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Mosley vows upset By Eddie Alinea PhilBoxing.com Wed, 27 Apr 2011  ?Sugar? Shane Mosley reiterated his vow to win his World Boxing Organization welterweight championship fight against Filipino defending champion Manny Pacquiao and go home with the 147-pound division belt in his hands after their scheduled 12-round scuffle in Las Vegas. Not only that, the 39-year-old three-division champion, likewise, promised to do what many considered impossible via knockout. During a conference call with international media, Mosley assured all those who participated he has the speed, the power and all that is needed in proving his detractors wrong. Citing Pacquiao?s recent 12-round overwhelming decision victory over Mexican Antonio Margarito November last year, Mosley said: "I look at the Margarito fight and I noticed that Margarito landed the most punches ever on Manny Pacquiao," Shane noted. "If Margarito is fast enough to land punches on Manny Pacquiao then I know I am fast enough to land punches." ? The Pomona, California pride, likewise, commented on his last year?s lackluster showing against undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Sergio Mora, two losses which according to him cold turn a blessing in disguise in his encounter with the pound-for-pound king. It can be recalled that Mosley rocked Mayweather in the second round of that match but was thoroughly dominated for each stanza afterwards, losing a lopsided decision. Four months later he squared off with former champion Mora and had to settle for a majority draw in a fight that was boringly dreadful to match. Mosley explained that had those listless performances not happened, he might not have found himself where he is today fighting the world?s best fighter. "If it wasn't for those two fights I probably wouldn't be here fighting Manny Pacquiao today. So those two fights were needed," Mosley said. Commenting on the heavy-underdog tag given him by Las Vegas odds makers, he said: "It gives me a lot of motivation, to overcome what people are saying, I don't really care if I am an underdog or not. What matters is what happens in the ring. Nothing else matters right now." Defying the odds, indeed, has marked Shane?s career as he has often produced some of the best in him when his back was to the wall. Margarito was a clear favorite to dominate him in January of 2009 when he made his critics ate their words by stopping the Mexican over nine rounds. "The only thing I remember back when I fought Margarito was that everyone thought I was going to get killed and all this crap they were saying," said a bemused Mosley. "It kept motivating me. There were different things going on in my life and I just went to myself and motivated myself and came out with the victory. I just felt good and I had a great training camp that time." Mosley though spoke of his more illustrious opponent with admiration as early as when the Filipino was still fighting at 126 and 130 pounds going up against some of the great Mexican legends like Erik Morales, Juan Manuel Marquez and Marco Antonio Barrera and how he started as a 106-pound campaigner to move up in weight later in his career while still having great success. "I thought that he was a very good fighter, even back then," Mosley said with admiration. "He had a lot of energy. And that was a tough division with Morales, Barrera, Marquez and Pacquiao. Then he moved up several weight classes and pretty much did the same thing. It's remarkable. You can only take your hat off to him. He's one of the greats of this era." While Mosley is quick to pay respect, he also talked about his reasons for being confident. "Yeah, I have a lot of advantages, I believe, over him. All I gotta do is exploit them.? Click here to view a list of other articles written by Eddie Alinea.  |
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