Manny Pacquiao vs Shane Mosley: Five Reasons This Fight Sucked

WBC welterweight world champion Manny Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO's) fought 39-year-old veteran Shane Mosley (46-7-1, 39 KO's) this past Saturday night in Las Vegas.

The result: Pure unadulterated brutal boredom.

This was one of the worst fights I've seen in the last 5-10 years.

Hyped as a megafight, this was supposed to be at least the "event" of the year.

It instead became the disappointment of the year. Here are five reasons why.

5. Manny Pacquiao Looked Slower and Less Capable

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LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 07: Shane Mosley (R) hits Manny Pacquiao in the fifth round of their WBO welterweight title fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena May 7, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pacquiao retained his title with a unanimous-decision victory. (Photo b

Usually, Manny is quick.

Throwing a Filipino tornado of explosive hand-grenade punches that lay opponents to the canvas.

Pacquiao, through speed and power, destroys his opponents by at least the late rounds.

Not this time, Manny Pacquiao was fighting with "leg cramps," according to the postfight interview.

Pacquiao couldn't do the in-and-out offense of his past few action-packed fights, yet he still landed enough to keep Mosley on the defensive, especially after Mosley suffered a third-round knockdown.

Another aspect that possibly limited Pacquiao's punch output was all the talk of Mosley's punching power.

Pacquiao probably didn't want to go all Filipino Devil on him and feel the unexpected power shot counters Mosley is known for.

Unfortunately, Mosley never even attempted to land anything to justify Pacquiao's more defensive approach on this fight night.

Despite not throwing barely anything, Mosley effectively neutralized a much slower and less aggressive than normal Pacquiao offense throughout most of the fight by using movement.

That brings me to my next reason this fight was hot garbage.

4. Mosley Fought to Survive and Never Intended to Thrive

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LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 07: Shane Mosley (R) talks to his trainer Naazim Richardson between roundsduring the WBO welterweight title fight against Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand Garden Arena May 7, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pacquiao retained his title with

Mosley didn't fight for his legacy. He fought to remain uninjured so he can have fun on the beach when he picks up his $6+ million check.

Pacquiao tried to make the fight interesting by consistently throwing, trying to force an exchange.

That didn't happen and Mosley clinched, pitter-patted Pacquiao's face with the weakest jab I've seen and moved around like this was a marathon instead of boxing.

Mosley's heart looks completely gone, so I hope he will be leave boxing permanently to see if he can find his soul.

3. It Wasn't Free

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LAS VEGAS - DECEMBER 11: (L-R) Victor Ortiz connects with a left to the face of Lamont Petersen during the super lightweight fight at Mandalay Bay Events Center on December 11, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Scott Heavey/Getty Images)

One great fight that happened on HBO recently was Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KO's) vs. formerly undefeated Andre Berto (27-1, 22 KO's) and guess what....

The Fight Was Free!

Ortiz-Berto was a darn good fight for no extra costs, just a monthly HBO subscription.

These overhyped megafights are getting worse and worse, Pacquiao-Mosley no exception.

2. Headbutts-R-Us

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LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 07: (L-R) Shane Mosley and Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines exchange blows in the WBO welterweight title fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 7, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Mosley and Pacquiao actually collided heads more in this fight than Timothy Bradley has in possibly his last two fights.

Bradley is known for a ridiculous amount of headbutting, mostly because of his style of rushing in with his enormous noggin.

Yes! Mosley does have a big head. No, that's still not a good excuse.

I guess style makes fights, and apparently, it also can make headbutts.

1. Shane Mosley Looked Physically Weak

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LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 07: (L) Shane Mosley is knocked down in the third round by Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines in the WBO welterweight title fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 7, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images)

It's official, Shane Mosley needs to retire.

If this is the best he can do, he needs to go.

His legs looked shriveled in comparison to Pacquiao's.

He was loopy off very few connected shots from Pacquiao.

He also seemed to fall and stumble into headbutts because his feet wouldn't cooperate.

Even as he maneuvered successfully out of Pacquiao's way, he would still look uncoordinated.

His lack of grace and swiftness is showing in his second-guessing reluctance to pull the trigger at all.

Goodbye Shane, we still love you, even if this match did suck.

(P.S. Please don't ever fight again.)