Shane Mosley hoping for a great 2010

By Boxing News - 12/27/2009 - Comments

Image: Shane Mosley hoping for a great 2010By Peter Wells: One of the world’s greatest fighters at present, World Boxing Association welterweight champion ‘Sugar’ Shane Mosley has very high hopes of a great 2010. Despite getting the worlds attention early this January by stopping Antonio Margarito after Margarito stopped unbeaten Cotto. Unfortunately things didn’t go according to plan, 2009 turned into a year of being avoided, not fighting at all for the rest of the year, despite his pleas.

Mosley finally got a fight for next January against WBC Welterweight champion and unbeaten Andre Berto, which would be a great unification, and a chance for Mosley to get back down to business. Don’t get me wrong I’m not saying that Andre is just another test, this is a fighting who wants to prove he’s ready for the big time, and this is his time to shine. This is a tough fight that not every fighting in the division would take, maybe because there isn’t enough money, but if you love boxing like Mosley then a fight is a fight and opponents don’t mean everything.

Shane is looking to excel this year, and get the fights he wants, mainly the winner of Pacquiao-Mayweather if the fight is still on, and if it isn’t then he has the chance to get his glory early. One thing that is getting to me is Bob Arum getting in touch with Paulie Malignaggi to replace Mayweather. Malignaggi! He’s being linked to Amir Khan, what’s the point. Bob knows full well that Mosley is right there, maybe he doesn’t get along with Golden Boy, but Bob we don’t care just get the fight on. If the fight between Mayweather and Pacquiao doesn’t go ahead, which at the moment it looks like it could be back on, then if either fighting doesn’t ask Mosley for a fight I will lose a lot of respect for Manny and Floyd. Manny knows he needs to fight a proper Welterweight at the right weight, and if he fights Floyd then fine, but he must take on Shane afterwards. Same goes for Floyd, he has a lot of criticism and if he beats Pacquiao he must fight Mosley.

Mosley is hoping to get one or both fighters this year, but maybe it could be another bad year for Shane, despite his other options. Unfortunately the likes of Joshua Clottey and Carlos Quintana just don’t get you anywhere with your legacy, just shows you’ve got the guts to fight all the fighters in your division. Miguel Cotto would be a great option while he’s waiting, but if a fight against Manny or Mayweather comes up Shane won’t give it a second thought.

All I’m trying to say here is that Mosley deserves his chance now, he can and will prove to everyone he is the best fighter in the world. He should carry on and then he can take on those other contenders, and have a rematch with Miguel Cotto. Unfortunately he will never get the chance to get revenge on Vernon Forrest, god bless his soul, and Winky Wright wouldn’t be much of a fight really. If we look at it, we could be in for a great 2010, and it could be the best year of Mosley’s career, let’s hope so.



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