Mosley officially signed the dotted line

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  1. J Griz 757

    J Griz 757 Arturo "Thunder" Gatti Full Member

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    Shane Mosley, the No. 3-ranked fighter in the Yahoo! Sports ratings, has signed his contract to face Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a welterweight megafight on May 1 at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, Mosley attorney Judd Burstein said late Friday.
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    Earlier in the day, Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe said that a deal had been agreed upon, as reported Thursday by Yahoo! Sports and that contracts were being drawn up. Ellerbe said Mayweather would sign the deal as soon as it was ready.
    Mayweather is the second-ranked fighter in the Yahoo! Sports poll. Promoters turned to a Mayweather-Mosley match after attempts to make a fight between Mayweather and top-ranked Manny Pacquiao failed in a dispute over drug testing.

    Mosley, who said he unknowingly used two anabolic steroids and EPO prior to a 2003 fight with Oscar De La Hoya in Las Vegas, has agreed to the testing Mayweather requested. Both fighters will be subject to random blood and urine testing which will be administered to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
    Mosley flew to Las Vegas on Friday to meet with Burstein and sign the contract. Ellerbe on Friday vehemently denied that Mayweather ever considered fighting Paulie Malignaggi or Nate Campbell, both of whom are super lightweights.
    “Floyd tried to fight the guy everyone thought was the best guy available and we couldn’t get that fight done, so we went to the next guy on the list,” Ellerbe said. “As I’ve said many times, when Floyd decided to come back to boxing, he did it to be in major events. He’s going to face all of the top welterweights and one by one, knock them all off.”
    A news conference to formally announce the fight is expected to be held in New York within the next week.


    I cant believe it. Awesome.
     
    J Griz 757, Jan 30, 2010
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  2. charlievint

    charlievint Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    YES SIR!!! I give Floyd and Shane MAJOR props for filling the void that we were all left with when PAC vs Floyd fell through. Manny vs Josh is a great fight too but this is agianst the BEST WW in the world agaisnt one of the very best P4P fighters in the world holding the #1 spot with Manny.
     
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  3. jimmie

    jimmie Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Shane is the man I dont wanna hurl insults at any other fighters or fans. However all this talk of Mosley is a drug cheat well guess what this guy has no problem taking random blood test in order to get this mega fight done. Shane has always fought the best and this is no different.
     
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  4. PBFred

    PBFred Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  5. thesmokingm

    thesmokingm Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    That's good news. Are both signed or just Mosley at this point btw?
     
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  6. J Griz 757

    J Griz 757 Arturo "Thunder" Gatti Full Member

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    for me this fight is 100 times more interesting than pac vs clottey. and yes this is the next best thing to manny vs may, and if anything its more legit on some levels, with mosley being a legit ww.
     
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  7. J Griz 757

    J Griz 757 Arturo "Thunder" Gatti Full Member

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    May has said through his people he will sign once his part of the contract done being drafted up
     
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  8. warrior85

    warrior85 R.I.P THUNDER Full Member

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    this is the fight i mosted wanted to see at 147,happy as **** its on
     
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  9. mking

    mking Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Did he sign for 16oz. gloves and a blood test during the 5th round too?
     
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  10. Sheehan

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    same here :happy
     
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  11. truewarrior

    truewarrior Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He doesnt have **** to hide so I dont see why not :smoke
     
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  12. Sheehan

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    no he didn't, coz floyd never requested it.
     
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  13. bkamins

    bkamins Boxing Addict Full Member

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    All I know is that Mayweather had better insist on the same rigorous drug test that scuttled the SuperFight with Manny when it comes to Mosley, an admitted steroid user. If he does not, many fans will conclude that the drug testing requests were nothing more than a ploy by Floyd to get out of the fight.
     
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  14. mking

    mking Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I do wonder what glove size they agreed on though! Also wonder who will be the ref for this fight, hopefully not Joe Cortez.
     
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  15. jimmie

    jimmie Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Are you living underneath a big ass rock ? That was the first thing Shane agreed to they got that thing out of the way very quickly. Shane is taking random blood test he doesnt need to know when he is being tested like Pac to get it out of his system.
     
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