Mosley: I Was Concerned About Going Toe-To-Toe With Pacquiao

This fight could be easy for him if you know a thing or two about how he fights. By the way, his career didn't start in 2006 when Margarito was begging for a fight because his biggest win(with loaded gloves) was Lujan.

 

Look man, I think Mayweather definitely has the advantage in this fight and will likely win a very boring decision, but you at least have to give Pac credit for what he's accomplished as an undersized southpaw fighter.

You know as well as I do that there can be an uncomfortable distance created when you're undersized going up against a southpaw fighter, and it holds the same if you're an undersized southpaw going up against an orthadox fighter when the big guy in both cases can box.

They have a clear advantage because it's much easier to counterpunch off the backfoot like Bernard Hopkins typically does than to fight going fowards like Calzaghe did against him.

In those cases though, B Hop is taller, rangier man, and when Calzaghe was the aggressor he was roughly the same size.

To ask a very small Pac to do the same thing is asking a hell of a lot out of him especially when you're going up against a guy who has a reputation for holding his power until the end of the fight even when he's not performing at his best.

I agree that Pac could have looked better and it's obvious that movement makes things difficult, much of which because of the reason I described due to that distance created from each respective stance; however, for what he's done with his physical gifts, it's amazing and you got to give him credit.

Now I'm not saying he'll beat Mayweather, but at the same time, Mayweather isn't showing an inclination to get in the ring, and the only thing I can think of is that he must be scared.

I don't know why he's scared, but what else could it be when you voluntarily turn down a guarenteed $50 million pay day?

People don't do that.

And it's not completely out of the question Pac manages to at least get to Floyd and perhaps be more willing to walk through his punches to bust him up, but more than likely, I agree that Mayweather will win in a very boring style that utilizes that uncomfortable distance and make it what we as an audience are usually accustomed to when seeing a southpaw vs an orthadox fighter....a bad fight.

My point is though, why do you gotta have so much hate for Pac? He's basically single handidly carrying boxing. Mayweather had this opportunity, but he ran scared and is content with just talkin **** from the sideline.

 

You are so wrong. Mayweather is going to beat the brakes off of Pac. Remember, Mayweather has beaten the brakes off of EVERYONE he has faced at WW. Only Baldo and there was a hand injury.

Pac hasn't accomplished anything but blowing through cherry picked leftover competition and being hyped through the roof. Just kidding. He is coo. His fans aren't!

Maybe, but I don't really care. It is what it is and a GOOD Boxer manages it. Pac couldn't. You get your guard up, cut off the ring, and force the exchange.

So?

Slappy Joe closed and engaged. Pac couldn't.

Very small? Please. He is a WW. If he is "too small" go down. Size is no excuse at this level. Prime Iron Mike didn't mind size. :think

Better? Pac looked atrocious. What he's done? What has he done? Beat shot fighters! :deal

You ain't saying it because now you know for sure that Pac gets spanked! :yep

Scared? Scared of what? Turned down what? Take the drug tests and the fight is on! :deal

Yes. This is Boxing and nothing is 100%. Pac has pop.

Boring? Pac couldn't even fight well when he had Mosley in close. It will not be boring and Pac is going to get mopped and look like a fool. Straight rights and hooks off of the back foot and a piston jab. Pac's face is going to be torn up.

I don't. I hate his fans. People act like he is a "good person" and I can show you a million examples of him being a *****. People act like he is some great Boxer and the dude constantly cherry picks. People act like Mayweather is scared and Pac is the one lying and ducking drug tests. Your whole paragraph is why I hate him!

Take the tests! Get whooped like the rest! :deal

 

This is just Mosley fulfilling the post-fight PR clause of the unwritten part of his contract. Manny Pacquiao: P4P ATG best-managed, best-promoted fighter ever!

 

Hendo: Good posts and I agree! :thumbsup