By John F. McKenna (McJack): Former World Boxing Association (WBA) super welterweight Champion Shane Mosley (46-7-1-1NC, 39 KO’s) took his fight last May with WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO’s) very seriously and prior to their match thought that he had a pretty good chance to pull off an upset.
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Why did Mosley want to quit against Pacquiao?
By John F. McKenna (McJack): When Shane Mosley (46-7-1-1, 39 KO’s) fought Manny Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO’s) on May 7 everyone knew that his skills were diminished and that his career was on the downward slope. Everyone expected him however, to make a go of it and attempt to win the fight.
Richardson did the right thing by not pulling Mosley out against Pacquiao
By Chris Williams: Trainer Naazim Richardson is starting to take some heat from some boxing fans for not pulling the plug on his fighter 39-year-old Shane Mosley in his recent fight against Manny Pacquiao. With the news that surfaced today of Mosley wanting to have the fight stopped, some people in the sport are quick to second guess Richardson for not agreeing with his fighter to have the fight waived off.
When ‘Sugar’ turns Sour: Shane Mosley’s anticlimactic goodbye
By Michael Brady: The vast majority of the boxing world had written off Shane Mosley and every chance he had at overthrowing Manny Pacquiao two weeks ago, what the public took for granted however; was the fact that Shane hadn’t done this himself.
Richardson: Mosley created the blueprint on Pacquiao
By Chris Williams: Trainer Nazeem Richardson believes that a blueprint to beat Manny Pacquiao was created in his last fight against his fighter Shane Mosley. Although Pacquiao won the fight handily by a lopsided 12 round decision, he struggled with the movement of Mosley and seemed incapable of cutting off the ring properly to force Mosley to fight. Mosley didn’t show a lot of speed or great lateral movement in the bout, but he still was able to make Pacquiao look lead-footed.
Mosley won’t be competitive against the younger top fighters, says Atlas
By Chris Williams: Teddy Atlas of ESPN2 doesn’t see what more that 39-year-old Shane Mosley can do with his career after his non-effort in his lopsided 12 round unanimous decision loss to Manny Pacquiao. Atlas feels that the lack of effort from Mosley will prevent him from getting a big payday in the future. He does think that Mosley can stick around if he wants to fight the younger top fighters in the sport, but he doesn’t feel that Mosley will be successful at beating them.
Pacquiao tried to impress against Mosley but got a bad case of the cramps
By Dave Lahr: If only Manny Pacquiao didn’t get a bad case of the cramps, he would have surely knocked out 39-year-old Shane Mosley. This is one of many excuses for Pacquiao’s terrible fight with Mosley. This was supposed to be an exciting fight and Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach was talking long and hard, predicting a knockout as usual for Pacquiao. This was yet another opponent that was supposed to be exciting opponent, just as Joshua Clottey and Antonio Margarito was supposed to. They didn’t and I knew they wouldn’t.
Mosley exposes Pacquiao’s flaws
By Chris Williams: The nearly 40-year-old Shane Mosley may have lost the fight to Manny Pacquiao last weekend, but he sure did a good job of exposing some painfully obvious flaws in Pacquiao’s game. Mosley, who isn’t really considered a great boxer, was able to fight defensively, making Pacquiao miss all night long and picking him off with a harmless jab. Mosley showed again and again how easy it is to hit Pacquiao with a jab and make him miss with his shots.
Marquez accepts offer to fight Pacquiao at a 144 pound catchweight
By Chris Williams: A third fight between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez drew a step closer on Tuesday when the 37-year-old Marquez agreed to Bob Arum’s offer to fight Pacquiao at a 144lb catchweight for $5 million plus an upside for the pay-per-view profits in a fight that will reportedly take place in November, provided that Golden Boy Promotions, Marquez’s old promoters, don’t match the offer.
Boxing Bandwagons and the Broken Ankle Brigade
By Ryan Dunn: This past Saturday the world watched as Manny Pacquiao easily handled aging veteran and future Hall of Fame fighter Shane Mosley. I was never much of an advocate of this match because of how lackluster Shane had looked in his previous two fights. I’m a big believer in earning your shot against the very best.