Schaefer looking to make Mayweather-Mosley

Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times reports that Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer will soon be in contact with members of Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s management, looking to make a long-awaited fight between the semi-retired pound-for-pound ex-king and his Hall of Fame-bound counterpart, Shane Mosley.

[Mosley's] beaming promoter, Richard Schaefer, hugged Mosley and whispered into his ear: "I will start having conversations with Team Mayweather tomorrow morning," Schaefer said.

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[Mosley would] like to avenge a November 2007 loss to Miguel Cotto. Yet Schaefer asked, "How does Floyd Mayweather Jr. sound?" Said Mosley: "Great."

Contacted by The Times on Sunday morning, Mayweather Jr.'s manager, Leonard Ellerbe, essentially opened the negotiations this way: "Floyd is retired."

Of course he's retired, Leonard. Of course he is.

Pugmire calls it "almost stupefying" that Mayweather-Mosley never happened, but it's just one of those things. It never happened because neither of them ever wanted it so bad that they made it happen. I would bet there's a 10% chance Richard Schaefer can find a way to make this deal, but it's fun to hope. Like I said, I'd gladly pay to see Mayweather and Mosley finally lock horns, even if it's a little later than I'd have liked.

Can you imagine their fight with both at their peak?