Shane Mosley Boxing News

Kelly Swanson: Welcome everybody to today’s conference call. I’d just like to introduce the speakers for the call today. First, we have Leonard Ellerbe, Chief Executive Officer of Mayweather Promotions, Richard Schaefer, Chief Executive Officer of Golden Boy Promotions, Travis Tygart, [...]

By Esteban Garduno: I have to admit that what I saw of Manny Pacquiao against Joshua Clottey didn’t give me a feeling that Pacquiao could beat or even compete with the likes of Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather Jr. Boxing is a science, a sport of the mind if you will. The fighters are ones [...]

By Alexander Fugate: People from the Mayweather and Mosley camps met with Travis Tygart, of the USADA, on Thursday, to discuss the testing to be performed on both fighters for their clash on May 1st. Mayweather and Mosley will both undergo olympic-style testing, including random blood and urine tests before and after the fight. The [...]

By Benjamin Dover: Floyd “Money” Mayweather and “Sugar Shane Mosley” will begin the USADA gold standard anti-doping program on Monday, March 22nd as they continue to prepare for their clash titled “Who R U Picking?” which it set to take place on Saturday May 1st at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas live on HBO [...]

By Dennis Broadhurst: When Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather square up on May 1st, I am pretty sure that Floyd will be the one who comes out on top. I think that Floyd’s defence and movement will stop Mosley from landing too much and his slick counter punching will get him the decision. However, I [...]

By Chris Williams: If Top Rank promoter Bob Arum and trainer Freddie Roach had their ways, World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao would be facing WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley next and not unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. Both Roach and Arum see it easier to deal with Mosley and set up a fight compared [...]

By Dave Lahr: In the latest boxing news, trainer Freddie Roach says he wants Manny Pacquiao to face the winner of the May 1st fight between Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather Jr. Roach seems to think that beyond this fight, there’s not much else out there for Pacquiao to fight. In an article at USA [...]

By Alexander Fugate: First, I would like to apologize to everyone, as I was mistaken in an earlier article stating ticket sales for the May 1 mega-fight. It has since been brought to my attention that Stubhub.com allows fans to sell tickets to other fans. It appears (to me at least) to be a legal [...]

By Alexander Fugate: Tickets for the May 1st mega-fight between Floyd Maywather Jr. and Shane Mosley went on sale today, Tuesday March 9 at 1 pm EST. Ticket sales were limited to 10 per person and a limit of 2 per person for the cheapest seats available. Its been estimated that the MGM Grand [...]

By Chris Williams: World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley would prefer to win by a knockout over unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. and thinks he can take him out if he gets hurt when they go at it in their May 1st mega fight at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. In an article [...]

By Chris Williams: If the May 1st fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley fails to pick up interest from Hispanic boxing fans, will this fight be able to reach the 3 million pay-per-view mark that Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer has predicted for it? This is a fight that matches Mayweather, a [...]

By Eric Thomas: In a recent interview by ESPN Sports center, undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. had this to say about himself: “I take my hat off to Sugar Ray Robinson, and Muhammad Ali, and Sugar Ray Leonard, all the legendary champions. But I gave the sport of boxing my whole life to be the best, [...]

By Gary E G: “Mayweather is gone be beat up on his a$$ by Mosley and this KFC fool would be destroyed by Pacman!!!” These are the kind of nonsense responses im sure you have all heard on boxing articles. But if Floyd Mayweather takes a beating on May 1st by WBA welterweight champion Shane [...]

By Eric Thomas: World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO’s) made it clear how serious he is about his May 1st bout against unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr., saying “I don’t play. I give 100 percent. I’m going to give everything that I have. Mayweather knows that.” Mosley, now thirty-eight, has wanted to [...]

By Jim Dower: Three years ago, Shane Mosley lost a controversial 12 round unanimous decision to then unbeaten Miguel Cotto in November 2007. Many boxing fans felt that Mosley did more than enough to get the win, especially with the way he appeared to take over the fight in the last four rounds of the [...]

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 [...]

By Sean McDaniel: At yesterday’s press conference in New York, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer made a bold prediction, stating that the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Shane Mosley bout will sell 3 million pay per view buys on May 1st.
That’s an excellent number if this was a fight that matched two huge mega [...]

FLOYD “MONEY” MAYWEATHER
“It takes two to make a mega fight. Shane Mosley is one of the best welterweights of our era and I want to fight the best and continue to fight the best.
“I am not only in the fight business; I am in the check cashing business.

By Gary E G: During yesterdays press conference for the Mayweather/Mosley bout, Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer stated his believe that the fight could top 3 million PPV buys. While this prediction might seem excessive there is no doubt it’s going to be huge. But how much could the outcome of Manny Pacquiao’s March 13th [...]

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 [...]

By Ryan Dunn: In the kick-off press conference this afternoon for the Floyd Mayweather vs. Shane Mosley megafight scheduled for May 1, 2010, there was very little in the way of fireworks. Nobody was thrown off the stage, no flags were tossed into the crowd, nobody got sucker punched, shoved, or called bad names. Both [...]

By Esteban Garduno: After only one press conference, the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Shane Mosley news has pretty much taken all the air out of the upcoming March 13th fight between World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey. You can make an argument that both Mosley and Mayweather are better speakers, better [...]

NEW YORK, March 2, 2010 – HBO Sports’ groundbreaking “24/7” reality franchise, which has captured seven Sports Emmy® Awards, will return for its eighth boxing installment with 24/7 MAYWEATHER/MOSLEY, a four-episode, all-access series, it was announced today by Ross Greenburg, president, HBO Sports. Debuting SATURDAY, APRIL 10 (10:00-10:30 p.m. ET/7:00-7:30 p.m. PT), the series [...]

“Who R U Picking?” “Who are you picking?” The buzz surrounding the biggest night of boxing this year has already started as superstar and six-time World Champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather and welterweight mega-star, five-time World Champion and current WBA Welterweight World Champion Sugar Shane Mosley, are set to meet in Mayweather vs. Mosley: Who R [...]

By Sean McDaniel: With the dynamite mega fight coming up between unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) and World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley, tickets could sell very quickly for their May 1st bout at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The MGM’s seating capacity is only 17,000, which is nothing for [...]

LAS VEGAS, (February 26, 2010) – The countdown is on and the hottest night in boxing is about to get hotter as tickets for the much-anticipated mega-fight between Boxing Superstar FLOYD “MONEY” MAYWEATHER and current WBA Welterweight World Champion SUGAR SHANE MOSLEY are set to go on sale Tuesday, March 2 at 10 a.m. PT. [...]

By Chris Williams: Unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) is feeling no stress as he prepares for his May 1st battle against 38-year-old World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO’s) at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather, who turned 33 on February 24th, says in an article by David [...]

By Chris Williams: World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO’s) gave his thoughts about his May 1st opponent Floyd Mayweather Jr. in an article at ABS-CBN News, saying “I don’t know if he’s a coward or not but what I know for this fight, he was forced to fight me. Aside from [...]

By Sean McDaniel: For Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley fans, they’ll be able to see an HBO Mayweather-Mosley 24/7 series for the May 1st mega fight at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 24/7 series, which are usually very popular and powerful tools in hyping fights to the casual boxing fans of [...]

By Dave Lahr: Manny Pacquiao’s strength and conditioning trainer Alex Ariza chimed in with his own thoughts about the May 1st bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley, saying in an article at The Telegraph, “I don’t think he’ll [Mayweather] get past Mosley. I think it’s even possible that Mayweather could come up with [...]