Dustup Between Mosley and Mayweather Was As Real As Pam Anderson's Breasts
WBA welterweight super champion “Sugar” Shane Mosley is scheduled to battle undefeated “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather May 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
However, the two pugilists nearly fought Tuesday during a publicity tour for their bout at the Nokia Theater in New York City.
Granted, the dustup between Mosley (46-5-1, 39 KOs) and Mayweather (40-0, 25 KOs) appeared to be staged and as authentic as Pamela Anderson’s breasts.
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Nevertheless, it is quite evident that there is genuine animosity between Mosley and Mayweather.
“He may be the champ, but we all know belts don’t do nothing but collect dust,” said Mayweather, 33, the winner of six world boxing championships in five different weight classes. “I’m in the check-cashing business, baby.”
Mayweather, who captured the bronze medal as a featherweight at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, had an opportunity to really be “in the check-cashing business, baby.”
A scrap between “Pretty Boy” and Ring Magazine’s number one pound-for-pound boxer, Manny Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KOs), would have generated unprecedented riches.
The Pacquiao versus Mayweather contest was tentatively slated to occur March 13.
However, the matchup pathetically disintegrated when the two asinine camps could not agree upon a drug testing protocol for the fight.
Mayweather instead inked a contract to fight Mosley who, almost comically considering the aforementioned dispute, admitted to a grand jury in 2003 that he used steroids and was connected to the notorious BALCO scandal.
Specifically, Mosley, the winner of world titles in three weight divisions, acknowledged that he used “the cream” and “the clear” and injected himself with a blood oxygen enhancer labeled EPO.
“Sugar” Shane and “Pretty Boy” have agreed to undergo random drug testing up until their actual bout in two months.
“I can’t say how many fights Shane has won in the past because we know Shane was using enhancement drugs. That’s something we do know,” said Mayweather, currently the second ranked pound-for-pound fighter in the world. “It’s no different than Pacquiao. I offered Pacquiao the fight. I said, ‘We’ll give you $25 million.’ I never met a man who wouldn’t take a $25 million drug test.”
Instead of mudslinging, Mosley rather chose to praise Mayweather.
“It’s been a long time since I got a chance to show the world that I’m the best fighter, and that’s all that I really want, to be the best,” said Mosley, 38. “I’m going to take my hat off to Mayweather, because I didn’t think I was ever going to get a fight from any of these top fighters. He said, ‘Yeah man, I’ll take that challenge. I’ll fight you.’”
Mosley is a very talented and gifted prizefighter and he is certainly capable of blemishing Mayweather’s perfect mark.
“Styles make fights,” said Roger “Pit” Perron, 73, a longtime boxing trainer from Brockton who now works with Mike and Rich Cappiello at their gym, Cappiello Brothers Boxing and Training. “Mosley is the one guy that can beat Floyd. Mosley has quick hands, he will press the fight, and he is a legit welterweight who has fought real champions.”
Perron also stated his contention that Mosley will actually be a more difficult opponent for Mayweather than Pacquiao would have been.
“Mosley is a tough guy. I think Floyd would have beaten Pacquiao. But, I don’t know if Floyd can take Mosley.”
Mosley will force the action in the ring and Mayweather will inevitably backpedal and avoid “Sugar” at all costs.
Still, expect Mayweather to score handily with periodic flurries and ultimately emerge with a narrow decision victory over Mosley.
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