By Joseph Torres: With the imminent mega-fight of all mega-fights looming between Manny Pacquaio and Floyd Mayweather Jr., Shane Mosley takes on a less competitive and lucrative fight with World Boxing Council title holder, Andre Berto. But is Shane really on the outside looking in?

I don’t think there is any doubt that Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather will eventually get it on. But the question is when? With all the potential problems that can keep this fight from materializing in the near future, Sugar Shane Mosley is left with a potentially great opportunity.

The biggest issue surrounding the mega-fight between “Pacman” and “Money” is money! This being not only the biggest fight of next year but as Max Kellerman so eloquently stated, historically, this will be the most significant match since Pernell Whitaker vs. Julio Cesar Chavez. It hasn’t been since those two legends fought, that a fight consisted of the undisputed number 1 and 2 best fighters in the world. Neither man will stand to make more money with each other than with anyone else.

After the historical fight between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto that has already been reported to have pulled in 1.25 million ppv buys (and that’s only domestic purchases), Team Pacquaio will demand and stay firm on a 50/50 split. This will not go over well with Floyd and his team.

After this fight, neither man will ever make this kind of money again in a single fight. You can bet that Floyd and Manny will fight tooth and nail to get as many percentages on their side as they possibly can. As young as they are, and as talented as they still are, both careers are winding down.

One man has his trainer pushing him to retire after this fight and has so many other financial options outside of boxing. The other has already retired once before and also has many financial options after boxing. Rest assure, before this fight gets done, with so much money on the line and the egos who’ll be participating in this matter, their will be a serious breakdown in the negotiations.

Enter Shane Mosley.

Now, even if talks breakdown, it doesn’t mean that Shane will get a fight with one of these two warriors. But he will be used as a bargaining chip. The next big fight, if Floyd and Manny doesn’t get made, you can be sure that Shane Mosley will be the other name on the marquee. Not only does he present another PPV blockbuster, but if he loses, the other fighter can go back and say they did 1 million ppv buys for the second time in a row, say that they bring in the numbers (Shane isn’t a huge draw) and get what they want when negotiations restart.

Whether this opportunity comes to fruition for Sugar Shane, he is much closer now to his dream mega-fight than he was after defeating Antonio Margarito last January.

Joseph “The Mad Boxing Genius” Torres

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