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Can anyone explain why a Floyd Mayweather "vs" Shane Mosley fight has not been signed yet? With the unfortunate earthquake that has stricken the Haitian people, Andre Berto has rightfully pulled out of his scheduled bout against Mosley, leaving the door wide opened for Floyd to dance on through. But, this has not happened yet.
This is Floyd's chance to show the world that he is not afraid to fight worthy competition. This is his opportunity to silence many of his critics around the world. If his legacy means anything to him at all, then he should have signed a contract by now. After Floyd's convincing win over a blown up dehydrated Juan Manuel Marquez, Shane got on the mic on national television and called Floyd out. Anger ensued, and people started doing a little pushing and shoving. This was Shane's message to Floyd, and to all of boxing that he is tired of being ducked by him.
As I toured the sports bars in Jackson, MS I got more of the fans thoughts on Floyd Mayweather and a possible fight against "Sugar" Shane Mosley. Most of the people that I talked to didn't have a lot of nice things to say about Floyd Mayweather. It's obvious that due to the recent events with Pacquiao and Mayweather, and the steroid allegations, and blood testing, Mayweather's reputation has taken even more of a hit. I spoke with Todd Sizemore at the Sportsman's Lodge in Jackson, MS and he let his feelings be known, " This Floyd Mayweather dude is a joke. Anyone who has two cents in their head knows he ducked Pacquiao like a little girl. Now he has a chance to fight a great fighter in Shane Mosley, and so far nothing."
There is the strong possibility that Floyd Mayweather Jr just doesn't care about his legacy. It's possible that he's simply a money guy that only cares about the bank account, and not the legacy in the long run. It would after all explain his choice of opponents throughout his career. I asked another boxing fan, Keith Gray, for his thoughts on Mayweather and his choice of opponents, " Floyd is undefeated yes, but heck, if I lined up 30 guys that are half my weight, I better be undefeated against them too, or my friends will call me a little punk. Mayweather is all about the money, and none about the legacy, that's obvious."
Read more on what the fans think of Mosley "vs" Mayweather - http://www.examiner.com/x-22973-Las-Vegas-Boxing-Examiner~y2010m1d18-Vegas-Beat-With-Berto-withdrawn-the-public-speaks-on-a-potential-MosleyMayweather-clash
If the trend of the every day street boxing fan is accurate, Floyd will go down as a fighter with skills that never tested them against worthy opponents. Perhaps if he takes the hundred dollar bills out of his ears for a second, he will hear Shane Mosley banging on his front door.
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Fraud Mayweather ain't gonna sign
how can they sign the fight when CrackHead Jr. is still trying to come up with alibis & excuses to avoid fighting senior citizen Mosley.
if i'm Crack Jr., i'll just stick to sticking my pubic rod to #1floydfan's mom & sisters.
it could be, another brick in the wall.All he does by FLoyd jr.is obviously playing around.
It's soooo quiet at the Mayweather camp right now. Maybe they're still convincing KFC Floyd to fight Mosley which he said is not PPV material. He might even be very afraid of Shane because he is a known steroid user.
Because he's a chicken
duckling floyd has now change his ways and from now on will be a role model not just to boxing fans but to the children as well... that's why he refuses to fight shane as one of his values now is to respect the elder.... and without exception even if the elder uses PED...
I'll ONLY believe that these two fight off, not when negotiations start, not when they sign on the dotted, ONLY when these two squeeze themselves both in between the ropes before their introductions.
I don't think the money is as important to Floyd as is preserving the Zero losses. Steve Bunce said it best when he said Floyd ducks so many opponents that when he opens his mouth he expects to hear a quack. I wouldn't bet on Mayweather-Mosley happening.
Look at how easy it was to put together Pacquiao-Clottey, Khan-Maidaina, etc. When the two fighters are with the same promoter it should be a breeze - ain't so with PBF.
Hey Floyd I ain't hear ya callin Mosley go and get some Olympic style drug testin. Coz u know he'd got Balco?
Maybe he will want to try and crash Manny's Party and call a Press Conference on March 13 night of the fight or March 14, the day after to steal Manny's Thunder. If the fight isn't signed by then, it aint gonna happen. Wonder what kind of shady business is going on behind doors at GBP?
Floyd ducks Manny and now what he got is Shane who could not even draw a bug....
signing is for the brave, unfortunately mosley can't sign for floyd.
MONGOFLOYD MARYWEATHER has no where to GO now!!!! we the PUBLIC know u ducked PACMAN and now here comes MOSLEY!!!! u cant duck this one NOW boy! but again, WE ALL KNOW THAT U ARE A COWARD!!!WAIT!!!! there is an OPENING for ring GIRLS at the PACMAN & CLOTTEY fight, THAT would be PERFECT for U!
Brad, dont hold youre breath on this one, even if they sign the contract to save face. Floyd will find a way to duck shaMe mosley. Floyds place in boxing history is set in stone. He will be remembered for his ducking not his win-loss record.
I don't even assume he will fight Mosley. Mayweather is the greatest ducker of all time.
You're talking about Floyd here Mr. Writer. This b!tch @ss fraud claims to be the best ever when he has NEVER fought an ELITE WW. Floyd fans are just as retarded as Pactards if not more mentally challenged. It's because of this fraud why your sport of boxing is declining, and the people actually watching the fraud dismantle smaller opposition and think that it'll be a great and 'challenging' fight are just hustled. To the dumb Floyd backers you guys are idiots if you can't see through this guy's BS. He says he NEVER ducked anyone so why is there a million reasons each time he's asked why he didn't fight Cotto, Mosley, Margarito, Pacquiao, P. Williams? Excuses excuses, I'll say that he's excuses are far worst than that of Manny's in regards to the drug testing. Fraud Floyd NEEDS to fight Balco Shane but instead there's no news going around that both camps are now talking. You'd think that GBP would be trying to silence out the MP-JC by making noise on FM-SM.
I smell a duck here, Floyd isn't signing anything even if Shane takes the stupid random test.
POP Mosley will gonna spank Floyds butt and then he'll call it his last WALTZ.
really amusing how karma works. now floyd is backed into a corner further, making half the money in a proposed fight against a beast in mosley. you always get what you deserve. this is a classic example of karma. i believe floyd will duck mosley too
Expect more hoolabaloo from Jr floyd, Pacman camp made the Clottey fight in just couple of days. Mosley vs Floyd already took 10 yrs.
I think floyd needs a psychiatric test! he's out of this world.also include ellerbe and the lunatic mayweathers! he he he
Sign ? My ass,he's not PPV material!!I just wanted to distract fans from Pacquiao-Clottey!!!
Floyd is not fighting Shane, period...
Before I answer your question why the contract hasn't been signed yet, let me ask you a question first. What makes you think that I would fight Mosley now when I didn't fight him right after Marquez? He even went up the ring and called me out while doing my post fight interview. I was so freaking scared, I stuttered. Umm. Ah... Shane.. Umm. Ah... Shane Mosley... Ummm.. You know what I mean? What's the difference between the Shane Mosley back in September and the Shane Mosley now? huh? Just because Shane is free doesn't mean I'm going to fight him. He was free when I announced the fight with Marquez. He was free after my fight with Marquez. And he's free now. There's now way in hell that I'm going to fight Shane. He's not a PPV material. He has losses. Those guys keep on beating each other but nobody beats Floyd. you heard? Does that answer your question?
Brad you look like that guy that was in Witless Protection. I am glad that you are in the epicenter of the Boxing community. I was honestly expecting some "yu'ins", y'all, yep, get er done, boutin, stuff like that but you surprised me. Keep up the good work but next time interview someone that isn't on the bar stool next to you at the local Soap n' Suds.
I find it really funny that Floyd would want to mess with a man(PACQUIAO) who loves and fears God! Im not religious but come on.. I think God has some humor! Look at Floyds situation it just getting worse by the day.
Floyd already ducked a fight with Manny which is worth $40M and yet there are reports that he'll take the fight with Shane with far less money but with almost same risk??? I really doubt it... again he'll try to find ways out of this fight...again...
Hey PBF..... SIGN!!!!! let the world know that you are not a QUACK!!!! or are you?
If it walks like a duck,sound like a duck, then he will "duck" Mosley!!!
he duck, manny pac, he duck shane mosley..paul williams etc...because xylocaineweather is a gay...
Just like the mysterious rib injury, Floyd will suffer a leg injury this time due to falling from a bike. He will be seen with a huge tape on his legs. There's the excuse not to fight Mosley. Nothing new...Atlas then will provide the video evidence and interview Floyd on FNF. Unlike the "reliable source" of the mysterious e mail this one is for real with Floyd walking with a limp.See, Atlas provides an actual evidence this time.
he already duck the 40 mil payday and a smaller pacman why would you think he will fight mosley....
MAYWEATHER VS MOSLEY..................IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN..............TEST! TEST! TEST! TEST!
instead of losing to pac i-o for $40M, he now will lose to mosley for $10M, how stup id can the duck get
tick tock tick tock... no word from the biggest mouth in boxing for how many days now???? it's not gonna happen. actually my prediction is GBP will announce a fight between KFC v Malignaggi... and they'll say some crap like this was signed before Berto pulled out... HAHAHAHA!!!! QUACK QUACK QUACK!!!
i heard that floyd is fighting donaire for a flyweight division...everything is almot done just the drug testing schedule...this is good fight that everybody wants to see...sorry shane better luck next time or wait whos goin to win between manny and clottey..
Hey Brad, the GBP is fixing the fight. Floyd wants the assurance that he will keep his undefeated record. Mosley is still negotiating on how much they gonna pay him. So just wait 'till Moesley agrees.
Duck said quack quack, blood test blood even during fight night.Mosley will do it but the chiduckfloyd jr. will not sign the contract. No contract necessary coz it won't happen.
the writer insist floyd after the money?? why didnt grab the opportunity to fight pacquiao with gauranteed of 40 million $..?
FLOYD are afraid to loose his status as undefeated fraud champion..
cuz mosley is too much of a RISK for floyd..
floyd will just go find an easier fight, probably matthew hatton.
GBP wont allow floyd to lose his ZERO, thats thier main money machine your talking about, or they will go bankrupt
Floydocaine, you what you said is possible just to propect duckerfloyd jr. zero record. Fixed fight in favor of the running guy. GBP(Oscar) can bribe and negotiate with Mosley to dive the fight. Oscar already did it to Pacquiao of bribing him $250K in cash for signing with him the contract. You know in my opinion Floyd jr./JMM was a fixed fight, just to liftup Floyd jr. marketing value if he fight anyone.
Yeah, Pacquiao sealed the fight against Clottey in a matter of hours. It has been days, weeks now, and no Mosley VS Floyd yet. Schaeffer must be stupid for not being able to sign the two boxers. Floyd is living up with his monickers: KFC, Gayweather, gayrunner, the ducker of all time, yellow, etc. WHAT'S HOLDING YOU UP FLOYD? WE THOUGHT YOU AND YOUR PROMOTERS, MANAGERS ARE LOOKING FOR A WORTHY OPPONENT! YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK FAR. YOUR STABLE MATE IS MORE THAN WILLING TO FIGHT YOU.
I hate you all!! You know, its very hard to keep a perfect record, and you're not crediting me with that? You want me to lose? No way I'll fight mosley or pacquiao. But bring Calderon on. Lets see who's the best.
This Floyd Mayweather is the real Jokester
floyd just go back to retirement...youre embarassing your self.youre such a joke in boxing world.
Sign the contract Floyd so we the boxing fans can start talking about your boxing styles and who has an upperhand when it comes to skill. It's difficult to suggest that we are wasting time analyzing your fight if no contract is signed. Pacquiao Clottey match is now under the microscope and everyone is giving their analysis... though some of them are sounding crazy but atleast that Pacquiao fight is moving forward.
i will try to explain to the best of my ability and knowledge why the Mayweather - Mosley fight is not yet signed. I'll try to explain it as simple and brief as possible, using one word.
floyd
All due respect to Andre Berto and I can't even pretend to know what he is going through but I know it is rough. Having said that, A well publicized fight cannot be called off without even a press conference. I think they owe it to the fans that bought tickets and PPV already. What I mean to say is, there is something fishy going on here. Suddenly, when Pacquiao decided to fight Clottey, GBP announced all of a sudden that Mosley-Berto is off? My guess is they just want to rain on the parade of Pacquiao since they can't find any suitable opponent for Mayweather. GBP and Mayweather are so shameful. They are really all out to sabotage Pacquiao. They are such hypocrites to pretend that they are concerned about the good of the sport of boxing wherein it is they who are ruining the sport.
All I can say is if this fights happens??? Shane is going to jump through hoops for the random blood testing, just to get Mayweather in the ring!! I feel Shane is more hungry then Mayweather and id rather see Pacquaio Mosley anyways!! Atleast there wont be running in that fight!!
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