Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley: This Bout Is Already over

Pound-for-pound royalty Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao will fight former three-division champion “Sugar” Shane Mosley Saturday night at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas.

Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KOs), the first prizefighter to capture ten world crowns in eight different weight classes, last fought in November when he brutally battered Mexican Antonio “Tijuana Tornado” Margarito to earn a violent and decisive unanimous decision triumph.

Pacquiao administered ring justice on Margarito (38-7-0-1, 27 KOs) and grotesquely fractured the “Tijuana Tornado’s” orbital bone.

Out of sheer pity, “Pac-Man” curtailed his assault from the 10th round on.

At 32, Pacquiao, one of the greatest scrappers to ever enter the squared circle, is at the zenith of his abilities.

On the contrary, Mosley (46-6-1-1, 39 KOs) is categorically spent, and was unjustly granted this opportunity out of mere name recognition.

Mosley was manhandled by Floyd Mayweather last May, and lagged through a pathetically uninspired draw against “The Latin Snake” Sergio Mora (22-1-1, 6 KOs) in September.

Mosley, an admitted user of steroids, will be 40 in a few months, and he is likely off the juice that may have triggered many of his victories in the ring.

“Sugar” could not have overcome the rapid and powerful fists of the “Pac-Man” during his prime years.

At this juncture, it will be virtually miraculous if the BALCO conspirator manages to last seven rounds with Pacquiao.

In Sin City this weekend, Mosley will be floored by “The Fighting Pride of the Philippines” for the first time in his career, and he won’t manage to scrape himself of the canvas.

Shane Mosley is finished.

Manny Pacquiao, named “Fighter of the Decade” for the 2000s by the Boxing Writers Association of America, is somehow just getting started.

The Pacquiao-Mosley bout is already over.