Comments Thread For: Manny Pacquiao-Shane Mosley: More Than Just A Fight

[super villa1n]

who is this ****** below me? talking about why fight bum after bum BS? you shoudl ask yourself why someone who claims is the best (gayweather) is the first one in boxing history to never actually fight the best in his division.

[super villa1n]

just cause pac completely destroyed cotto PR BOXING wants to whine like a little girl.

[MrClutch85]

Pac will not engage in a toe to toe battle with Shane cause he's gonna get KO he is going to hit and run the whole fight

[Sinisterevo]

Pac will not engage in a toe to toe battle with Shane cause he's gonna get KO he is going to hit and run the whole fight

he will try to do some of that at first like he did against Margarito, but it's not his style. He will engage and go toe-to-toe like he did impressively against Margarito sometimes. I see a great fight.

I always thought Mosley would easily KO Pacquiao, but after the Margarito fight I give Pacquiao a chance....especially if Mosley doesn't throw punches. Pac's defense has improved but he is still there to be hit. Mosley's right hand is the key to the fight.

[KING MEAT]

I hope pac loses against why fight clottey who lost to cotto why figjt cheato who lost to shane and looked horrible against a bum why fight shane who lost to floyd then draw with a bum step ure gme up pac

aint this a surprise.. a bitter cotto stan

[KING MEAT]

Pac will not engage in a toe to toe battle with Shane cause he's gonna get KO he is going to hit and run the whole fight

pac loves gettin hit. watchu talkin bout willis?

[super villa1n]

Dnt get lost n da riddle-Pac fought Cotto,Clottey,Margarito&SSM is nxt-Margarito fought Cotto,Clottey,SSM&Pac-Cotto fought Margarito,Clottey,SSM &Pac-Clottey fought Cotto,Margarito&Pac-SSM fought Cotto, Margarito, Floyd&Pac is nxt-Floyd fought SSM-can u fig out whos the cherry pickin phag?

[StrangerInTown]

Outside The Box

Many of the posts that are found here are not fit for public consumption.
I do not know what the problem is.
Has the act of being civil and respectful regarding the topic of prizefighting a lost art preserved only by the Kellermans, Merchants and Kennys?
I posted an article citing Arthur Abraham as a pugilist who does not play by the rules and I received vicious hate mail.
But I know that there are very bright minds out there who love the sport as I do so I shall keep on keepin' on hoping for a wide exchange of ideas.

The Mosely/Pac debacle is not about a great prize fight.
It is about Bob Arum's idea of common cents.
He knows that the dollars will follow, at least for this one mismatch.
If the fight were between two prime time warriors it could raise the stakes for the return to Boxing on free TV
But alas there is only one truly gloved great involved in this exhibition.
What Arum is attempting is political in nature.
He is stating 'support this fight and it will lead to the return of network Boxing."
Sorry.
That argument simply makes no cents when they are shoving Shane at us for 60 bucks a throw and anticipating incredible PPV numbers.
The once remarkable Mosely is simply too old for the wonder named Pacquiao.
See? It all comes down to common cents.

[SluggerFan]

Many of the posts that are found here are not fit for public consumption.
I do not know what the problem is.
Has the act of being civil and respectful regarding the topic of prizefighting a lost art preserved only by the Kellermans, Merchants and Kennys?
I posted an article citing Arthur Abraham as a pugilist who does not play by the rules and I received vicious hate mail.
But I know that there are very bright minds out there who love the sport as I do so I shall keep on keepin' on hoping for a wide exchange of ideas.

The Mosely/Pac debacle is not about a great prize fight.
It is about Bob Arum's idea of common cents.
He knows that the dollars will follow, at least for this one mismatch.
If the fight were between two prime time warriors it could raise the stakes for the return to Boxing on free TV
But alas there is only one truly gloved great involved in this exhibition.
What Arum is attempting is political in nature.
He is stating 'support this fight and it will lead to the return of network Boxing."
Sorry.
That argument simply makes no cents when they are shoving Shane at us for 60 bucks a throw and anticipating incredible PPV numbers.
The once remarkable Mosely is simply too old for the wonder named Pacquiao.
See? It all comes down to common cents.

Well, regarding the hate mail, welcome to Boxing Scene? You can't have any opinion here without someone who disagrees jumping down your throat. I do agree though the Arthur Abraham knew exactly what he was doing when he nailed Dirrell. Everybody talked how AA was a devastating puncher but after he hit Dirrell when he was down, everyone said he was faking it. The thing is Dirrell never saw it coming and completely let his guard down when he slipped. You are supposed to protect yourself at all times however that was a dirty vicious shot...

Now, on to topic, this fight may be closer to farce than fight but it is indeed an event and will be huge. The thing is us hardcore boxing fans know the truth, but the casual fan will not. They will see Mosley as an older, experienced fighter who beat ODLH twice and was possibly a couple of shots away from KO'ing Mayweather. The fact that Mosley was 38 and was able to nail Floyd Jr will give enough intrigue to the casual fan. That alone will be enough to sell this fight and with the backing of CBS doing the Fight Camp 360 and all the publicity that Manny is getting these days, I feel this will do approx 1.2 to 1.6 million PPVs. If you look at Mosley's losses, they look like this: Winky Wright, 2 loses by decision and Vernon Forrest, 2 loses by decision. Two guys whom nobody wanted to face and two guys that ODLH and others completely ducked. The next loss was to Cotto and that was really close and could have gone either way and Cotto was on top of his game that night. And his other loss, to Mayweather, is against either the number 1 or number 2 fighter out there (depending on who you talk to).

So, will it bring boxing back to network TV? Who knows, but it looks like whomever Manny fights, they will generate huge publicity for now on, which is good for boxing in general...

[SluggerFan]

just to not give mayweather his credit for the ass whooppin he put on mosley. pacquiao,roach,and ariza talked about mosley like a dog. now they are praising him because they ducked the ones that really can beat pac and that berto and jmm.this is morwe than a fight? its a complete joke.

You believe Berto would beat Pacquiao? Hahahahaha... JMM was a tough fight at 130 or 135 lbs but has no shot now. Even if the fight was at 147 lbs, Pacquiao would weigh between 142 and 143 lbs, JMM would weight about 141 lbs which would be too much for him. Think, what would Mosley do to JMM at welterweight? If he signed to fight JMM, you would complain he's making him come up in weight! If he signed to fight Berto, you would complain he's fighting a guy who is too green! He could fight Godzilla and Mayweather fan's would claim Godzilla is old...