Mayweather signs contract to fight Mosley on May 1
by Scott Christ on Feb 3, 2010 5:26 PM EST
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Golden Boy Promotions sent out a press release today making it official: Floyd Mayweather Jr. has signed on the dotted line to face WBA welterweight titlist Shane Mosley on May 1 in Las Vegas.
The news comes just a day after Golden Boy's Richard Schaefer said he was frustrated by waiting for Mayweather to sign the contract, hoping to take the fighters to the Super Bowl and get press there. The same was done in 2007 for Mayweather's fight with Oscar de la Hoya, and hopefully Golden Boy can still make that happen -- if it was ever a real issue to begin with.
Mayweather (40-0, 25 KO) last fought in September when he routed Juan Manuel Marquez in a physical mismatch that left just about everyone besides Floyd's biggest fans wanting more, or questioning his guts. Taking on Mosley (46-5, 39 KO) is maybe the biggest risk of his career, and certainly the biggest he's taken since he became a major star. Mosley, 38, still looked fantastic last year against Antonio Margarito, though he's been out of the ring since that January fight.
We've all said many times how much we love this fight, how long we've wanted to see it, how great it is that Floyd is taking the sort of challenge everyone -- from the "haters" to the "fanboys" -- wants to see him take.
Mosley said, "I have always wanted to fight Floyd and now it is finally coming true. I am already in great shape and ready to show everyone on May 1 that I am stronger, faster and better than he is. I will have no problem beating him."
Mayweather had no quotes at this time, but rest assured he'll have plenty in the coming weeks and months.
The fight will have the blood testing that Mayweather wanted to fight Manny Pacquiao, so if there's still anyone out there holding onto the strange belief that Mayweather wasn't asking Mosley to do the same thing he asked Pacquiao to do, this will hopefully end that discussion. They're doing it.
If a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight doesn't happen in 2010 (and it's iffier than a lot of people believe, I think), there's a really good chance that Mosley-Mayweather will be the biggest fight of 2010.
I also don't really want to bring race into it, and I know some people get really sensitive about this stuff, but this is the first "megafight" between two black American fighters in some time. That's pretty amazing given how massive a footprint African-American fighters have made on this sport. It's the biggest all-American fight since Oscar-Floyd, too. I think there's a chance that this fight does a really huge PPV buyrate, by which I mean the biggest since Oscar-Floyd.
All that's left to do now is promote, talk trash, and then get it on. Center of the ring, May 1 at the MGM Grand, Floyd Mayweather and Shane Mosley will go eye-to-eye. I can't wait.
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I am a pure boxing fan but this guy not going to ever get his due! I know his style is not to get hit but now if he beats Mosley then Mosley old! If he beats Paq then PAC to little it always going to be something so he in a no win situation honestly the only welter weight I see that could beat him is Paul Willimas if he came down other than that he going to go thru these welter weights with a split ot majority decisions!
I also don’t really want to bring race into it, and I know some people get really sensitive about this stuff, but this is the first “megafight” between two black American fighters in some time.
Whoa, you’re right. It’s probably the biggest since, what, Tyson-Holyfield?
blame
the promoters. A fight between guys of different races brings a larger audience. Its nationalistic pride. Matching up two Mexican boxers would mean they youre splitting the audience when you could be drawing in another demographic with a different fighter. What would be the point of having Cotto fight another guy from PR on parade weekend in NYC if he already fills The Garden and gets every boxing fan on the island to watch?
I don’t doubt that this is part of the reason, but only a part. Promoters thought the same way in the ‘80s and ’90s too, so this isn’t a new phenomenon. When the #1 and #2 guys in a division are from the same ethnic group, they’re still going to end up fighting most of the time (Barrera-Morales, Vazquez-Marquez…).
There have been other big PPV fights between African Americans since then
We’re just talking biggest fights of the last 25 or so years though here. Hopkins-Wright comes to mind as one that wasn’t too long ago and did pretty well for itself. Others that happened after Holyfield-Tyson: Holyfield-Moorer, Jones-Tarver, Hopkins-Taylor, etc.
Would you believe that the live gate for Hopkins-Calzaghe was $3 million higher than for Pacquiao-Cotto??? I wouldn’t, but officially, it was…
http://boxing.nv.gov/New_Gates.htm
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Forgot about those. I think this fight is bigger than most of them, but not all of them. Taylor-Wright was pretty big too.
This fight will easily be bigger than all of them. This will do 1 million plus on PPV.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
Ok then: Tyson-Holyfield it is! (I don’t know how many buys that fight did, but I don’t know if numbers can be compared apples-to-apples for fights 15 years apart anyway. Changes in the economy, changes in the population, changes in the industry.)
Which one of those fights was the biggest one of that group?
Without a doubt
But saying, there HAVE been big fights between African American fighters. Just I think Mayweather-Mosley will be one of the 15 or so biggest fights of the PPV era.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Great
that this fight is on.It is ridiculous that you feel you have to apologize for stating a fact about this being a fight between 2 black fighters buit i know exactly where you are coming from,SC.It is worth mentioning seen as black fighters have been the most successful of all through history.
It may sound paranoid but it is also worth considering,as you alluded to that this signing the contract thing was never really an issue and it is all done just to hype the fight.
Taking bets...
For how much PPV is going to charge for this fight.
The Pacquiao/Cotto was 54.99/59.99 for HD if I remember correctly. I’m thinking this gets +$10 each side.
2010 is going to be a great year for boxing
"I guess I can’t do anything if you’re just irrational, but to point it out and move on."
- fundamentallysound
by J Theory on Feb 3, 2010 5:53 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Waiting for someone to say...
…they wont believe it until the guys are actually in the ring together because Mayweather will do anything to make a fight not happen despite having signed a contract. I’m sure there is somebody out there that actually believes Floyd would breach a contract.
But on the real, this fight is going to be great. I can’t wait.
Oh and props to Mosley for not being a baby about giving blood.
Mayweather
quoted on as saying ‘i wasn’t going to waste anyone’s time with a tune-up fight’.
Well,seen as you already had a tune-up fight,no need for another really:).
First off this was obvious
Once the contract was drawn up Floyd was going to sign (he’d bitch before the contract got signed otherwise).
Also, so let me say it Floyd by relatively wide UD. I’m going….
117-111
117-111
116-112
Book it!
Not bad.Not bad at all. I will break it down in early April. I see it as the “Imperfect Storm.”
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Feb 3, 2010 11:32 PM EST up reply actions
Mosley via TKO 10
The Dude Abides
by battle axe of doom on Feb 3, 2010 11:41 PM EST up reply actions
Mayweather Quotes
Heres some Mayweather Quotes from the official press realease…
“This one is definitely for the fans as I wasn’t going to waste anyone’s time with a meaningless tune-up bout and asked to fight Shane immediately,” said Mayweather. “I have said ever since I came back to the sport that I only wanted to fight the best. I think Shane is one of the best, but come May 1, he still won’t be great enough to beat me.”
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs044/1102055440350/archive/1102998197958.html
The best. Yep.
Like a blown up 144lb Juan Manuel Marquez.
In fact, exactly like that.
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
Sorry?
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
Mayweather's opinion I presume
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Feb 4, 2010 2:57 PM EST up reply actions
Surely not Chaos's (grammar? always get's me that one)
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Feb 4, 2010 2:57 PM EST up reply actions
I'll moider da bum
any bum, in fact, that says my opinion don’t mean shit…
However, I think this was a mistake, having looked further down the page…. :)
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
Mosley is going to get murdered...
When Mosley fought Winky the scorecards were 117-111, 117-111, 116-112.
That was 6 years ago when Mosley was 32.
In his last three fights Mosley has fought Margarito(who has a question mark over his entire career), Mayorga(who isnt a very good fighter) and Cotto who beat him down and won a unanimous decision.
This is going to be an ugly fight for Mosley, even uglier than when Wright mauled him(which you can see here if you haven’t already: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6970CE9B3BB64A2E&search_query=wright+mosley&rclk=pti).
I take Money by wide decision. Mayweather will win every round in my opinion and retire Mosley albeit with a good payday. Mosley has no chance at all of winning.
Cotto who beat him down
That’s not how I’d put that fight at all — very competitive, both guys hurt the other, both guys kept coming. Great fight.
But you could very well be right that it’ll be ugly out there for Shane. It’s certainly one possibility
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on Feb 4, 2010 12:18 AM EST up reply actions
In fact,
it was Cotto who was in reverse all the wat after taking some body shots in the 9th round.
by Don From Prov on Feb 4, 2010 10:24 AM EST up reply actions
Facts.
He wasn’t stating facts. He was offering his opinion.
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
Yeah
but when your opinion’s wrong,it doesn’t mean s**t.
I posted this twice by accident.Worth saying again though,In My Opionion…:).
Well
I would percieve a beat down to be a very clear and distinct win which the Mosley-Cotto fight wasn’t so the line blurs a bit. Not that it’s important.
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Feb 4, 2010 2:56 PM EST up reply actions
I’m only saying that if one guy thinks it was a beat down (I don’t), then to ask him to “get his facts right” is a touch… er…. (insert adjective here)
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
fair enough
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Feb 4, 2010 2:58 PM EST up reply actions
Sadly, it has become a very common tactic on the Internet, not to mention in life generally, for people to think it’s perfectly ok for them to say False Factual Statement A because they phrased it as, “In my opinion, False Factual Statement A.”
Not that Dover’s example is so egregious. I guess that’s a borderline call between fact and opinion. But egregious examples are very common elsewhere.
I thought Cotto out jabbed Mosley in that fight but ‘Sugar’ landed some sweet right hands if i remember correctly (i only saw the fight once).It was a close fight and at the time i thought Mosley just nicked it…….That’s just my ‘opinion’.
To say Mosley got ‘beat down’ is just plain wrong.
I thought Cotto won 7-5. Both guys landed some sweet right hands. That fight (along with the Gomez fight, which was a beatdown) were Cotto at the absolute peak of his powers. He was a hell of a fighter. Still pretty good today, of course.
Oh Yeah
Cotto was a hell of a fighter,for his skills and also because he fought the best from 140-147 at his peak.That’s why it’s taken it’s toll today and why a lot of fighters avoid the tough challenges.
Cotto took ’em all on.
He might not be done yet either.
I would still love to see him fight Mayweather. It will always irritate me that we didn’t get to see those two fight in 2008 when they both would have been at or near their peaks. I would have favored Mayweather odds-wise, but it would have been a tremendously intriguing contest because of all the qualities Cotto brought to the table: body punching, intelligent pressure, mental toughness, the ability to switch to southpaw, etc.
And what a spectacle it would have been to see Floyd trashtalk Cotto on a 24/7. Oscar reacted to it awkwardly; Hatton lost his temper. Those are the types of responses Floyd likes to provoke. But Cotto would have reacted with nothing but his icy badass stare. The contrast between them would have been visually awesome.
Hatton lost his temper?
I don’t remember it like that at all.
Hatton, in my eyes, tried to turn everything into a joke.
“Floyd, can you stop touching my dick?”
“I won;t miss my son that much, cos I’ll be spending so much time with this fucking 6 year old….”
“If he dances like he did on Dances with the Stars, he’s fucking no chance….”
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
I thought there was some rage below the surface there but YMMV. (But didn’t Hatton say after the fight that he had messed up by letting Floyd get under his skin?)
I think he meant during the fight, rather than before it.
But, you’re welcome to your opinion too. :)
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
Yeah
that was on my most wanted list around that time too.And who knows,if Floyd beats Shane and Manny (though i have doubts that fight will EVER get made),and Cotto rebuilds,it could still be a big name fight for Floyd (which we all know is most important to him).Like you said i would much rather have seen it a couple of years back.
What’s the deal on blood tests? Anybody know? Just wondering if they will be the same as was proposed and turned down by Pacman……
yes
They’re exactly the same.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on Feb 4, 2010 12:18 AM EST up reply actions
This is another thing that helps Floyd to give Manny a black eye.
If they ever fight, who wins is irrelevant. Floyd has already done what he set out to do, which is ruin (or at least taint) Pacquaio’s legacy.
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
Yup
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Feb 4, 2010 2:56 PM EST up reply actions
As I said a few topics down ..
Much ado about nothing. If the fight doesn’t happen due to Floyd being the one not to sign even though all the terms were agreed to, then the naysayers can get their pitchforks ready. For the moment, it’s much ado about nothing.
We all knew he was going to sign soon. Those who didn’t, shame on you. Got you talking about him, though, didn’t it?
Twitter: @FlyByKnite
yeah, that crafty Mayweather!
It’s tough to get boxing sites to talk about what Floyd Mayweather’s doing, so he really scored a “touchdown” heading into Super Bowl weekend!
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on Feb 4, 2010 12:18 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Boo Hamen
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
LOL
It’s not like a boxing news site would report the news, either….
I loved the way you were castigated for reporting that Floyd had not yet signed the contract, when, he had not yet signed a contract. Shame on you and your alarmist ways.
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
Mosley is going to win this one....
Floyd will not be able to dodge, duck, dive and dip the entire fight. Mosley’s going to test that chin at some point in the fight, and it won’t be like that “Chop-Chop” Corley punch. This one’s gonna have ill will attached to it.
I think it's a south paw thing
He got tagged with a good shot from Judah too. I have yet to see a righty hit him with something good and flush like that.
let's get it on!
oooh I hope this won’t be a stinker.. Here’s to hoping that the undercards won’t suck
ortiz and alvarez have already been mentioned … but now campbell ortiz has been hinted at for a BAD with gurrero katsidis …
pac clottey announced under is pretty shitty i hoep gbp does much better then that. but either way i am amped for the card and i will be buying it either way
well seeing as your avy is of JMM-Floyd, anything should be able to satisfy you :p
j/k btw
The Dude Abides
by battle axe of doom on Feb 3, 2010 11:40 PM EST up reply actions
lol the shrunken image looks like PBF, my bad G
The Dude Abides
by battle axe of doom on Feb 4, 2010 12:00 AM EST up reply actions
it won’t be a FOTM contender, but it’ll be interesting
The Dude Abides
by battle axe of doom on Feb 3, 2010 11:40 PM EST up reply actions
Let's be clear..
After Mayweather beats Mosley and makes him look like DLH, please don’t post comments about Mosley was to old. Mayweather is going to beat Mosley to the punch and he will disrupt his offense with the body shots. You know Mosley hates body shots, the late veteran VERNON FORREST exposed that.
If you always thought what you thought, then you wouldn't think what you knew.
I agree that Mayweather should be given due credit if he wins this.There should be no negative comments about Shane’s age.He had a resurgence in his last fight and is ranked highly by all the most respected writer’s/websites.
This is a genuinely tough challenge for Floyd.One that i think he will win,all the same.
It depends on how Mosley looks. Educated boxing fans will be able to tell the difference between a loss where Mosley looks faded, and a loss where Mosley looks like himself but is still beaten.
dude stop hatin'
If Shane Mosley clearly looks old you BETTER NOT say that he did! HATER!
Wins age, too. Some look better over time. Some do not. We won’t have a clear head on how any possible Mayweather win over Mosley looks until well after. Like how Calzaghe’s win over Jeff Lacy has aged for shit.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on Feb 4, 2010 11:19 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
heh
Of course. Silly me. If Mosley looks old, it will obviously be because “Floyd made him look old.” That’s the ticket.
I'm glad you two have finally got this sorted out.
Anything bad about Mosley after a Floyd win = Floyd hating.
Anything less than stellar about floyd after a Floyd win = Floyd hating
Anything bad about Floyd if he loses = Floyd hating
Anything good about any opponent that does beat Floyd = Floyd hating.
Glad we could have this chat.
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
Thats Right Taco Pal.
Fighters can get old at any time when they are Mosley’s age.As you say educated,level-headed fans should be able to tell the difference.
Floyd by clear UD. Too young, too fast, too good a defensive fighter. It’ll be a typically dull tactical Mayweather victory.
Dull Fight ?
There is nothing cool about getting your ass beat for sake of someone else.
If you always thought what you thought, then you wouldn't think what you knew.
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