By Chris Williams: Shane Mosley says that he’s doing the hard work of Floyd Mayweather Jr. by facing Manny Pacquiao on May 7th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather is currently unavailable to fight due to a number of legal problems that have him occupied and make it – if he’s convicted – impossible for him to ever fight Pacquiao in the future.

With Mayweather unable to take the fight, Mosley did the hard work himself by approaching Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum recently and made a case for himself to get the May 7th date, despite the fact hat Mosley’s had rotten luck in his last two fights trying to get wins. He was dominated in a 12 round decision loss last year by Mayweather and struggled badly against Sergio Mora last year in September, having to settle for a 12 round draw in a fight that Mosley probably should have lost.

Still, Mosley was selected for Pacquiao to fight over arguably much more qualified fighters like Juan Manuel Marquez, who gave Pacquiao tons of problems in their two prior fights, and WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto. Both of those fighters would be much better choices for Pacquiao compared to Mosley. The Pacquiao-Mosley fight could wind up as one big mismatch if Mosley fights the same way he did against Mayweather and Mora.

Freddie Roach, Pacquiao’s trainer, said he thought Mosley should have retired after the Mora fight. And yet here Roach is saying how Mosley has a chance in this fight. It’s kind of confusing because you don’t know what to believe when it comes to Roach. Do you believe that he really thinks Mosley has a chance or does he still think Mosley should have retired like he said. Why would Roach want Pacquiao to fight a guy that he believes should have retired after his last fight?