Mosley says power, not speed, will spell the difference
For Shane Mosley, Manny Pacquiao's chances of beating him will depend on whether the Filipino legend can withstand his punches.
Mosley, still in his competitive form at 39, said his power will decide the outcome of their fight on May 7 (May 8 in Manila) in Las Vegas.
“People, they see my power and they know that it's going to be an exciting fight. They think that that's pretty much what it is. If they can get past the power, then they can win the fight. And the fans, you know, choose to see knockouts. They want to see people that have good power. They want to see some kind of risk being taken,” he recently told reporters in a conference call.
Not even Mosley's status as an 8-1 underdog would be enough for people to underestimate him.
“The fight is very risky for Manny Pacquiao, to fight somebody like myself, so when you get that, then you get a lot of people who want to see what's going to happen. Is Manny going to get knocked out or is Manny going to knock Shane out. What's going to happen?” the three-division champion added.
Pacquiao and Mosley posses granite chins, and the two fighters have not tasted the canvass for years. The last time Mosley got knocked down was in 2002, when he got decked twice by Vernon Forrest en route to a unanimous decision loss. Pacquiao, meanwhile, went down once in his first fight against Marco Antonio Barrera in 2003 – a knockdown that was supposed to be ruled a slip.
Mosley also brushed aside Pacquiao's advantage in speed, pointing out how they fared against a common foe in Antonio Margarito.
“Well, I look at different fights. I look at the Margarito fight and notice that Margarito landed the most punches ever landed on Manny Pacquiao,” Mosley said, referring to Pacquiao's 12-round beatdown of Margarito last year.
Mosley, for his part, knocked out the tough Mexican in the ninth round of their 2009 fight.
“Margarito couldn't land punches on me, so if Margarito is fast enough to land punches on Manny Pacquiao, then I know that I'm fast enough to land punches on Manny Pacquiao,” he said.
Source: http://www.philstar.com/
Mosley, still in his competitive form at 39, said his power will decide the outcome of their fight on May 7 (May 8 in Manila) in Las Vegas.
“People, they see my power and they know that it's going to be an exciting fight. They think that that's pretty much what it is. If they can get past the power, then they can win the fight. And the fans, you know, choose to see knockouts. They want to see people that have good power. They want to see some kind of risk being taken,” he recently told reporters in a conference call.
Not even Mosley's status as an 8-1 underdog would be enough for people to underestimate him.
“The fight is very risky for Manny Pacquiao, to fight somebody like myself, so when you get that, then you get a lot of people who want to see what's going to happen. Is Manny going to get knocked out or is Manny going to knock Shane out. What's going to happen?” the three-division champion added.
Pacquiao and Mosley posses granite chins, and the two fighters have not tasted the canvass for years. The last time Mosley got knocked down was in 2002, when he got decked twice by Vernon Forrest en route to a unanimous decision loss. Pacquiao, meanwhile, went down once in his first fight against Marco Antonio Barrera in 2003 – a knockdown that was supposed to be ruled a slip.
Mosley also brushed aside Pacquiao's advantage in speed, pointing out how they fared against a common foe in Antonio Margarito.
“Well, I look at different fights. I look at the Margarito fight and notice that Margarito landed the most punches ever landed on Manny Pacquiao,” Mosley said, referring to Pacquiao's 12-round beatdown of Margarito last year.
Mosley, for his part, knocked out the tough Mexican in the ninth round of their 2009 fight.
“Margarito couldn't land punches on me, so if Margarito is fast enough to land punches on Manny Pacquiao, then I know that I'm fast enough to land punches on Manny Pacquiao,” he said.
Source: http://www.philstar.com/
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