By Babatis Banda: There is no doubt anymore, that Shane Mosley’s better days are gone. First, even before the fight, you could see it in Mosley’s eyes that the hunger that characterizes young ambitious fighters was completely absent. All the niceties said from the boxers about each other, really robed the atmosphere of that excitement that drive major fights…..consider the Sugar Ray Leonard versus Tommy Hearns or Marvin Hagler, …..or Muhammad Ali versus George Foreman or Joe Frazer….. or any Floyd Mayweather’s pre-fight hype.
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Pacquiao vs. Mosley – Post fight analysis
By John F. McKenna (McJack): The much anticipated fight on Saturday night between Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO’s) and “Sugar” Shane Mosley (46-7-1-1, 39 KO’s) did not deliver the fireworks that boxing fans had expected. Pacquiao had been under some criticism prior to the fight for taking on 39 year old Mosley who had not been impressive in his previous two fights against Floyd Mayweather and Sergio Mora.
Steward: Pacquiao has slipped a bit; Mayweather would beat him
By Dave Lahr: The great trainer Emanuel Steward saw Manny Pacquiao’s recent fight with Shane Mosley last weekend and came away from it thinking that Pacquiao is starting to lose his physical skills. It didn’t take a great trainer like Steward to point that out, though, because it’s painfully clear just by looking at Pacquiao that he’s starting to slow down as a fighter. The old legs aren’t moving his small frame around the ring like it used to.
If Roach forces Marquez to fight at 147 without a Catchweight he will be beaten?
By Dallan O’Donnell: Freddie Roach, the trainer for Manny Pacquiao looks set to lay the ground rules over a possible third fight with Juan Manuel Marquez by telling Marquez he will have to fight at the welterweight limit of 147 pounds without the help of a catch weight.
Is Pacquiao on the decline?
By Dan Ambrose: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) put in one of his poorer performances last Saturday night in beating a less than willing Shane Mosley (46-7-1, 39 KO’s) in a fight that brought out the boo birds that made their noise heard for much of the fight. The bad performance from Pacquiao was quickly explained away, with parts of the blame being put on Mosley’s lack of interest in initiating. But Pacquiao blamed his legs, which he says were cramped for much of the fight.
Mayweather did a better job against Mosley than Pacquiao
By Eric Thomas: In analyzing how Floyd Mayweather Jr. did against Shane Mosley in his one-sided 12 round decision win last year in May and comparing it to Manny Pacquiao’s victory last night in Las Vegas, I’ve come to the conclusion that Mayweather did a much better job against Mosley than Pacquiao. It’s not even close. Other than the one punch where Mayweather was briefly hurt in the 2nd round, he dominated Mosley and was rarely hit him in the fight.
Ariza: Pacquiao over-trained for Mosley
By Chris Williams: Well, it looks like the excuses are already starting to fly about Manny Pacquiao’s poor performance against Shane Mosley last Saturday night in Las Vegas. Nevada. From what I saw of the fight, Pacquiao just looked old and too heavy with the muscles he’s put on. But according to his strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza, Pacquiao trained a little too much for the Mosley fight. I partially agree with that, because Pacquiao did look too thus with useless muscle for his own good. I spotted that early on during the Fight Camp 360 episodes.
Arum says it’s hard to find competitive opponents for Pacquiao
By Dan Ambrose: Bob Arum, Manny Pacquiao’s promoter, says that it’s hard to find competitive opponents for Pacquiao to fight after he easily beat 39-year-old Shane Mosley (46-7-1, 39 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision in front of 16,000 fans at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Many of the fans weren’t happy with the lack of competitiveness of the fight and booed loudly after many of the rounds.
Pacquiao not happy with win over Mosley, wanted the fight to be more exciting
By Jason Kim: World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) is pleased that he got the win over Shane Mosley (46-7-1, 39 KO’s) last Saturday night, but Pacquiao isn’t happy that many boxing fans were booing the fight and weren’t pleased with the lack of action in the 12 round bout. Pacquiao won the fight by an easy 12 round unanimous decision by the scores 119-108, 120-108 and 120-107. However, the fans weren’t happy and had few things to get excited about in the fight because Mosley didn’t want to engage with the younger 32-year-old Pacquiao.
Pacquiao wins in one-sided decision over Mosley
By Reni M. Valenzuela: There was no fight at all that transpired in the Pacquiao-Mosley show. Only big disappointments among fight fans. It was a Clottey-Pacquiao animated flick over again.