Manny Pacquiao Will Earn a Sixth-Round Knockout over a "Black Fighter" Tonight

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

Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KOs) weighed-in for the hyped prizefight yesterday at 145 pounds and Mosley (46-6-1-1, 39 KOs) tipped the scales at the 147-pound limit.

“Pac-Man” has justifiably been installed as an overwhelming 8-to-1 favorite to defeat “Sugar Shane.”

Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach agrees with the Vegas oddsmakers and he was quoted on LATimes.com saying he predicts Mosley won’t manage to go the distance.

"It's all there," said Roach, 50, a native of Dedham (Mass.) who has been honored on four occasions as the Trainer of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America. "My true gut feeling is that we'll win every round and the knockout should come."

Pacquiao, the first pugilist to capture 10 world crowns in eight different weight classes, last fought in November when he brutally battered Mexican cheater 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 compassion and pity, “Pac-Man” curtailed his assault from the 10th round on.

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

Conversely, Mosley is pushing 40 and he is categorically spent without the juice that likely triggered many of his triumphs in the ring.

In reality, “Sugar Shane” was wrongly granted this opportunity strictly out of name recognition.

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

Despite Pacquiao’s litany of accomplishments and accolades, there always seem to be critics who want to diminish his overall stature.

Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins became the most recent individual to attempt to discount Pacquiao’s brilliance in the squared circle.

Hopkins (51-5-1-1, 32 KOs), a pugilistic marvel who once successfully defended his middleweight title a record 20 times, claimed to the Associated Press in December that Pacquiao has sidestepped battling African-Americans throughout his spectacular career.

"Listen, this ain't a racial thing, but then again, maybe it is," said Hopkins, 45, an ex-convict who is destined for future induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

"But the style that is embedded in most of us black fighters, that style could be a problem to any other style of fighting. I’m talking about an inner-city, American-born fighter who has the style of maybe a Floyd Mayweather or a Zab Judah or a Shane Mosley.”

Hopkins continued his inane and nonsensical rant.

“That's why Floyd Mayweather would beat Manny Pacquiao, because the styles that African American fighters—and I mean, black fighters from the streets or the inner cities—would be successful.

"I think Floyd Mayweather would pot-shot Pacquiao and bust him up in between the four-to-five punches that Pacquiao throws and then set him up later on down the line."

Pacquiao would categorically annihilate the slightly above-average Judah (41-6-0-2, 28 KOs), and Mayweather (41-0, 25 KOs) has avoided the overwhelming congressman like anthrax for two years.

The cowardly clown pocket known as “Money” has only fought twice in approximately four years.

Pacquiao can only scrap a fighter who is willing to battle him.

To his credit, Mosley is courageous and obviously willing to throw fists with Pacquiao.

Unfortunately for “Sugar,” he could not have overcome the rapid and powerful punches of “Pac-Man” during his prime years.

In 2011, it will be virtually miraculous if the BALCO conspirator manages to last seven rounds with Pacquiao.

Roughly eight hours from now in “Sin City”, Mosley will be floored by “The Fighting Pride of the Philippines” for the first time in his career and he won’t be able to scrape himself off the canvas.

The iconic Manny Pacquiao will add to his glittering legacy later this evening by quickly knocking a “black fighter(s) from the streets” onto Queer Street.