FLOYD MAYWEATHER delivered the 41st victory of his career with a unanimous points decision over Shane Mosley.
Mosley had vowed to give unbeaten Mayweather the stiffest test of his career at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The 38-year-old came close to flooring his fellow American in the second but eventually lost 11 of the 12 rounds.
And Mayweather, who was given the nod 119-109, 119-109 and 118-110 by the judges, was delighted with his performance.
He said: “I gave the fans what they wanted to see.
“I went toe-to-toe. That’s not my style but I wanted to give them that kind of fight and I knew I could do it.
“They wanted to see me moving and coming forward, so that’s what I did.
“We should have pressed the attack a lot earlier and we could have got the knockout.
“But Mosley is a tough customer and he is one hell of a fighter.”
A big right and a quick combination in round two rocked Mayweather, who outclassed Juan Manuel Marquez last September.
But the 33-year-old admitted the scare actually helped him focus on the task at hand.
He said: “That’s all with the territory of boxing ? only the strongest survive.
“This is a contact sport, some time you are going to get hit with big shots, you must suck it up and keep fighting hard like a warrior.”
Mayweather has still not given up hope of a showdown with pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao.
But he could not resist taking a dig at the Filipino, who pulled out of contract negotiations earlier this year over a row about blood testing.
Money said: “If Pacquiao wants to fight, it’s not hard to find me.
“If he will take the blood and urine tests, we can make the fight happen for all the fans.”
