Did Pacman Duck Shane Mosley?

Pacquiao said it on TV. There's a video on YouTube of Mosley confirming things were good.

Negotiations were going well until Arum changed his mind and decided on an all-Top Rank fight.

 

He also said is Mosley came down to 144, they would "be in business".

 

Pacquiao didn't decline, Arum did.

Then there's the fact that Cotto is a tougher match-up and better fighter than Mosley. Had Pacquiao beaten him, some hater or Rican would be claiming Pacquiao "ducked" Cotto. He can't win, despite beating the better fighter.

And a more obvious duck? Look at Mayweather/Margarito. No wonder Mayweather fans were happy when Margarito got beat because it almost justified the shameless duck.

 

Cotto wasn't the tougher matchup, stylistically Mosley matched up much better with Pac and Roach knew this as well as Arum and that's why they went with Cotto.:deal Mosley was far more dangerous than Cotto was.

 

How could cotto be the tough match up, when roach admitted a match against mosley was to dangerous because mosley was to good.

 

You can say he did. And for good reason. The same way FLoyd 'ducked' a lot of fighters. And for good reasons too.

 

They went with Cotto solely because Arum kept more money for himself.

As for the styles, what has Pacquiao had trouble with? He's always struggled against a really good jab, which Cotto has. His big weakness throughout his career, was body punches and Cotto was supposed to break Pacquiao down, to the body. What advantanges did Mosley have? He was an aging fighter, who had looked poor in all but one recent fight. Prime Mosley gives Pacquiao problems but he was far from prime.

 

I like Roach but if you're going to take this comment seriously, you have to be fair: Hes also said Mosley was an easier fight [than Cotto]. He's said Floyd was an easy fight and then the toughest of Pacquiao's career. He said Malignaggi presented no issues for Khan and then he was a dangerous opponent.

He contradicts himself, so you can't base your entire argument around one, flippant comment.

 

....If you believe that, then you must believe in the tooth fairy....

 

Good post, Kirk, but I disagree because I think the Margarito controversy, boosted Cotto a lot. After that revelation, people no longer accepted that Cotto was beaten fairly and they still don't. Knowing this and looking at Cotto's much superior form, ignoring both Margarito fights, he was ranked ahead of Mosley in many peoples eyes. Even if The Ring didn't acknowledge it, I think Cotto was the better fighter and I think most fans would have agreed with that.

It's dissapointing the Mosley/Pacquiao fight didn't happen but I don't think it was a duck and I do think Pacquiao fought a better fighter instead.

Hope things are good, mate.

 

Yeah, the same reasons the fight negotiations broke down the first time, were repeated the second time before the Clottey fight.

Arum was greedy and had no desire to work with Oscar.

It's as clear cut as that, I think.

 

no he never. pac would destroy mosley, better than mayweather done it.

 

I would say he ducked him, i would also say he would have beat him quite easily and im a ***** more than a ******* LOL!!