Mosley’s record in last two fights: 0-1-1 but still gets Pacquiao bout
December 22nd, 2010
By Chris Williams: Bob Arum really knows how to pick them. His latest find for an opponent for his number #1 gravy train fighter Manny Pacquiao is 39-year-old Shane Mosley, who in his last two fights, has a record of zero wins, one loss and one draw. And yet Mosley was picked out of handful of three possible opponents to get a shot against Pacquiao in what will be an expensive pay-per-view card on May 7th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
But perhaps that’s they weren’t selected. Berto reportedly asked for a little over $3 million for the Pacquiao fight, whereas Mosley is going to get $5 million. So it’s not like Berto was asking too much money. I could understand Pacquiao wanting to get an easy fight with Mosley if Pacquiao had been facing better fighters recently, but he’s had two soft opponents in a row with Joshua Clottey and Antonio Margarito. Isn’t it time that he start being matched up against some good fighters that can still fight instead of shot has beens?
I’d like to think that Arum wants to put Pacquiao in with the very best fighters, and not just ones that will make him and Pacquiao money. It’s not interesting to see Pacquiao matched up against guys that you know he can beat.
The sad thing is we’re likely going to see Pacquiao going back around and facing Miguel Cotto again once he gets finished beating Mosley up. I don’t see a fight between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr happening in 2011. As such, Cotto is probably going to be trotted out for a needless rematch against Pacquiao, even if Cotto gets pummeled by Margarito and Ricard Mayorga next year. I can still see that being ignored by Arum and Cotto being put in with Pacquiao for a fight that few – aside from Pacquiao’s loyal fans – want to see.
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“0-1-1 but still gets Pacquiao bout”
It almost doesn’t happen, ideally it should have been 0-0-2 to qualify as a loser enough to be matched against the enemy of drug tests.
when was the last time this doper fought someone that was not coming of a loss or looked really bad?
It is surprising to see there is hardly any feedback on this garbage fight. Is it that the Manny fans like me are so angry that they are reluctant to blow a gasket over this? Or are the pactards so upset that they refuse to acknowledge that Manny is now no different than Fraud.
IMO Manny is just as big a fraud as Floyd. making us believe he is/was different and just wanted to pleas his fans while he really wanted to be Rob And-Run’s puppet. There I said it, he is Rob A-bum’s Beetch!
BOO HOO Chrissy, and Mosley’s record was 2 and 1 going into the Floyd fight. He also lost to Cotto before he fought PBF.
It’s the best fight face it.
Berto isn’t even on one of the 12 P4P lists I’ve looked at today.
Winner of Bradley v alexander against the winner of JMM v. Berto to fight Manny for their biggest payday. Or something like that whatever.
2 of the “GREATEST FIGHT OF OUR TIME” ARE PUSSIES
YUP!!! all the filipino boxing fans live in the US surely will buy this fight, this fight will be full of excitement, not like Mosley last two fights, OH Man!! it was so boring it make me sleepy, and haters will never be satisfied who ever Paquiao fight, they wont stop crying till Paquiao retires!!!
From a business standpoint the fight makes perfect sense. If Pac demolishes Shane it´s yet another fighter that both he and PBF have fought and he can show that he looked better than FLoyd. Arum and Manny have their eyes on the prize, a $50 million dollar payout agains Floyd, why would they jeopardize that by fighting JMM or Berto when they can fight Shane, make a nice chunk of change and if he beats Mosley bad enough he can he will have more power at the bargaining table.
Make no mistake, the goal is Floyd and it doesn´t make sense to fight someone that coudl possibly derail that. The quicker you fans realize money is what the world go around the faster you will realize why these types of fights are made.
pac girl fight all the weaker fighters or the the fighters he no he can beat
Marquez’s record against Pacquiao was 0-1-1 but still wants a Pacquiao bout….
@The General
Then what does “Sugar” Shane Mosley mean? I bet you, when you meet him in an alley, he will make you call him “slick” or maybe worse? … who are you to say who is “slick” and not?
Fight is pointless I won’t buy this I would rather wait and watch round by round on espn lol berto is a nobody he needs to fight margarito a fighter on the decline or cotto maybe el canelo he has no chin berto he needs better promotion
Hopkins said “slick African American”. Is Mosley at this stage “slick’? Floyd is slick and so is Bradley…Mosley is a boxer puncher…He is not slick, not even in his prime…
Ray Leonard, Floyd, Whitaker, Oscar…Bradley (becoming slick).
Any good counter puncher will do…Mosley counters a bit, but he is a boxer puncher who can’t pull the trigger anymore.
@ Max K
wow. what a heap of s**t u write!
holyfield?? bad analogy mate.
marquez priced himself out and cant fight over 140lbs.
berto cant draw a dime and hasnt beaten anybody.
martinez is a middleweight and guys that compare him to margarito are pathetic!
yeah they are of similar height but not size! how many bouts has martinez had at 147lbs if they are the same size???
and didnt margaritio ko martinez??
pot kettle black. haters will always be haters.
remember, team pac want floyd but hes MIA!
@Lou
won’t most of the african american spectators be watching this since Hopkins said Manny will not win against any African American fighter?
Can’t have everything?
I bet you Floyd will be watching … I assume he is African american right?
Pac fights who arum tells him to!
Pointless fight ,Shane cant pull the trigger anymore ,Manny will gradually beat him up and finish his career.This is an Arum fight not a fans fight .
Oldie Mosley had never lost by a knock out in his career. He was last knocked down by V Forrest when he lost by UD.
Floydie could not knock Oldie Mosley out. Will PAC be the first to inflict a knock out loss for Oldie Mosley??
Floyd is Pac’s idol. It’s why Pacman is following his footsteps….
Pac is all about the $$$ just like his idol Floyd Jr.
we pac fans never said mosley is now great because he is fighting pac. we knew mosley got “0″ chance of winning against pac, “NO CHANCE!!” that mosley will pass round 5. just like we knew that margarito will be beaten up badly by manny, you all ask why we watch the fight? because we want to see how manny going to beat them up and another exclamation point between floyd and mannys performance against the same opponent, its just another slap to floyd if manny will beat mosley at ease… period
I’m a huge Pacquiao fan but this is just ridiculous. Mosley is the most pointless money making fight out of the three. If Arum wanted to put Pacquiao in with a fighter strictly off of name recognition then maybe they should have asked Evander Holyfield it would be no different.
Maybe Marquez did ask for to much money and he has yet to prove he can compete above 135 pounds but Berto was cheaper, undefeated and has an alphabet belt to unify in the same weight division. Berto would at least be a change of pace and since the ultimate goal is Mayweather wouldn’t you want Manny to fight a fighter that is some what similar to Mayweather in style.
This fight is a bigger joke than April fools day. Only a fool will purchase this garbage. I guess all of 100,000 Philipino’s who work at our hospitals will be purchasing this fight.
Uncle Bob has just given B Hopkins and the silent minority of African Americans the fight they wanted for PAC.
B Hopkins at 45 has proven that great fighters over 40 still have a lot of sting on them yet.
So PAC and Roach would not be underestimating Oldie Mosley for sure to avoid a repeat of the Tyson/Douglas or Foreman/Frazier episodes.
@ Ryan, what’s your point in pointing out the records of DLH, Sharmba, and Judah prior to them fighting Floyd? Mosley is 0-1-1 prior to fighting Pacquiao, yet he was on a two-fight winning streak prior to meeting Floyd (7-1 in his last eight bouts, four by KO). At least he had won a fight before he faced Floyd, the last win being over the “most feared” and “best” welterweight in some eyes.
Judah was still considered the second best welterweight at that time because he was the undisputed champ (after beating Cory Spinks). Baldomir became undisputed champ after beating Zab and hadn’t lost in nearly a decade before Floyd beat him.
Sharmba was merely a fight to test the waters in the new division since Floyd was moving up to welterweight. But in one of the fights prior to fighting Sharmba, Lampley and Roy Jones were talking about him fighting Sharmba. It might have been against Bruseles or maybe it was against Chop Chop Corley.
Arum post fight comments (Floyd vs Mosley);
“I read them saying Mosley was huffing and puffing for air in the fourth or fifth round,” Arum told Marley. “To me, that is the real tipoff for an aging fighter. Even Big George Foreman did that in his 40s, but he always had that big, big punch, like in the (Michael) Moorer fight. What I’ve read is not very supportive to make any Mosley-Pacquiao bout. Look, he’s going to be 40 and he’s in the lighter weights, where speed is so important. He’s on a show with guys … old enough to be his son.
“I guess Shane needs the money due to his (divorce). I’ve always considered Shane to be a nice guy but this is what happens to fighters when they age.”
Arum is a genius. Why let Pacman fight difficult fights if you still get paid millions of dollars fighting safe opponents. Genius i love Bod Arum.
farce! complete joke! why not a WBO\WBC unification with Berto?
don’t buy it don’t watch it!! It’ll still make Millions for both fighters and promoters
just be friends with arum and you get to have your face caved in for 10 million dollars by pac