez, does everybody forget all those great bouts he gave to the sport? Yeah, he was well paid (actually, Jin was well paid), but still he needs this one for financial security. Throw the guy a bone for chrissakes.
Does this fool so call writer understand how mosley stocks would jump threw the roof ? shane got a very good chance of beating pac man. because roach and everybody eles think shane is old done. remember he just might have one good great fight left. shane will get credit just for fighting him anyway. Oh and before I forget to the writer this is called prize fighting they fight for money!!!
yes he is… this man needs a big payday since his x wife took him to the cleaners…. this is gonna be his highest paycheck ever but it will also be the most painful one…
Jin needs money for a personal trainer.
i also dont know why holyfield was so venerated…he didnt just take steroids, he took more performance drugs than you can shake a glove at. they turned him into a monster with a huge chin and giant head…without his drugs he would never have made a dent in the heavyweight division. and once again, this has been proven, its not just rumor.
shanes career is based on steroids…its been proven. he is a cheater, who never would have beaten oscar without them (this is by his own admission). and he still should have lost, but got a gift decision on top of the steroids. he is way overrated….its been known in boxing circles for years that he cheats. and he looked small and without nearly as much muscle against mayweather, simply because he was being rigidly tested. he and margy should have a match, margy gets his riggeds gloves and shane gets his steroids—cheater take all.
manny to dads daddy bob and daddy roach keep there son fighting weaker fighters manny broke he need to start asking his dads for money
It’s the divorce. He needs the money.
@Lott41, i more believe Holyfield and Roy Jones who said Floyd cant beat Paquiao, this are future hall of famers..
PacMan is a total media con job! But, hey, Bob Arum is just doing his job. If people aren’t smart enough to see PacMan for the fraud to boxing that he is, well, that’s on them. True boxing fan’s, pure boxing fans know the truth. And the truth is Mayweather!When the Pac/Money fight does happen, Mayweather will cake walk Manny!
2 yrs years ago roach, uncle Bob and Co. would never pick Mosley reason you’re just too good for manny (roach) now that he is slipping he makes the most sense and will make more money for them. I hope everybody can see how this contradicts everything they have said. it’s really kind of sick when you think about it manny and his fans like to see manny beat up on some fighter who is @ the end of his career weight drain him and watch manny beat him to a pulp. they like guys with no chance at all just to say ohh ahh manny is soo great. all hail manny did you see what he did to that guy with no chance, very sick. I hope mosley can give his all and make a fight of it. But I think mayorga might be a better fight at least he’ll give manny a verbal beating and play the villain role perfectly
Mosley is somewhat like Hopkins, both guys have fought just about everyone, they never ducked a fight, there are few guys like Shane that took on everyone and the reality is that he still can be competitive with most of the top tier fighters out there at his age.
Shane is no slouch. He´s still fast and hits very hard, he can hurt Manny with his power shots. His style is very akward, he tends to throw 1 or 2 punches and then clinch, I don´t think he will be able to do that against Manny but there is the possibility of hitting him in the first few rounds and hurting him like he did against Floyd. I don´t think Shane has the stamina to compete in the later rounds anymore but the first 5-6 rounds could be very interesting.
Mosley is a smart boxer and he his strong. People say he is old but that is not true. Mosley is still fast and will give Manny a good fight. Manny is favored to win but for me it’s 50-50.
IF MOSLEY WAS IN HIS PRIME, HE WOULD KICK PACMANS ASS. HE IS AT THE END OF HIS CARRER THOUGH. WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENDS. GO SHANE!
@D, I agree with you man, well said.
For the simple fact that Mayweather is the fastest boxer on the planet, and he has the most air tight defense ever witnessed in the sport of boxing, I see Shane Mosely having better than just a chance vs. a fighter that has absolutely NO DEFENSE AT ALL!
Shane has some freakishly long arms, and he is the heaviest punching WW in history. If Mosely can fight tough for just 10 rounds, just 10 rounds, I believe that will be enough to take Pacquiao out!!!
SHANE MOSELY WILL KO PACQUIAO IN ROUND 10!!!
T TOLD YOU SO!!!
Watch mosley goes and destroy manny pacquio like he did with Margarito ahahaha tha will be the crazies thing ever!!
It’s articles like these that shows proof the media loves to build up a celebrity and then bring them down. Yea, Mosley may be on the down slope of his career, but give the guy his dues–he’s been an exciting fighter to watch all of these years, now that he IS slipping the media is happy to get rid of him, discredit him, talk bad about his last performances, etc. Sure his last two fights were disappointing, but give the guy a break, he fought Floyd Mayweather, and then fought an akward boxer in Mora. True Boxing fans know what’s up with this, I’m giving Mosley a chance in this fight with Pacman because I repsect him as a person and a fighter! Thank you Shane for all the great years in Boxing you have given to us!
Has Mosley made a will, because he’s going to need one if he fights pacquiao
mosley is not hurting his legacy at least he is taking on the best fighters in the world unlike the man he is facing. mosley makes no excuses got to give him credit for that.
hey, the old man needs the money. so, let him cash out for the last time. Money is blinding, indeed. It makes the world go nuts. We all are nuts and old man mosely is no exception!
Mosley in his prime would knock Pacquiao out in 5 rounds. Remember when Shane tried to fight Pacquiao 18 months ago but the Pacquiao camp declined, Shane even agreed to a catchweight and they still said no. But now after Mayweather destroyed him and he looked awful against Mora they suddenly want to fight him, not to mention he’s aged. Bob Arum and the whole Pacquiao camp are making boxing look like a laughing stock. Am I the only one seeing this?
WHAT???? FIRE THIS FOOL, HE DOES NOT REP BOXING
this site must be run by 12 year olds. absolutely shambollic
Pacquaio will seriously damage mosely and retire him once and for all.
Check? I think you mean Cheque. Jesus, this site is an absolute joke.