Will the Pacquiao-Mosley match be the Fight of the Year?
Since Showtime is already pushing Pacquiao-Mosley as the Fight of the Year, I guess it’s not too early to promote this "made for greed" promotion at MGM on May 7.
I mean why else would Manny and his camp pursue the same route Floyd Mayweather went down a year ago when he made Mosley look slow and old after a second round scare?
This fight makes no sense other than it makes plenty of cents for Pacquiao because Mosley is the biggest name he can find who doesn’t threaten him. The ones that do threaten him (Sergio Martinez, Juan Manuel Lopez, Yuriorkis Gamboa, Paul Williams) his handlers want no part of.
Well, be careful what you wish for. Sugar Shane is most dangerous when not much is expected. Ask Oscar de la Hoya and Antonio Margarito. I have no clue what or who got into Mosley’s head in the Mayweather fight, but he had Floyd wobbly-legged in the second round and went into a shell.
It may not happen this way against Manny. This just may be a good fight. Manny is supposed to win, and big. He has everything to lose, nothing to gain. Those are dangerous fights.
I don’t expect Mosley to win, but I would certainly throw a few chips on him. Hopefully he’ll decide to fight 12 instead of two.
This Saturday at MGM we have Erik Morales facing Marcos Maidana in a 12-round junior welterweight bout. Also on the card is Michael Katsidis, James Kirkland, Paulie Malignaggi and Nate Campbell in separate matchups. None really worth talking about.
Morales is on the downside of his Hall of Fame career, which included a pair of epic trilogies – one with Pacquiao (Erik won the first, lost II and III) one with Marco Antonio Barrera. When Morales was knocked out by Pacquiao in 2006, he said maybe he should walk away.
He should have. Maidana is a bull and will handle the 2011 version of Morales.
Source: http://www.gamingtoday.com/
I mean why else would Manny and his camp pursue the same route Floyd Mayweather went down a year ago when he made Mosley look slow and old after a second round scare?
This fight makes no sense other than it makes plenty of cents for Pacquiao because Mosley is the biggest name he can find who doesn’t threaten him. The ones that do threaten him (Sergio Martinez, Juan Manuel Lopez, Yuriorkis Gamboa, Paul Williams) his handlers want no part of.
Well, be careful what you wish for. Sugar Shane is most dangerous when not much is expected. Ask Oscar de la Hoya and Antonio Margarito. I have no clue what or who got into Mosley’s head in the Mayweather fight, but he had Floyd wobbly-legged in the second round and went into a shell.
It may not happen this way against Manny. This just may be a good fight. Manny is supposed to win, and big. He has everything to lose, nothing to gain. Those are dangerous fights.
I don’t expect Mosley to win, but I would certainly throw a few chips on him. Hopefully he’ll decide to fight 12 instead of two.
This Saturday at MGM we have Erik Morales facing Marcos Maidana in a 12-round junior welterweight bout. Also on the card is Michael Katsidis, James Kirkland, Paulie Malignaggi and Nate Campbell in separate matchups. None really worth talking about.
Morales is on the downside of his Hall of Fame career, which included a pair of epic trilogies – one with Pacquiao (Erik won the first, lost II and III) one with Marco Antonio Barrera. When Morales was knocked out by Pacquiao in 2006, he said maybe he should walk away.
He should have. Maidana is a bull and will handle the 2011 version of Morales.
Source: http://www.gamingtoday.com/
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