Pacquiao-Mosley NOT a Terrible Fight...Could be Good

boxing fans are fickled these days

can you imagine if today's fans were in the 60s and read that Pep was going to fight Saddler a 4th time after Saddler was coming off a loss.

They would cry their brains out and accuse Pep of cherry picking.

 

as an outside observer on this board when it comes to the ww division...i try and stay out of the ww argument since i have my hands full as it is being a pavlik poster...

it seems that the argument is with the entire package we have here. mosely is a faded warrior (whom i've been a huge fan of his entire career...i routinely watch ssm/odlh I for kicks) leaving his old company and joining tr presumably to get a shot a pac whom he previously tried to fight at 142. he has a bad loss to pbf, an ugly draw to mora who said he held back out of respect to mosely, and now he has this shot at the biggest cash cow around...the fight is being rumored to be at 148lb catchweight for the 154lb title. there are other, arguably more deserving fighters like berto (whom pac would destroy imo), or even the bradley's of the world or hell even a cotto rematch for a unification if arum wants to keep it in house...even marquez at the 147 they say it would have to be at...marquez would lose imo but he's earned it arguably.

all in all its not a bad fight. mosely will be a live opponent. he will lose but i'll be rooting for him despite the fact that i like pac. but in all honesty, the fuss over all this shouldnt be unexpected considering all the ancillary issues there are.

 

its not terrible it will b fun to watch mosley get clobbered. why does he deserve this fite? he just lost an fought a draw .

 

i think it will be a great fight, **** the haters.the just mad cause they gave floyd hell for first not fighting then fighting mosley.oh because he was 38 and passed his prime and mayweather cherry picked yet again.now manny will be fighting him at bout time they get in the ring shane will be 40.whos loving who now !!!

 

Mora held back out of respect for Mosely?

Mosely came to fight and Mora did not. It wasn't as bad as Paq/Clottey but for Mora to say anything shows how delusional he is.

Mora against Clottey would be a great fight...on ESPN Friday Night Fights.

 

mora said that, i didnt. whether its true or not is besides the point. after the fight, mora was kinda "shurgged shoulders" saying he held back because he felt the fight was his and didnt want to hurt mosely out of respect for him. could be bull****, but again, when were talking about lining up a subsequent fight w/ pac versus others who may deserve it more, it doesnt look good when you go from getting badly outpointed to fighting to a draw w/ a guy saying that.

i don't oppose the fight. ive been a life long mosely fan and will be pulling for him.

im just saying...

 

judging my your avatar, you.

why do you think pac is fighting shane instead of floyd?

 

anyone would be a fool to not put everything on pac decision...if you think pac is going to k.o. TOP RANK MOSLEY

 

It could turn out to be a good fight yes, but Mosley has done jack **** to deserve his shot and pacquiao could be fighting better fighters right now. in my opinion Mosley would get smoked easy based on speed alone.

 

Dress this up however you like - No one wanted this fight except for Mosley.

 

The fight won't be bad, but do you really want to see mosley as one of the last opponents Pacquiao will ever face? no thanks.

 

It's not a terrible fight, but it could have been better. Much better.

 

Arum also wanted this fight to happen. Even Freddie Roach preferred Marquez or Berto over Mosley (source).