Mosley deserves respect not bashing.

[Bushbaby]

I think most Pacquiao fans want to point the finger solely on Mosley, blame it all on Shane. There were so many opportunities where Shane could have thrown the right hand to the pit of Pacquiao's stomach, a younger Shane would have lopped that punch. It's simple, he was old, shot and couldn't pull the trigger.

Considering what little Mosley had left, asking for anything else of him...would have been asking him to get knocked out. It's funny because no one wants to talk about Pacquiao's inability to cut off the ring, Mosley was still there and ready to be taken out.

Amen bro,amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[E-Thug]

Dominicano add to that the fact that he's almost 40 & shot,what **** was he supposed to do??It's not like his last name is Hopkins,he doesn't have it any more.He came away without being ko'd by arguably the best fighter in boxing,but somehow that's his fault & he's getting bashed from pillar to post for it.

Exactly man I feel ya. I don't get these ppl acting ******ed and bashing Mosley for not trying. If they'd actually bothered and stepped back to watch his last 2 fights, they'd realise he'd stopped trying to win since Floyd. VS Mayweather he gave up after round 2 and stood there motionless. VS Mora, he could have easily cut off the ring and stopped him but no he didn't. He's 39 ffs and he went 12 rounds with the P4P No.1. I also don't get why the **** are ppl complaining of wasting $60 paying for the fight. Well if they had any sense, they would have realised this fight was a farce from the get-go so whoever paid for it IMO deserved to get a **** fight because this is what its exactly been since it got signed-a **** fight. Jeez...talk about hypocrisy

[Jack Napier]

he deserves no respect
he ran like a punk

[Bushbaby]

Exactly man I feel ya. I don't get these ppl acting ******ed and bashing Mosley for not trying. If they'd actually bothered and stepped back to watch his last 2 fights, they'd realise he'd stopped trying to win since Floyd. VS Mayweather he gave up after round 2 and stood there motionless. VS Mora, he could have easily cut off the ring and stopped him but no he didn't. He's 39 ffs and he went 12 rounds with the P4P No.1. I also don't get why the **** are ppl complaining of wasting $60 paying for the fight. Well if they had any sense, they would have realised this fight was a farce from the get-go so whoever paid for it IMO deserved to get a **** fight because this is what its exactly been since it got signed-a **** fight. Jeez...talk about hypocrisy

Exactly bro & this is the point/fact everyone seems to be intent on ignoring!!

[SCEN3RY]

I try not to look at the age factor, but Shane isn't just 39, he's 39 with a lot of fights under his belt (54 fights to be exact). For a guy that's well past his prime, I actually thought he moved pretty well in that fight, maybe that has more to do with not expending much energy on the offensive end. Other than showing us he had the know how, which we all knew, to not get really beaten up, he didn't do much else. To tone down what happened, lets just say he got beat by 2 of the best welterweights and drew against a bad styles match-up in a junior middleweight.

Just to add one more thing, I really want to emphasis the bold - I don't think you can blame Shane for escaping punishment. It is a brutal sport, where most guys aren't looking to touch gloves. For those that thought Shane was getting knocked out, it's difficult to see how one could think that. With all due respect to Manny's punching ability, other than already proving he has an iron chin in previous bouts; Shane is a smart fighter, he moved, stuck his jab out there (which wasn't half bad for this fight) and did what he had to do to "survive." I hate using that term, but it's clear as day that at some point Shane said, 'so I'm actually not gonna stand and trade with this guy.' A lot of us are disappointed because we thought the styles matched-up, but we forgot Shane isn't 30 years old (and give Manny some props for at least influencing the way that the fight went). But Shane isn't ****** either, he knows what he's capable of and what he's not, and if he can't pull the trigger against a high caliber opponent, you can't get mad at him for choosing not to get beaten up. I mean look at Pacquiao's last opponent, who fought the exact opposite of Mosley, no seriously, just look at him.

This turned out longer than I wanted it to lol, but I guess what I'm really trying to say is, I don't think Shane came into the fight and thought 'I'm going to disappoint everybody,' he was dealt with an obstacle that he couldn't overcome and at some point just wanted to make it out. Hate to drag this on, but I think for those that are still trying to interpret what happened in that fight, in regards to Shane Mosley should actually go listen to the post fight interview with John Scully on I haven't finished listening tbh, but for atleast the first 20 minutes that I listened, Scully gives some really good insight to what he believes happened (and I agree).

[strykr619]

Coming onto saturday's fight,we all knew Mosley was shot,old & couldn't pull the trigger.He was thoroughly outclassed by Floyd,drawed with a reality tv star & aged a year.

Most people also thought that he would suffer his 1st ko loss.Well for being old & shot,he managed to survive 12 rounds against arguably boxing's best active fighter.Clearly no small feat for a shot 40 year old.He deserves some respect for that.He put up some kinda boxing something or other that actually frustrated Pacman.

I just can't find it inside me to blame Mosley for his performance.He wasn't gonna win & we all thought he'd get stopped.He didn't get stopped & he managed to frustrate arguably boxing's best fighter.That's some brave ****,Mosley I commend U.

LOL Mosley deserves the backlash. Don't talk all that **** about "I'm gonna make it a fight blah blah blah" and then run. Now fans like you making excuses for him. Don't because your just proving a lot of people's point that he was just in their for a paycheck.

[Chopper417]

Sure does need to retire.But at the same time he got offered what 5 million or more from team Pacman to fight 1 of boxing's best & walked away without getting stopped,being shot & almost 40,why would u be mad at him for that??

Frankly I think his performance was blatantly disrespectful to the fans who paid money to watch or attend the fight. Wouldn't you agree with that?

[[ DUBBZZ ]]

People are so upset at Mosley they forgot who actually gave him the fight. Manny and bob is to blame for it. Not Mosley. They knew it was a bull**** fight from the beginning. Had this been OCT or NOV of 09 then that's a different story. You know when he should have fought Shane.

Why take the fight if you aint gona try? He got paid and he didnt get hurt, and that was good enough for him I guess.

[E-Thug]

Frankly I think his performance was blatantly disrespectful to the fans who paid money to watch or attend the fight. Wouldn't you agree with that?

If you thought for a single second that this fight was going to be as competitive as Shane was advertising it as, you're ******. The fight was a mismatch from the start and all the people who suckered in and believed this fight was gonna be competitive and paid 60 bucks for this, need a reality check

[Khalid X]

I think most Pacquiao fans want to point the finger solely on Mosley, blame it all on Shane. There were so many opportunities where Shane could have thrown the right hand to the pit of Pacquiao's stomach, a younger Shane would have lopped that punch. It's simple, he was old, shot and couldn't pull the trigger.
Considering what little Mosley had left, asking for anything else of him...would have been asking him to get knocked out. It's funny because no one wants to talk about Pacquiao's inability to cut off the ring, Mosley was still there and ready to be taken out.

That's bull**** right there.

Shane didn't fire because he was scared of what was going to come back at him. He himself said this after the fight (indirectly).

Now if he was throwing and his timing and accuracy was off, you might have a point, but anyone who saw that fight knows Shane didn't fire off because he was scared he might get KO'd.

Again the man himself said it, so why would you argue against that?