Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley: Live Blog
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Fight night is finally here!
The Pacquiao vs. Mosley pay-per-view telecast begins at 9 p.m. ET (6 p.m. PT).
Main Event: Manny Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KO) vs. Shane Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KO). The bout is scheduled for 12 rounds and will be for the WBO welterweight title.
Undercard bouts will feature three undefeated boxers. The matchups include Kelly Pavlik (36-2) vs. Alfonso Lopez (21-0), Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (20-0-1) vs. Jorge Arce (56-6-2) and Mike Alvarado (29-0) vs. Ray Narh (25-1). The Pavlik-Lopez bout is scheduled for 10 rounds while the other two are scheduled for 12. A fourth undercard bout will probably be shown, but it hasn't been announced yet.
The sold-out event only took three hours to sell out all 17,000 tickets, so expect to see a full-house tonight. I will post all the details of the show, including the celebrities that are in attendance and all the action and analysis occurring outside the ring.
Check back here for a live blog beginning at 9 p.m.
Shane Mosley may not have lived up to the lyrics of Dr. Dre's new song "Die Hard," but it's worth listening to anyways.
Let's hope that Mosley doesn't take the song's lyrics to heart:
"Some might consider this my twilight, but depending how I might feel,
I might continue on with my career for five light years."
It's probably time to call it quits after he lost to Manny Pacquiao over 12 rounds of one-sided action. The former welterweight champion suffered a knockdown in the third round, and continued to fight nervously throughout the bout.
Pacquiao did everything he could do, but it wasn't enough to get a knockout.
"And we don't stop until the sunlight.
We just keep going cause' the die hard won’t go down without a fight."
Mosley didn't give him a fight, and now Pacquiao is left with looking for an opponent that will.
So who will it be? Floyd Mayweather Jr? Juan Manuel Marquez a third time? Sergio Martinez?
Whoever it is, expect Pacquiao to come into his next fight looking to make a statement that he couldn't do in this fight.
The song was featured on the final episode of Fight Camp 360 and will be part of Dr. Dre's forthcoming album "Detox."
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According to CompuBox punch stats, Shane Mosley only managed to land a total of 22 power shots against Manny Pacquiao. There was also one round where he only managed to land one punch!
Mosley lost a unanimous decision to the Filipino superstar, and it's easy to see why looking at the numbers.
Out of the 12-round bout, Mosley only managed to land two or more power shots in five single rounds, and he only through 88 total! There were three rounds where he landed zero power shots and three where he landed one.
His jabs weren't good, but they were when compared to his power shots. He landed 44 out of 250.
Pacquiao's numbers were solid as he landed 177 power shots out of 343 attempts.
Pacquiao also landed 37 out of 374 jabs. It's only 13 percent, but his jab isn't his best offense, and it never was.
Together, the two welterweights threw a grand total of 1057 punches.
Pacquiao landed 224 of 727, and Mosley landed 66 out of 330.
"We did our best," said Manny Pacquiao, who defeated Shane Mosley by unanimous decision. "I wanted to move, but my legs tightened in the late rounds."
"I have to work on my legs."
On the knockdown: "I think I got him with a lucky shot. Mosley is not slow, he's fast. He was waiting for my mistake, and he countered it."
"I think he felt my power, and I wanted to fight toe-to-toe, but this is boxing."
Shane Mosley:
"I felt I did a pretty good job," said the four-time world champion. "I wouldn't blame it on age. Manny is an exceptional fighter. Good speed and power. Power that I have never been hit with before. He's a fighter. He's a warrior."
"When you take risks, more risks, then you are susceptible to get knocked out. When he knocked me down, he kind of surprised me with his punching power."
"I fought the best, and I came up short."
Antonio Tarver:
"It looks as if he was retreating too much," said the former light-heavyweight champion. "He wasn't willing to cross that line and stay there and go toe-to-toe with Manny Pacquiao."
"That's the type of power that separates Manny Pacquiao from the other fighters out there."
In a thrilling back-and-forth fight between two great super-bantamweights, Jorge Arce came back from an early knockdown to stop his undefeated opponent Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. in the 12th and final round of a very close and competitive bout.
Vazquez' corner threw in the towel with two minutes left in the last round. Showtime commentator, Antonio Tarver responded with "Love steps in."
"I've been there," Tarver said. "That's love stepping in there."
Arce earns a win on his extensive record to improve to 57-6-2 with 44 knockouts plus gets the WBO super-bantamweight title, which is the fourth weight class he has won a title in.
The Mexican fan-favorite appeared to be on his way out of boxing and close to retirement before the bout, but this has to be ranked up there with his best performances and relaunches the momentum he once had in his career.
It was a spectacular fight with an incredible finish from an amazing champion and a very exciting fighter. The scorecards at the time of the stoppage were 107-102 for Arce and 104-104 on the other two.
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Mexican fan-favorite action-star Jorge Arce got one of the biggest victories of his career after defeating the unbeaten Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. in their undercard bout on the Pacquiao vs. Mosley PPV. Arce improves his record to 57-6-2 with 44 knockouts.
The former three-division world champion recovered from a knockdown early in the fight to put the pressure on Vazquez late and earn a TKO stoppage in the 12th and final round. It was a brilliant display of heart, determination and skill as he unloaded punch after punch on his younger and untested opponent.
The scorecards at the time of the stoppage were 107-102 Arce, 104-104 and 104-104.
Arce also won the WBO super bantamweight title.
CompuBox punches in Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. vs. Jorge Arce title fight:
Vazquez Jr. landed 205 out of 586, including 70 jabs and a 135 power punches.
Arce landed 247 out of 870, including 35 jabs and 212 power shots.
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Filipino superstar and boxing's top pound-for-pound boxer Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO) defeated "Sugar" Shane Mosley (46-7-1) by a dominant unanimous decision last night for the WBO welterweight title.
The four-time world champion, Mosley, fought a competitive fight for portions of the 12-round distance, but it was far and few between what he needed to do to get a much needed victory.
With the loss, Mosley drops to 46-7-1 with a record of 0-2-1 in his last three bouts. He hasn't won a fight since January 2009 when he stopped Antonio Margarito in the 9th round to become the welterweight champion.
It's unsure if the 39-year-old is done with his 18-year career as a professional but if he is, take a short look back on his five greatest fights here.
This could be the final moment for Mosley in the ring, and although it wasn't he is best, it proves again that Mosley isn't afraid to take on the best fighters in the world. He is the only man to fight Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao; three of the biggest stars the sport has ever seen.
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Welcome to the super-middleweight division Kelly "The Ghost" Pavlik.
With his victory over previously unbeaten up-and-comer Alfonso Lopez, the former middleweight champion gets a shot at the WBC super-middleweight champion, Carl Froch. That is, if Froch makes it through the Showtime Super Six Tournament.
Pavlik (37-2, 32 KO) returned tonight to win a majority-decision over Lopez in a good but far from perfect performance over 10 rounds. He didn't get the knockout that many people were predicting and didn't look great pursuing it. He may have underestimated his opponent a little bit, but maybe we just underestimated him and the fight all together.
The 29-year-old is guaranteed a shot at the WBC champion so it will either be a long wait for that bout or another tune up.
Either way, these are five opponents we would love to see him fight in his new division, and they are all possible now that he got past his first opponent last night.
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After defeating four time world champion Shane Mosley, Manny Pacquiao continues to reign supreme as boxing's pound-for-pound best fighter in the world.
Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO) defeated Mosley (46-7-1) by a dominant unanimous decision last night for the WBO welterweight title; his third decision win in a row. He even managed to score a 3rd round knockdown over the four time world champion.
It lacked the firepower that previous Pacquiao fights had, and it seemed he was more respectable of Mosley than he was of any of his other previous opponents. Constant glove taps gave it the feeling of a sparring session, and it seemed he treated it like one.
Will the five fighters in this list bring out the intensity that was absent in the Mosley fight? These are the five most legitimate challengers for the "Pacman," and they would be the toughest opponents of his career, at least in the past few years.
The third round of Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley featured the most memorable moment of the fight.
Pacquiao won a unanimous decision in the end, and the knockdown adds to the dominance he displayed in the fight.
A sharp left hand cut right over Mosley's guard and put him down for the first time since 2002 when he fought the late Vernon Forrest.
There was a knockdown scored by Mosley as well, but it was a push. The replay clearly showed it was, and all three judges scored it that way.
If you had to compare Pacquiao and Mayweather's performances against Mosley, you would have to give Pacquiao the edge just based on the fact he scored the knockdown.
Mayweather was also rocked pretty badly in their fight. Pacquiao was never close to being hurt, and made it through every round without being hit with anything as big as the right hand that Mosley hit Mayweather with.
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Before pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao won a unanimous decision over "Sugar" Shane Mosley, fans at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, left a little early.
I never thought I'd see that, but it represents the action, or lack of action, that took place in the ring.
Scorecards read 119-108, 120-108 and 120-107 for Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao after 12 rounds. Knockdowns were scored by both fighters, but only one was legitimate, and it was Pacquiao's 3rd round knockdown from a left hand.
It was a dominant performance, as expected, so we shouldn't be too disappointed in it. Pacquiao was way too respectful of his opponent though, tapping gloves with him every chance he got.
"It wasn't a great fight," said Ricky Hatton. "Which is very rare for Manny Pacquiao."
"I just wonder at what stage in the fight Shane set for the distance."
"That was all for Manny Pacquiao, but that makes me wonder a little bit more about how Floyd Mayweather handled Shane Mosley, granted he didn't put Mosley down like Pacquiao did."
"I hope it will be the end," said Hatton of Mosley. "He never believes he is too old."
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Through eight rounds of the bout between eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao and four-time world champion Shane Mosley, we have had a few moments of drama, including a 3rd round knockdown suffered by Mosley.
Other than that, there hasn't been anything as memorable, but it's an ok performance by Pacquiao.
We've also had boos from the crowd; yeah, who would have thought? When was the last time the most popular boxer in the sport was booed?
Pacquiao isn't showing the intensity we have known him to have, and it may leave Mosley a chance to still make a comeback or land a big shot in a fight he is losing. I think a lot of people want to see him get the knockout because he was so close to it earlier.
"We've got to be aggressive Shane," trainer Naazim Richardson said between rounds eight and nine.
He's correct. Mosley needs to open up.
Mosley get's credit for a knockdown in round 10, but the replay clearly shows it's a push.
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Round-by-Round analysis of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley fight available here.
Pacquiao dropped Shane Mosley in the third round to earn a knockdown; the first time Mosley has been knocked down since 2002 when he fought the late Vernon Forrest!
He already succeeded in dropping the four-time world champion, which Mayweather couldn't do over 12 rounds. That is an amazing achievement in it's own right, and the fight just started!
It's following Pacquiao's performances over former Mayweather opponents Ricky Hatton and Oscar De La Hoya. If it goes down that route, expect a stoppage sooner or later; something that Mosley has never had to deal with in his 18-year career.
The fourth and fifth rounds are Pacquiao's, but Mosley took the little bit of extra momentum away from the pound-for-pound star when he got the knockdown.
Lets not forget Pacquiao also knocked down Marquez in the third round of their bout, and he only managed to win a close split-decision.
Second half of the fight begins, and he's behind on the cards. There is no doubt about that.
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"Everybody is saying Pacquiao, Pacquiao, Pacquiao," said the former light-heavyweight champion before the bout. "I was in the same position when I fought Roy Jones Jr. All Shane has to do is come out and look this man square in the eye and say to himself, I can beat this guy."
Tarver took part in one of the biggest upsets of the last decade when he knocked out the pound-for-pound king Roy Jones Jr. in the second round of their highly-anticipated rematch.
It's a long shot, but Tarver is right. Mosley is only one shot away from changing the fight and changing history.
At 42, Tarver continues to fight, now in the heavyweight and cruiserweight divisions. His next bout will be against Danny Green in July.
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“The main thing that Shane has obviously always had over his opponents is speed," said Pacquiao's former opponent Ricky Hatton. "He gives that up against Pacquiao in this fight.”
“When you think of the pace Manny goes at, will Mosley be able to make it to the finish line?”
“When you get your hands raised at the end, that was what is was all about for me," Hatton added, referring to the anticipation in the dressing room and what that felt like for him.
Former featherweight champion Barry McGuigan also gave his final thoughts on the bout:
“There is only one last hurrah in Mosley,” said the 50-year-old McGuigan. “Nobody’s ever stopped him. I think this will be the first time he is stopped.”
“I think, even at this stage, Mayweather could have stopped the fight [with Mosley]”.
“Speed and pace is going to be a major issue in this fight.”
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In a thrilling back-and-forth fight between two great super-bantamweights, Jorge Arce came back from an early knockdown to stop his undefeated opponent Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. in the 12th and final round of a very close and competitive bout.
Vazquez' corner threw in the towel with two minutes left in the last round. Showtime commentator, Antonio Tarver responded with "Love steps in."
"I've been there," Tarver said. "That's love stepping in there."
Arce earns a win on his extensive record to improve to 57-6-2 with 44 knockouts plus gets the WBO super-bantamweight title, which is the fourth weight class he has won a title in.
"He absolutely broke Vazquez' heart," said Ricky Hatton. "He [Vazquez] showed much heart till the last round when he had nothing left."
The Mexican fan-favorite appeared to be on his way out of boxing and close to retirement before the bout, but this has to be ranked up there with his best performances and relaunches the momentum he once had in his career.
It was a spectacular fight with an incredible finish from an amazing champion and a very exciting fighter. The scorecards at the time of the stoppage were 107-102 for Arce and 104-104 on the other two.
Pacquiao vs. Mosley is next!








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