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It's official -- PACQUIAO vs. MOSLEY on May 7, 2011

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DeeezNuuuts83:
Any thoughts?

A lot of people online are talking shit about being disappointed, but they said the same thing when it was announced that Pacquiao was going to fight Margarito.  Mosley's getting old, but he's no slouch.  Hopkins is even older and he still put up a solid fight, even though he got put on his ass a couple of times.

But really, what were people expecting?  Obviously Mayweather wasn't going to fight this time around.  Marquez is a much less recognizable name and has only fought once above lightweight and wasn't handling the weight that well, plus at this stage in their careers (and Manny's), Marquez won't really be more challenging than Mosley.  Berto is even less recognizable (though I wouldn't mind seeing that fight, especially once Berto gets more popular after some bigger fights), though I appreciate how his camp took the news of Mosley having been selected, as they were saying that it made sense to them why Mosley was chosen while acknowledging that Berto is still relatively young and unknown, though they were hopeful of their time coming soon.  I can't say the same about Marquez and them, who has been spouting that "Marquez Beat Pacquiao Twice" bullshit, asking for far too much money (not just compared to Shane but also relative to what his name will do for the fight financially) and for suggesting that Pacquiao fight Berto next solely because of Mosley's now shaky relationship with Golden Boy.

Javier:
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

.:DaYg0sTyLz:.:
Kind of sucks cus for years Mosley was my favorite fighter. Obviously Berto would be a better matchup. But Bob Arums job is as a promoter. His job is to make the fight that will get the most PPV Buys and tickets sold. Berto wouldnt do that. And Mayweather just isnt happening. So I cant blame Arum for makin this fight happen. Should be interesting. It seems like Manny as of late has been taking on fighters that Mayweather has beat (or ducked, Margarito), and is one-upping him. Mayweather gets by De La Hoya, Manny crushes him. Mayweather gets TKO in the tenth against Hatton, Manny crushes Hatton by KO in the second. Mayweather has always ducked Margarito, Manny destroys him. Mayweather beat Mosley by decision....now Manny is taking him on. If he keeps up his trend, he is taking every fighter Mayweather beats...and beating them worse. Maybe to prove a point?

DeeezNuuuts83:
^ Yup.  People can say what they want about Pacquiao taking mostly Mayweather's sloppy seconds, but check it out:

De La Hoya - Mayweather won by split decision, while Pacquiao TKO'd him in 8
Hatton - Mayweather won by KO in 10, while Pacquiao KO's him in 2 (with easily one of the greatest KOs of the past decade)
Cotto - Mayweather didn't fight him, while Pacquiao TKO'd him in 12
Clottey - I'll keep it real, this one doesn't really matter much
Margarito - Mayweather dodged him to fight Baldomir instead for the same money, while Pacquiao won by UD

Mayweather did beat Marquez easily, but let's not forget that he was forcing him to move up two weight classes while also not honoring the catchweight.  Had Pacquiao been facing Marquez instead this coming May, rest assured, Marquez would not go the distance.  Mayweather did also slap around Mosley (who really did just give up after the second round) while saying that since Mosley also beat Margarito (ignoring what may have been going through Margarito's head that night) who beat Cotto (ignoring that Margarito's gloves may have been loaded that fight too), that makes him better than all of them, but he ignores the fact that Cotto beat Mosley by UD.  Pacquiao's at least willing to be the king of the mountain by beating everyone instead of the guy who beat the guy who beat the guy.

Javier:
Not really proving a good point

-Mayweather beat a younger De La Hoya at his best weight 154 compared to 147 and with gloves that De La Hoya wanted
-Mayweather set the blueprint for Hatton
-Mayweather vs Mosley and the events after is going exactly how Mayweather predicted it before even choosing to fight Mosley.  He was "ducking" Mosley, then when he shuts him down people will say "Oh he's too told etc".  It's been a lose-lose situation from the start, and now Pac is going to "prove" he's better than Mayweather by beating a 1 year older Mosley? NAAAA



If Mayweather ducked Margarito, then what Pac is doing is even worse.  Mayweather actually fought the WBC champ instead of the Margarito fight. There IS money with Pac vs Berto.  There is TONS of money with Pac vs Martinez/JMM.  

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