Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley Might Be Pacman’s Last Fight in America
Roah: It Won't Be Easy But Pacquiao Can Stop MosleyWith Pacquiao unable to get a response from Mayweather to gauge his interest in a fight every boxing fan wants to see, the Filipino boxing star has chose to take on former champ, Shane Mosley, in a pay-per-view bout on May 7th in Las Vegas.
Pac-Man's promoter, Bob Arum, made this announcement this week, saying that Mosley has agreed and both camps are finalizing the paper work.
"Shane has agreed to everything and now we're circulating the paperwork for final signatures, the drafts have been sent to his lawyer," Arum said. "Whether it gets signed tomorrow or the next day, it's done.
"I believe it will be an exciting fight," he told ESPN in a separate interview. "Shane knows how to fight and how to deal with the speed. Manny is in for a hellacious fight. I really believe styles make fights."
The fight will take place at the welterweight limit of 147 pounds, so Manny doesn't have to fight at any larger than he's fought in the past.
Mosley is hyped about the upcoming fight, and despite his age of 39, he says don't underestimate him.
"I know that they think I'm an old man and that Manny is going to beat me. Let them think that," Mosley tells ESPN. "I still have power and speed. They thought I was done before I knocked out [Antonio] Margarito, too. So they can think whatever they want. I know what I can do."
Sports critics, and some fans, feel that Mosley is past his prime. He was beaten by Mayweather in May, and earned a draw against Sergio Mora in a junior middleweight fight in September.
Mosley, however, thinks otherwise.
"Pacquiao? Come on, man. I'm a bigger guy than him and he gets hit. And you saw how I hurt Floyd," said the former lightweight, welterweight and junior middleweight champion. "Manny is going to come forward and I will hit him on the chin at some point. His defense is not like Floyd's. Manny will come at me, and I will knock him out."
According to reports, Pacquiao was also contemplating a fight with either lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez and welterweight titlist Andre Berto, but in the end, he and his promoter felt Mosley was the biggest draw of the three.
During Manny's last fight in November, he won a lopsided decision against Antonio Margarito, winning a vacant junior middleweight belt and cementing his boxing legacy and smashing records by winning titles in eight weight divisions.
Mosley knocked Margarito out in the ninth round of their fight in January 2009, one fight before he lost to Mayweather.
After Pacquiao defeated Margarito, Arum says that he tried to see if they could make a fight with Mayweather happened, but said he could not get a response from his camp.
"Shane has agreed to everything and now we're circulating the paperwork for final signatures, the drafts have been sent to his lawyer," Arum said. "Whether it gets signed tomorrow or the next day, it's done.
"I believe it will be an exciting fight," he told ESPN in a separate interview. "Shane knows how to fight and how to deal with the speed. Manny is in for a hellacious fight. I really believe styles make fights."
The fight will take place at the welterweight limit of 147 pounds, so Manny doesn't have to fight at any larger than he's fought in the past.
Mosley is hyped about the upcoming fight, and despite his age of 39, he says don't underestimate him.
"I know that they think I'm an old man and that Manny is going to beat me. Let them think that," Mosley tells ESPN. "I still have power and speed. They thought I was done before I knocked out [Antonio] Margarito, too. So they can think whatever they want. I know what I can do."
Sports critics, and some fans, feel that Mosley is past his prime. He was beaten by Mayweather in May, and earned a draw against Sergio Mora in a junior middleweight fight in September.
Mosley, however, thinks otherwise.
"Pacquiao? Come on, man. I'm a bigger guy than him and he gets hit. And you saw how I hurt Floyd," said the former lightweight, welterweight and junior middleweight champion. "Manny is going to come forward and I will hit him on the chin at some point. His defense is not like Floyd's. Manny will come at me, and I will knock him out."
According to reports, Pacquiao was also contemplating a fight with either lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez and welterweight titlist Andre Berto, but in the end, he and his promoter felt Mosley was the biggest draw of the three.
During Manny's last fight in November, he won a lopsided decision against Antonio Margarito, winning a vacant junior middleweight belt and cementing his boxing legacy and smashing records by winning titles in eight weight divisions.
Mosley knocked Margarito out in the ninth round of their fight in January 2009, one fight before he lost to Mayweather.
After Pacquiao defeated Margarito, Arum says that he tried to see if they could make a fight with Mayweather happened, but said he could not get a response from his camp.
