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Floyd Mayweather – Shane Mosley Official!

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Image: Floyd Mayweather - Shane Mosley Official!LAS VEGAS (February 3, 2010) – It’s official. Boxing’s biggest superstar and six-time world champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather made his upcoming fight with welterweight mega-star and five-time world champion Sugar Shane Mosley, official today when he signed the contract that pits the two fighters against each other on Saturday, May 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in a mega-bout which will be televised live on HBO Pay-Per-View®.

“This one is definitely for the fans as I wasn’t going to waste anyone’s time with a meaningless tune-up bout and asked to fight Shane immediately,” said Mayweather. “I have said ever since I came back to the sport that I only wanted to fight the best. I think Shane is one of the best, but come May 1, he still won’t be great enough to beat me..

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Mayweather continues to evade Pacquiao

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Image: Mayweather continues to evade PacquiaoBy Sander Rennurb Aznarrac: The rematch provision of Mayweather-Mosley May 1 fight confirms that Mayweather isn’t yet ready to fight Pacquiao. Pacquiao’s camp knows this, so that a date with Margarito is being eyed at after the Clottey fight.

Majority of fight fans believe Mayweather ducked Pacquiao using random blood test as the perfect alibi to back out and still look good; knowing pretty well that it is unacceptable to Pacquiao.

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Roach: “Mosley will be beaten by Floyd”

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Image: Roach: “Mosley will be beaten by Floyd”By William Mackay: In an article at the Telegraph, trainer Freddie Roach says that he thinks that Floyd Mayweather Jr. will beat Shane Mosley if they do end up fighting. Right now, the fight is up in the air because Mayweather hasn’t said a thing for almost a week after the contract was signed by Mosley for a fight on May 1st, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Roach, the trainer for Manny Pacquiao among many others, says “If Floyd does fight Shane, that’s a good fight, and one I’d like to see.

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Does Mayweather’s reputation take a hit if he doesn’t fight Mosley?

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Image: Does Mayweather’s reputation take a hit if he doesn’t fight Mosley?By Sean McDaniel: As of today, Floyd Mayweather still hasn’t signed the contract to fight WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley for their May 1st fight in Las Vegas. Mosley, 38, quickly signed the contract as soon as it was offered to him, and is more than ready to fight Mayweather. However, since that time, five days ago, there hasn’t been a peep heard from Mayweather and there are signs that his promoters are beginning to worry that Mayweather may have had second thoughts about taking the fight.

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Mayweather still hasn’t signed contract for Mosley fight

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Image: Mayweather still hasn’t signed contract for Mosley fightBy Jim Dower: Unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. still as of yet hasn’t signed the contract for his May 1st bout against World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley, and it isn’t making Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, Mosley or his attorney happy about it, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. Mosley, 38, signed the contract for the fight five days ago. At the time, it was thought that Mayweather would be soon signing his part of the contract. However, there’s been no word from Mayweather since that time.

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Mosley doesn’t see ring rust effecting him, thinks Mayweather will be rusty

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Image: Mosley doesn’t see ring rust effecting him, thinks Mayweather will be rustyBy Sean McDaniel: In an interview with Boxing Talk, World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO’s) thinks he won’t be effected in the least with the time off from boxing in his May 1st fight against the unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mosley, 38, will have been out of action for 16 months by the time he faces Mayweather in the ring.

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Does Khan deserve fights against Marquez, Judah and Mayweather?

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Image: Does Khan deserve fights against Marquez, Judah and Mayweather?By William Mackay: In the news yesterday, The Sun reported that Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, speaking about World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan, said “A fight against [Juan Manuel] Marquez is a breakthrough as he is one of the best and Mexico’s No 1 active fighter. Once he [Khan] wins against Marquez, there is the possibility of a fight against Zab Judah – and then [Floyd] Mayweather Jr.” Nothing was said about Khan having to fight WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana, who the WBA had ordered Khan to fight.

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Is Mosley too old to beat Mayweather?

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Image: Is Mosley too old to beat Mayweather?By Chris Williams: I really like Shane Mosley as a fighter and think he’s had an excellent career, but I’m thinking he might be a little too old to beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. when they fight on May 1st. Mosley, 38, hasn’t fought in over a year, beating then World Boxing Association welterweight champion Antonio Margarito by a 9th round stoppage. Mosley has received a ton of praise for that fight, but when you think about it, Margarito was there for the taking on that night.

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