MANILA, Philippines ? What Floyd Mayweather and the three others could not do to Shane Mosley ? that is, knock him out ? Manny Pacquiao will, once they cross paths on April 16, 2011 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Reporting from Los Angeles on Saturday, Pacquiao?s Canadian adviser Mike Koncz told the Bulletin that there is a fine storyline to make a Pacquiao-Mosley showdown.
?Mayweather needed all 12 rounds to beat Mosley and I believe Manny?s going to do something to Mosley that Mayweather and the rest didn?t do when they fought Mosley,? said Koncz.
?Manny?s going to become the first fighter to stop Mosley,? said Koncz, who is personally batting for Mosley as Pacquiao?s next opponent. ?The danger will be the first three rounds with Mosley and after that, Manny?s got him all figured out.?
A professional since 1993, Mosley, 39, has racked up a 46-6-1 win-loss-draw record with 39 knockouts and is being seriously considered not only by Koncz but by Pacquiao and Top Rank chief Bob Arum as well to be the Filipino pound-for-pound king?s next rival.
All of Mosley?s losses were on points, which is a testament to his staying power and durability.
Still, Koncz made it clear that not only will be Mosley?s offersheet will be reviewed by Pacquiao but the proposals as well of current lightweight king Juan Manuel Marquez and reigning welterweight ruler Andre Berto.
Pacquiao and Arum are expected to make an announcement sometime during the tailend of Arum?s visit to the country in the third week of this month.
