By Allen Hmiel: Photo credit Tom Casino/Showtime – Shane’s shame will be Manny’s pain. Shane Mosley took a whipping against Floyd Mayweather during their fight a good whipping against a much faster quicker supreme boxer. Mosley had no answer or game plan designed for the stunning quickness and defense of the world’s greatest fighter Floyd Mayweather. Unable to mount an attack against the elusive Mayweather during the fight, Shane had to resort to hanging on to survive the 12 rounds. But in losing to the faster Mayweather it enable Shane Mosley to learn how to win against Manny Pacquiao.
Call it learning the hard way for Shane. Now at 39 years old and his reflexes not as good as they were ten years ago when he was the best fighter in the world, Shane had to learn how to fight an opponent with superior quickness and reflexes. Manny Pacquiao is not as fast as Floyd Mayweather but does hit harder and more often. Shane learned in losing to Mayweather that his current fighting skills are not speed and quickness but experience and power and utilizing all twelve rounds to wear down his opponent. Shane will be a different fighter against Manny and will use his power to stop the wildly charging Pacquiao who will come right at Shane.
Where Mayweather was elusive and hard to hit, Pacquiao will come right at Mosley with both fists flailing from all angles. Shane will find it easy to hit Manny with solid punches and will have to hit hard and often. Pacquiao has never been in a fight with a great puncher like Mosley and is in for a rude awakening as Mosley will stand and throw with Manny.
Shane learned the hard way in losing the lopsided decision against Mayweather and his new fight plan for Pacquiao will enable Shane to utilize his power more and stop the bull rushes from Manny. Where Mayweather was hard to find and hit, Shane will find Manny right in front of him all night waiting to be hit. This fight will surprise the fans as Pacquiao has never been hit before like Shane is prepared to hit. Finding Pacquiao won’t be hard and Shane should have it much easier hitting and beating on Manny than he did on the shifty elusive Mayweather.
An embarrassing loss to Mayweather should enable Mosley to gain the knowledge to beat the oncoming Pacquiao. Mosley didn’t lose his punch or power against Mayweather, he just lost how to land his punches. This fight will be a different story as Shane will be prepared by the astute Naazim Richardson to hit hard and straight at the charging in, easy to hit Manny Pacquiao. Watch and see what happens.
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