Mosley says he expects to control the Pacquiao fight

By Boxing News - 04/27/2011 - Comments

Image: Mosley says he expects to control the Pacquiao fightBy Dan Ambrose: Shane Mosley sees himself controlling the May 7th fight against Manny Pacquiao by taking the fight to the Filipino star and making him fight his fight. Just how Mosley can accomplish that is the real question. He no longer seems capable of fighting hard for even one minute of every round and needs a lot of rest breaks in his last two fights against Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Sergio Mora.

Unless Mosley can get back to at least where he was in 2009 when he defeated Antonio Margarito using a strategy of punching followed by immediately grabbing, he basically stands little chance of winning next month.

Mosley needs a plan B to use if things don’t work well for him in this one. It might be that Mosley will have to go back to his punch and grab technique if he can’t control Pacquiao by trying to out-slug him. Of course, the punch and grab technique might actually be Mosley’s plan A in this fight because he doesn’t have the work rate or speed to compete with Pacquiao. He and his trainer are probably well aware of the fact that he just can’t match Pacquiao’s work rate and has to find a way to slow Pacquiao down to the point where he’s throwing only half as many punches as he normally does.

Pacquiao usually is able to jump in and jump out for his combinations. If Mosley uses his punch and grab strategy, he could turn the fight into a wrestling match on the inside and might be able to tire out Pacquiao enough to make the fight competitive.



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