Mayweather-Mosley

By Eric Thomas: At the final news conference today, Floyd Mayweather Jr. seemed confident and ready for his fight this Saturday against Shane Mosley. Mayweather stands to make $40 million for this fight, which is thought to be the kind of money that he would be making for a fight against Manny Pacquiao. Mosley, in [...]

By Jim Dower: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is hoping that Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be more reasonable about negotiating a fight with Top Rank fighter WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao if Mayweather beats Shane Mosley this Saturday night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Arum, speaking to Boxing Fanhouse, said “It may [...]

By Chris Williams: WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO’s) thinks that he’s spotted where the unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) is starting to show his age. The two fighters will be meeting this Saturday at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, in a big money fight where both fighters will make [...]

By Sean Pollock: Fight night is just days away… Floyd ‘Pretty Boy’ Mayweather (40-0-0) and ‘Sugar’ Shane Mosley (46-5-0) are in the best shape of their lives and the long over due bout between two of the best welterweights of our era, if not ever, are going to get it on in an epic battle [...]

By Joseph “The Mad Boxing Genius” Torres: For years, Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather Jr. have danced around each other without actually setting foot in the ring. For years, the effort to match the two men were attempted but failed miserably. But if boxing has proven anything, it’s to never say never in this sport. [...]

By Chris Williams: I’m hoping that this Saturday’s fight between Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather erupts into an action-packed bout with fireworks all the way through it, but I’m remembering Mayweather’s recent fights and I just see this one being a dull bout with not enough action to live up to the big expectations that [...]

By Jorge Lugo: Here we go folks, this is fight week! After all the wait we will finally see who is truly the best welterweight today. But wait…. On second thought, hasn’t that been proven already? I think it has! Here now is my reasons why Shane is not only the best welterweight today but [...]

By Rasheed Catapang: On May 1st, will we see the Shane Mosley of old or an old Mosley? The question needs to be asked though the answer won’t really matter. Little Floyd Mayweather Jr., like the countless times he had done before, will walk away with the win.

By Jason Kim: There’s little doubt that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is going to be trying to avoid any heated battles with WBA welterweight Shane Mosley as much as possible this Saturday night in their round bout at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather, 33, takes pride in not taking punishment in fights. Some [...]

By Jim Dower: Manny Pacquiao thinks that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is jealous of his achievements in boxing, saying to Greg Leon of Boxing Talk, “I just think he [Mayweather] and his team are scared of me and are very jealous of my achievements because I have surpassed him.” I think Pacquiao may have a good [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao gave his own prediction for this Saturday night’s fight between undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. and WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley, picking Mosley to win and thinks that Mayweather will run from him. In an interview by Greg Leon at Boxing Talk, Pacquiao said “I think Mosley has [...]

By Ryan Dunn: “Shane is good at what he does; I’m great at everything I do.” So says the incomparable Floyd Mayweather Jr., who looks to improve his record to 41-0-0 on May 1. In the same way Shane Mosley was the underdog facing Antonio Margarito, so will he be the underdog in this fight. [...]

By Jim Dower: Shane Mosley takes great pleasure in shutting up critics that don’t believe he has a chance to beats certain opponents. This Saturday night the 38-year-old Mosley hopes to shut up even more critics who don’t believe he can beat undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 1st. Mosley says “Shutting down naysayers, I [...]

By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) recently said that he saw himself as better than Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali – two of the greatest fighters in boxing – on a recent HBO Mayweather/Mosley 24/7 episode. Shane Mosley, who will be fighting Mayweather next Saturday on May 1st, had this to [...]

By Jim Dower: Undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) doesn’t care at all about Shane Mosley’s WBA welterweight title and has refused to pay the World Boxing Association’s sanctioning fees for his May 1st fight against Mosley at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather, 33, is beyond titles at this advanced point [...]

By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr. feels that he’s a better fighter than Shane Mosley, “Sugar” Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali. On Thursday’s teleconference, the 33-year-old Mayweather, who had previously mentioned that he thought he was better than Robinson (173-19-6, 108 KO’s) and Ali (56-5, 37 KO’s) on the HBO Mayweather-Mosley 24/7 episode 2, said [...]

By Jason Kim: When boxing fans look at the clash between unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) and WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO”s) a lot of people feel that the 33-year-old Mayweather will be able to win the fight based on his boxing skills and his elusiveness. It could turn out [...]

By Jason Kim: Unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) was in fine form in HBO’s Mayweather/Mosley 24/7 episode 2, saying “I think I’m better than Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Robinson” at one point in the broadcast. I don’t know if Mayweather actually believes this or not, but if so, he’s got a lot [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to the latest boxing news, WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley won’t have his World Boxing Association strap on the line for his May 1st bout against unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The reason is because the 33-year-old Mayweather reportedly didn’t want to pay the [...]

By Dave Lahr: If this fight was to have taken place 10 years ago with Shane Mlosley (46-5, 39 KO’s) a young 28-year-old and Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) the older 33-year-old opponent, I could see Mosley emerging as the winner of the fight. The problem is Shane is now 38, and hasn’t fought [...]

by Steve Mackay: Floyd Mayweather Jr, love him or hate him, everyone has an opinion on him. That is why he is such a blockbuster pay per view attraction, but is he just three fights away from being viewed as the greatest of all time? The three fights would, of course, are the “Sugar” Shane [...]

By Jorge Lugo: “We just want to get on. I mean the fans wanna see a great fight, me and “Money” Mayweather. Let’s get this on!” says Shane Mosley one sat night in Sept of 2009. Since then something has been creeping more and more into my mind. Is it me or is Shane Mosley [...]

By Dave Lahr: Okay, so Floyd Mayweather Jr. is taking on WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley on May 1st. We already know that Mayweather hasn’t been exactly the busiest of fighters in the past three yrears. The guy has only fought one time against Juan Manuel Marquez, who was smaller, slower and coming up in [...]

By Jim Dower: The May 1st bout between unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) and Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO’s) will be shown at 416 movie theaters around the U.S. in an effort to get more boxing fans to see the fight. This will enable larger groups people to see the fight without having [...]

By Eric Thomas: Floyd Mayweather Jr. is going to be getting a big payday against Shane Mosley in their May 1st bout, no matter what happens in the fight. There’s a rematch clause built into the contract in the event that Mayweather loses the fight, Mosley will have to give him an immediate rematch rather [...]

By Jason Kim: For Floyd Mayweather Jr. his fight against Shane Mosley next month on May 1st might just well be the pinnacle of his career. It’s sad to say, but I think this could be the final really large mega fight of Mayweather’s career. He’s not likely to face Manny Pacquiao in the near [...]

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO’s) plans on making unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) fight him in their upcoming May 1st bout at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mosley, 38, says in article at Boxing Fanhouse, “Style-wise, Floyd doesn’t really like to engage in [...]

By Eric Thomas: World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley has already been tested five times for drugs, according to Boxing Fanhouse. Mosley, 38, isn’t bothered at all by the blood tests for the urinalysis, and sees it as a good thing. Both Mosley and Floyd Mayweather Jr. have agreed to the United States Anti-Doping [...]

By Jim Dower: In an article by Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports, Leonard Ellerbe, the CEO of Mayweather Promotions, predicts a “Corrales-type performance” for unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr’s May 1st bout against World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley. In Mayweather’s bout with Diego Corrales many years ago in 2001, Mayweather completely dominated the tall, [...]

By Sean McDaniel: HBO Boxing analyst and trainer Emanuel Steward likes a fight between Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley rather than Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. In an interview at East Side Boxing’s On the Ropes program, Steward, commenting on a potential future fight between Pacquiao and the 38-year-old Mosley, said “The true, true really [...]