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Floyd and Shane face off (AP Photo)
Amongst all the usual pre fight talk, both Floyd Mayweather and Shane Mosley have mentioned that they will both be looking for a stoppage on May 1st.
The bookmakers and most fans believe a decision is a much more likely outcome, regardless of the winner.
For someone usually regarded as being a safety first fighter though, Mayweather has a decent amount of finishes to his name.
While his lack of aggression has held this back somewhat, he does have heavier hands that you might think from the way he fights. Floyd also has the speed and skill to make his opponents momentum work against them as they try to close the distance. For a perfect example of this, just watch the Hatton fight.
Speaking on a conference call yesterday, Mayweather said of himself and Shane:
"I think that he's a fighter that always worries about landing one big shot. He's worried about who is extremely strong and I worry about being smart and winning. So we approach fighting in two total different ways, always"
In the past Mayweather was known to suffer from brittle hands, although Leonard Ellerbe has said that since his return from retirement, these problems no longer affect him. How much the problem hindered his ability to finish fights in the past isn't clear, and the Mayweather camp is eager to play down any problem he might have had.
A lot of people tend to think that Mayweather won't have the power to finish a genuine welterweight like Mosley, and in this case I tend to agree. Despite his 5 losses Mosley has never been stopped yet, and he's been in against more dangerous punchers than Mayweather. More skilled fighters is another matter, but in terms of power alone, Mosley's chin is top notch and he shouldn't have too much to worry about from Floyd.
Mayweather himself possesses a decent chin at the very least, although he very rarely gets caught cleanly anyway. At times he has appeared to show flashes of vulnerability, although at least some of these were merely ruses to lure his opponents in. How well he handles Mosley's power is one of the intriguing unknowns of the fight.
Of the pair Mosley has taken a lot more abuse over the years, and is also coming into the fight having been inactive for over a year. Whether either of these factors will play a part is not too likely, Mosley is about as durable as they come. I wouldn't be surprised if Mayweather scored a knockdown or two, but the chances are that both fighters will make the final bell regardless of who gets the decision.
Jean, Pittsburgh: "Why is Mayweather talking about a knockout when he never finishes anyone?"
Part of it might be just to sell the fight, although if Mayweather is letting his punches go more these days and is willing to take some more chances it could happen.
Craig, Philly: "Neither is getting a knockout, Mosley is too tough and Floyd is too fast. Whoever wins, they're winning a decision"
Comments
it doesnt need a genius who can predict a ko in this match,,,90%mosley will ko floyd...5percent for floydie...why..he couldnt even knock marquez out even though he came in the ring 2lbs heavier than slomo bloated marquez...there simple,,,gayweather cannot..i repeat cannot KO mosley,,,mosley will...watch this space...
Junior never really goes for a knockout unless its in the bag. Je is always a safety first boxer. He'll never change..
FLOYD COULD'NT KNOCKOUT A STRAW-WEIGHT or even ANNA JULATON. Calderon could even take his weak brittle fist punches!! STOP TAKING THOSE STEROIDS THAT YOUR FATHER KNOWS HOW TO HIDE FLOYD!!!! YOU SEE THE RESULTS:
1.DEMENTIA - saying crazy things "I'm greater the Sugar Ray Robinson(but I lost 6x against amatuers)
2. BALDING - hmmm yep
3. ROID RAGE - beat up 3 women, attempted murder 1 fan yep
4. BRITTLE BONES - xylocaine user as Lampley of HBO confirmed in 2005 fight vs Castillo in which he really lost but those NEVADA officials who he paid off to not bann xylocaine and fix the score cards. I'm wondering if he cheated in weight too or blood drained Castillo or Bloated Castillo!!! WOW he knows many ways to cheat. Usually the accuser who crys STEROIDS STEROIDS STEROIDS is the one doing the steroids and deflecting all the guilt to his opponents. Just look at his ROIDED FOLLOWERS, ALIEN LOOKIN FATHER, ROID RAGE UNCLE!!! STOP TAKE ROIDS FLOYD!!! Your in bed with USADA and you got a easy pa
mayweather says he is amart...always remember floyd...PRIDE is your downfall...
youre not the best floyd, you're just ordinary...you're not the face of boxing...you have never proven anything...you're an amateur..you pay the press to advertise yourself..thats all you are...remember floyd....Pride goes before destruction...remember that...and you are the face of PRIDE not boxing...
safety first wont work on high volume hard hitting elite class A fighters. Thats why floyd has avoided EVERY SINGLE TOP 10 WELTERWEIGHT BOXER FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS!!!
MIGUEL A COTTO PR 29 former wbo W W L W W L 11-09 34-2 28 2 1 18-2
3 3 JOSHUA CLOTTEY GHA 32 former ibf W W W W L L 3-10 35-4 20 0 3 4-4-0-1
4 12 ALFONSO GOMEZ MEX 29 WBC continental am W L W W W W 3-10 22-4-2 11 1 4 7-2-2
5 4 RAFAEL JACKIEWICZ POL 33 former european W W W W W W 3-10 36-8-1 18 0 4 4-1
6 5 SEBASTIAN LUJAN ARG 30 L W W W W W 11-09 32-5-2 19 2 4 4-4-1
7 7 VYACHESLAV SENCHENKO UKR 32 WBA ordinary W W W W W W 10-09 30-0 21 0 7 3-0
8 8 JOEL CASAMAYOR USA 38 former wbc W W W W L W 11-09 37-4-1 22 1 1* 16-4-1
9 9 ISAAC HLATSHWAYO RSA 32 former ibo W W W D W L 12-09 29-2-1 9 1 4 6-2-1
10 10 DELVIN RODRIGUEZ USA 29 W W W D W L 8-09 18
hey floyd, my friend even if you dont know me..even you wont read this...i will just watch your fall....
i bet you will retire again after mosley because you are afraid of pacquiao...
floyd let this message reach you.....PRIDE = Your fall....i'll be watching and waiting for it...you know it..dont wait for it, its coming and its near....
Floyd your fall is near..dont run..u cannot escape it ..its certain...remember this floyd.....you think im your friend right now...i will be your worst opponent......-PRIDE
Floyd, all that you are is a product of advertising and paying off people..u are entertainment by doing all the wrong things....PRIDE floydie will catch up on u....remember....watch this space....when you go down remember...im watching you....
one day floyd...one day...its near....-PRIDE
iF I WERE MOSLEY TAKE FLOYD 1 ROUND AND FIGHT MANNY!!!
Mosley agreed to follow the script of GBP and mayweather in 2 conditions 1.)that he's championship belt will not be at stake and 2.)a couple of $M dollars on top of whatever amount he gets from the fight, to be paid in advance for his nose job and other (luxurious) spendings.
i don't know if some of you have notice these 2 things nowdays:
1.) mayweather's mouth becomes louder and louder than before. To show to the world that he's really the best, claiming that he's greater than ali, and robinson...than hercules, the kraken even zeus.
2.) the time of announcement that the fight in may 1st is a non-title bout. Is there any of you wonder why it was made so late when it can be made right after the contract is signed? He issued a statement that he doesn't care about belts but for the money, coz he doesn't want to pay sanctioning fees to those he called alphabets in the sport. The lamest excuse of all time.
The design was to have a sure win over mosley for 2 obsessions, i mean
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the design was to have a sure win against mosley to accomplish his 2 obsessions 1.) to fraudly cement his legacy 2.) to demand thje p4p title w/o fighting and beating the pacman to elevate himself out of being no.2
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May 1 is just around the corner. Why is it Floyd keeps o dragging pacmans name. Jealous of not being Fighter of the Decade? Or floyd needed pacman badly to hype his match against shane? Poor floyd, this child is crying over a spilled milk. hahahaha
He could not even KO Marquez and he got the nerves to say that he will gonna KO Mosley?
Li'l Garbage Jr. needs to put his nostrils between Uncle Rogie's butt cheeks then............ INHALE
THE END IS NEAR FOR THIS ARROGANT BRAINLESS A-HOLE MAYWEATHER JR., SAY GOODBYE TO THE WORLD MONGOFLOYD! THE CURSE WILL FOR SURE COME TO GET YOUR ASS OUT OF THIS WORLD.
I second the motion to Mr. rastaman's opinion.
Floyd : Lost 6 times in his amateur years and only got a bronze in the Atlanta Olympics and got a big mouth about his accomplishments.
Manny : Never been an amateur. An accomplished, exciting and p4b ATG and stays humble.
Sure, the kO will come.. with the help of steriods or xylo of course, hehe.... full of crap.
Whoever dictates and make the fight exciting is the winner among the fans, win or loss.
First round to Twelve round - Floyd Running and Mosely Chasing and Fans Booing...
floyd mayweather should remove that "rematch" clause on his coming mosley fight if he really want a pacman fight.
There will be some trying initially in the earlier rounds but just the same it would end up into a cat and mouse fight just the same.
i will pray hard for floyd's first loss! he he he good bye loud mouth! may you rest in peace
THIS FIGHT BETWEEN FLOYD AND SHANE WILL BE EXACTLY LIKE
" TOM and JERRY" hahahahaha...
question is....who is TOM and who is JERRY among the two....?
sorry guys I've been watching too much of cartoons lol....
disagree when u say that frauyd can score a knockdown on mosley!!! IMPOSSIBLE!!!
Floyd Gayweather is going to get KTFO by Sugar Shane
I agree with Doom
BOYCOTT!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah I guess we should boycott this, Fraud Gayweather loses anyway
Answer, Most Definitely "NO!". Everyone, just look back at the Dela Hoya/Mayweather fight. Mayweather stunk up the place. He ran, he ran and he still ran. Ever wonder why, HBO doesn't show replay telecast of it. Biggest selling fight in history,right?. HBO showed Pacquiao destroying Dela Hoya, why not show the Dela Hoya/Mayweather fight. Why? because Mayweather stunk it up. It'll remind fans how Mayweather really stink and usually history repeats itself. I see a stink bomb coming.So think twice before you order. Yes it's the biggest hype/promoted in history but the scan continues. As the saying goes, "you fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on ME!". How appropriate for this fight. It'll be the stinker of the year!!I'll wait for the Pacquiao-Mosely mega fight!
Someone better knock somebody out. No knockout = Utter garbage.
hahaha!!hahaha!!Mayweather KO? hahaha!!what a scan...Gayweather needs Marquez to sell the fight.. How's about drinking each others pee.. Maybe you'll get the power!!Mexican's rise up and order this fight!!All you dumb wetbacks!!
The higher you fly the harder you fall.Nobody stays on top forever.Be humble in what you have for now ,all these things will stay for awhile but not all the time.
Jim Lampley:
on Pac vs. Clottey: bang, bang, bang ,bang...
on Fraud vs. Mosley: quack, quack, quack, quack...
lolz
they are hyping their fight with knockout predictions... boycott anyway Lil fraud anyway..thrash-talk genius
HOW THE HE@# WILL THIS GUY MAYWEATHER KNOCK OUT MOSLEY?
HE CAN'T EVEN KO THE BLOATED MARQUEZ?
MAYBE...WHEN MOSLEY RUN OUT OF GAS AND COLLAPSE CHASING THIS SPRINTER BOXER INSIDE THE 400 SQUARE FEET RING.
A knockout by Mayweather is very remote. Aside from Mosley's granite chin, Floyd doesn't have a power punch, proof-Marquez, too small for the fight, went 15 rounds with him negating his size and bulk advantage. Maybe he needs more xylocaine shots and borrow Margarito's plaster to make good on his prediction. Who has he beaten to proclaim he is greater than Ali and Robinson? Phooey.
i go for mosley to win the fight coz a mosley vs pacquiao fight is much more exciting to watch than PBF vs manny. Shane can fight fire with fire with manny but floydie well as everybody knows he just run around in circles and look for that perfect punch that's it.
What the. IS HE A GAY OR SOMETHING? HAHAHAHA-Mosley
i dont think mayweather can knockout mosley.. he maybe win this fight but not for a knockout.. if mosley win this fight matweather will kiss the canvas...
This fight is good for the number 2 and 3 welterweight ranking.
If there is a KO, it will be by Mosley.
I wonder who is the number # 1?
*** MANNY PACQUIAO ***
Certainly,,, Mosley will Knockout Mayweather or make him QUIT.
If Floyd gets in trouble, his uncle will come up to the ring and cause a rumble as he did in the Judah fight (Floyd should have been dq'd in that fight for that). Nazim Richardson should be ready for something like that happening. Contrary to what people think, Floyd does attack if hee gets hit because he gets mad. That's when Mosley is likely to tag and hurt him. When that happens Roger will do something that could hurt or distract Mosley. Now if Floyd has his way with Mosley then this fight will be a sleeper.
i know how these 2 punches, nobodys getting KO'd here, perhaps Floyd if he never get the chance to RUN & HUG Shane
MY NOSE
PUTANG INA MO MAYWEATHER,MATALO KA SANA SA LINGGO HAYUP KA!!!
TRANSLATION: F##CK YOU MAYWEATHER!I HOPE YOU LOOSE ON SUNDAY!
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