PACQUIAO-MOSLEY WILL BE A BORING FIGHT
By Maloney L. Samaco
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 21 Nov 2010
Talks circulating around the fight world that the most probable next opponent of eight-time world champion and pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao will either be Floyd Mayweather, Jr. or Sugar Shane Mosley. Bob Arum?s top priority will be the dream match against the undefeated but ?hard-to-get? Mayweather. But the number two pound-for-pound boxer Pretty Boy has a pretty number of excuses to evade himself from facing Pacquiao.
It was reported that Pacquiao?s promoters would most likely settle for a fight against the ageing Mosley. At age 39, Mosley had considerably slowed down in his latest fights most particularly with his encounter with Mayweather in May 1, 2010 when he got his sixth career loss.
In that fight, Mosley had shown flashes of brilliance in the second round when he shook Mayweather with powerful right punches and trapped him to the ropes with a chain of body blows. It wobbled Mayweather?s knees, and Pretty Boy sensed danger. But that?s all he can dealt Mayweather as Floyd, Jr. dominated all the other rounds up to the twelfth, frustrating Mosley and tiring him out. Clearly, the age factor took a toll on him as the judges scored unanimously in favor of Mayweather for his 41st straight victory.
The Mosley-Mayweather fight generated $78 million according to HBO with 1.4 million PPV buys. Despite his impulses being slowed down by age, he could still generate a large fan following especially that the issue of Pacquiao never having fought an African-American had recently generated interest throughout the boxing world.
But it was more of a Mayweather factor that surged PPV ratings because like Pacquiao, Mayweather is still considered a box-office king. And during the fight, Mosley was still fresh from a 9th round TKO over Antonio Margarito.
Mosley also had his own douse of hullabaloo when he was accused of taking performance enhancing drugs during his win over Golden Boy. But it was during the fight with Margarito that the plaster of Paris controversy over the Mexican?s hand wraps was also discovered.
In the latest Ring Magazine pound-for-pound ratings, Mosley is nowhere to be found in the top ten ratings. He stayed in the prestigious list for several weeks, but was dislodged by the younger breed of fighters.
The last ring action against Sergio Mora was another yawner as it ended a split draw, though most experts saw it was Mosley who could have won the fight. Like Pacquiao, Mosley relies on power and speed to dominate his opponents like what he had done when he won over Oscar de la Hoya and Antonio Margarito.
But nearing his forty, all Mosley could do is just dream that he is facing the number one boxer in the world today, in his prime. And if it would be true that Pacman will have one last fight before he finally hangs up his gloves, the win over Mosley may not a grand despedida for one of the world?s greatest boxers.
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