WBA welterweight (147 pounds) super champion, Shane Mosley, is coming off of a January, 2009, ninth-round knockout of hard-hitting, Antonio Margarito, a man known for having a chin which kept him from having been stopped at any point in his career prior to that.
On May 1, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the 38-year-old Mosley (46-5) will face 33-year-old Floyd Mayweather (40-0, 25 KOs), a man who has won six titles over the course of five different weight classes.
And during their press conference promoting the fight at Washington, D.C.’s Lincoln Theatre, Mosley said that he will be the first man to knock out Mayweather as well. Mosley will end a nearly 16-month layoff when he enters the ring against Mayweather, who, himself, ended a nearly two year ring absence when he earned September’s lopsided victory over Juan Manuel Marquez.
