Shane Mosley vs. Manny Pacquiao - May 7, 2011 | Page 14

kidash98 · 2010-12-21T17:28:11-08:00

Shane Mosley Says Fight With Manny Pacquiao Is 'Done' DealBy Lem Satterfield Boxing Editor Manny Pacquiao will defend his WBO welterweight title against Shane Mosley on May 7 at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, according to Mosley. The 32-year-old Pacquiao (52-3-23, 38 knockouts) also holds the WBC junior middleweight (154 pounds) belt, but that is not on the line, according to Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KOs) and another source familiar with the deal. "It's done. I'm fighting Many Pacquiao on May 7," said the 39-year-old Mosley. 'We came to an agreement today, in fact, just a few minutes ago. Bob Arum, James Prince and I," said Mosley. "We sat down, and we came to an agreement. The only thing that I have to do now is to sign it. Bob Arum is writing it all up right now." Mosley was the main subject of conversation as the next opponent for Pacquiao during last week's meetings between Pacquiao, Top Rank Promotions CEO Bob Arum and Pacquiao's adviser Michael Koncz. It produced a counter proposal that had been presented to Mosley's adviser James Prince for approval, Koncz told FanHouse on Tuesday. Mosley was chosen over 37-year-old WBO and WBA lightweight king Juan Manuel Marquez (51-5-1, 38 KOs) and 27-year-old WBC welterweight belt-holder Andre Berto (27-0, 21 KOs), Mosley said. Mosley also confirmed that his purse, up front, stands to be around $5 million against Pacquiao. But with incentives, Mosley could wind up earning a career-high amount, surpassing the previous career-best of $7 million that he pocketed after his unanimous decision loss to Floyd Mayweather (41-0, 25 KOs), who received a non-heavyweight record guarantee of $22.5 million. "That's still accurate. We came to an agreement with everything involved, including the financial end of it," Mosley said of the numbers pertaining to his purse. "We're looking to start a promotional campaign probably in early to mid-February, so there will be a press tour," said Mosley. "But the main thing is that I got the fight on May 7, and me and Bob and James Prince, we're all in agreement on everything. I think that I can go in and sign it in about two days or so. But the bottom line is that it's done." Link - 98

May 12, 2011 at 7:03 AM

#196

TonyStarks
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Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:
Originally posted by SanFranMan:
There's a rumor going on that Mayweather will come back and fight Victor Ortiz. Also Pacquiao might fight Timothy Bradley or have one last fight with Juan Manuel Marquez this coming November.

It really annoys me the fact that this Pacquiao-Mayweather fight has not happen all because of Mayweather sr. who is a convicted drug smuggler accusing Pacquiao of taking PEDs.

Mayweather Sr doesnt want to see his son get KTFO.

Victor can't hang. He was on a whole nother' level with Berto, but he isn't high caliber material. He needed to win that Berto fight just to stay in the picture.

May 12, 2011 at 11:40 AM

#197

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Originally posted by SanFranMan:
There's a rumor going on that Mayweather will come back and fight Victor Ortiz. Also Pacquiao might fight Timothy Bradley or have one last fight with Juan Manuel Marquez this coming November.

It really annoys me the fact that this Pacquiao-Mayweather fight has not happen all because of Mayweather sr. who is a convicted drug smuggler accusing Pacquiao of taking PEDs.

5 days too late...

......

I wouldn't mind a Mayweather/Ortiz bout b/cit'll get Mayweathers name back up so after they both fight they can have the all out war in May.

If he loses to Ortiz, then Ortiz's hype will be up and Manny can fight him and then have Manny's last two fights against Mayweather since he won't have to worry about losing his goose-egg record anymore. All I see is win-win

May 12, 2011 at 11:44 AM

#198

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Originally posted by TonyStarks:
Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:
Originally posted by SanFranMan:
There's a rumor going on that Mayweather will come back and fight Victor Ortiz. Also Pacquiao might fight Timothy Bradley or have one last fight with Juan Manuel Marquez this coming November.

It really annoys me the fact that this Pacquiao-Mayweather fight has not happen all because of Mayweather sr. who is a convicted drug smuggler accusing Pacquiao of taking PEDs.

Mayweather Sr doesnt want to see his son get KTFO.

Victor can't hang. He was on a whole nother' level with Berto, but he isn't high caliber material. He needed to win that Berto fight just to stay in the picture.

Agreed. Pac and Floyd would destroy Victor.

May 12, 2011 at 12:21 PM

#199

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Mayweather is a b***h. I am tired of that a*****e and his family.

All his family does is say "Pacman stands no chance", "Floyd will destroy him". If they truly believe him then just fight.

Don't give me this crap that it would be such an easy fight that there is no point in fighting him and then go and sign to fight Ortiz.

May 12, 2011 at 2:20 PM

#200

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pac should just retire.. nothin' else to prove.. he can't move up in weight to fight the younger cats.. and punk ass mayweather doesn't want to fight pac in his prime.. so what's the point

May 12, 2011 at 2:53 PM

#201

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Originally posted by bayarealuv:
pac should just retire.. nothin' else to prove.. he can't move up in weight to fight the younger cats.. and punk ass mayweather doesn't want to fight pac in his prime.. so what's the point

Part of me agrees with that. But another part of me would be perfectly happy watching Manny beat the s**t out of the guys that actually want to fight him.

May 12, 2011 at 3:26 PM

#202

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Pac should just keep making karaoke DVDs

May 12, 2011 at 8:31 PM

#203

SanFranMan
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Originally posted by SoCal9ers:
Pac should just keep making karaoke DVDs

Or make more movies. This guy can do it all lol.

But anyways I don't see Ortiz beating Mayweather or Pacquiao at all. Also the Mayweathers are accusing of Pacquiao of taking PEDs right? If Mayweather jr says he's confident and will beat Manny (who he thinks is taking PEDS) easily, then why won't he fight him? What's he scared of?!

Jun 1, 2011 at 7:14 PM

#204

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Wow.... Mosley wanted to quit.... over foot blisters. I think he's done as a fighter.

Jun 2, 2011 at 10:00 AM

#205

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Originally posted by HaiGuise:
Wow.... Mosley wanted to quit.... over foot blisters. I think he's done as a fighter.

Sad to see Sugar Shane go out like this. He is a true Champ. Hopefully he realizes that the time to go is now. If he needs to see what happens when you stay too long , he needs to see Roy Jones's last fight.

Jun 2, 2011 at 10:16 AM

#206

bayarealuv
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Originally posted by HaiGuise:
Wow.... Mosley wanted to quit.... over foot blisters. I think he's done as a fighter.

he's kinda mumbling.. can't tell if he said he really wanted to quit

i'm going to watch this on saturday though

Jun 2, 2011 at 10:20 AM

#207

Amir
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Originally posted by bayarealuv:
Originally posted by HaiGuise:
Wow.... Mosley wanted to quit.... over foot blisters. I think he's done as a fighter.

he's kinda mumbling.. can't tell if he said he really wanted to quit

i'm going to watch this on saturday though

Wouldnt this clip have been from the Mayweather fight since 360 is the 4 weeks leading up to the fight?

Jun 2, 2011 at 10:35 AM

#208

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Originally posted by Amir_Mamu:
Originally posted by bayarealuv:
Originally posted by HaiGuise:
Wow.... Mosley wanted to quit.... over foot blisters. I think he's done as a fighter.

he's kinda mumbling.. can't tell if he said he really wanted to quit

i'm going to watch this on saturday though

Wouldnt this clip have been from the Mayweather fight since 360 is the 4 weeks leading up to the fight?

no.. 360 is showing one episode AFTER the fight.. something that 24/7 never did

Jun 2, 2011 at 11:23 AM

#209

sacniner
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Originally posted by Niner_Demon:
Originally posted by HaiGuise:
Wow.... Mosley wanted to quit.... over foot blisters. I think he's done as a fighter.

Sad to see Sugar Shane go out like this. He is a true Champ. Hopefully he realizes that the time to go is now. If he needs to see what happens when you stay too long , he needs to see Roy Jones's last fight.

It's sad, but at least he is getting paid fat. I don't think Moseley cares about his legacy or record anymore. He knows that he will get mollywopped, but is doing it for the check. Can't blame him I guess.

Jun 3, 2011 at 9:56 AM

#210

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Originally posted by sacniner:
Originally posted by Niner_Demon:
Originally posted by HaiGuise:
Wow.... Mosley wanted to quit.... over foot blisters. I think he's done as a fighter.

Sad to see Sugar Shane go out like this. He is a true Champ. Hopefully he realizes that the time to go is now. If he needs to see what happens when you stay too long , he needs to see Roy Jones's last fight.

It's sad, but at least he is getting paid fat. I don't think Moseley cares about his legacy or record anymore. He knows that he will get mollywopped, but is doing it for the check. Can't blame him I guess.

He sounds like a guy that just got ktfo and doesn't know where he is. When he went on the George Lopez show, Shane said after he got knocked down in the 3rd, all he remembers is going to his corner and asking what round it was. It was the 6th round already lol.