Pacquioa(2009) vs Mosley(2009)

= Shane, the #1 WW in the World coming off a destruction win over Margarito, the destroyer of Cotto, is still to good...and it helps that Cotto is on my payroll so as a Promoter, I make bank and still have options on him.

 

We were discussing various years for Pac and Mosley and I was sticking to those two considering the thread. But if you want to bring up Mayweather and Duran...I'm sure there are other threads we can try to bump.

But yes, better for Pac to fight Floyd now than had the Universe somehow put those two together at 135. If Roach thought Shane was "to good"...Floyd at LW (when healthy )...

As for Duran...considering Roach believes Duran beats Pac...would that fight be made?

Good fights other way. Nobody knows what really would happen. It's more of a "I would favor this guy over that guy based on this and that" kind of thing.

 

In hindsight tho, you guys think it would've been better is Pac went from Cotto to Mosley (147) then to Margarito (154), then maybe Clottey (154) afterwards (if Clottey is still relevant)?
Maybe they could even replace Clottey with Foreman so I might really consider him an 8 division champ.

 

Why wouldn't they choose Cotto? he barely got by Clottey and got smashed by Margarito. Pac likes his welterweights nice and worn in before fighting them

 

Mosley came to the table asking for 40% and said that he wouldn't make money an issue (in other words he was flexible on that offer).

Nevermind the fact that Pacquiao-Mosley sold more PPVs than Pacquiao-Cotto... And that was after Shane was already clearly shot to ****.

They chose to fight Cotto because Cotto wasn't coming off an impressive win over Margarito. He was coming off an assraping at the hands of Margarito and a lackluster showing against Clottey.

Scroll to 7:20 and Freddy will tell you the same:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I6kx0QW7mU[/ame]
... Stupid fliptard. :yep

 

Pac would have been just fine at 135 with the exception of having to possibly face JMM again.

 

atsch: Yuri won like 2 rounds in that fight.

 

I just think he should have taken on Mosley after Mosley beat Margarito. It probably was risky if you are looking at it from Roach's point of view on how he felt about the Oscar situation and how he was looking at Shane after he destroyed Margarito...but I can't say Pac wouldn't have been able to beat Shane at that point. Why not? It's not like Shane was still prime. Maybe he can win with his youth, speed, endurance, etc. Especially if he can take Shane into deep waters. If Shane lands some shots on him though, specifically like those body and head shots he was landing on Margarito (although two different people so I understand that)...that might suck. But who knows.

I think the risk would have been cool and it would have been a good fight at that time.

Smart business decision. I'll give Team Pac that.

 

Even more proof you can't score a fight. Try watching the whole fight instead of a 5 minute highlight.

Wide margin