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Mosley Speaks on Pacquiao, Ishe Smith Speaks on Performance Enhancing Drugs

Shane Mosley broke his silence this afternoon via Twitter, but it was Ishe Smith who made the most noise. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Update (5:31pm EDT): This is apparently a hot topic now. Shane Mosley tweeted something he probably shouldn't have, which I missed at first, and didn't catch wind of until The Sweet Science's Michael Woods ran this article. For the "other" Manny Pacquiao and steroids discussion, read that take, because it sums up what should be treated as pure fiction very nicely. Twitter reaction toward Mosley has been about what you'd expect.

Shane Mosley has been quiet since Saturday night's post-fight press conference. While the world has addressed his poor performance, and thrown harsh (and realistic) assessments of it out from all angles, the 39-year-old Mosley has said nothing in nearly a week.

This afternoon, he broke his silence via his Twitter account, and summed up the fight very simply:

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Mosley earlier called Manny Pacquiao the strongest puncher he'd ever faced, even more so than Vernon Forrest. Forrest beat Mosley twice in 2002 when Mosley was considered to be at the top of his game and was arguably the best pound for pound fighter in the world at the moment, up there with Roy Jones Jr.

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Another fighter weighed in on that on his Twitter account, just after Mosley posted the above. Ishe Smith, a veteran fighter whose career has taken him all over boxing, had this to say:

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And if you're wondering exactly what he meant, your worse suspicions are probably correct:

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Here we go again.

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shane also said this on twitter

“Pacquiao ex-sparring partner came out a couple days ago stating that he would inject him w steroids – since Ricky fight look that up”

which apparently was a RT from someone else.. i have yet to see this article

http://twitter.com/#!/SugarShaneM/status/68744189101355009

"After this, I'm gonna kick Bob Arum's ass."
-George Lopez

by Eddie Gonzalez on May 12, 2011 5:25 PM EDT reply actions  

The “article” is on a bullshit web site and reads like absolute trash. I’ll dignify Ishe Smith, who is saying what he’s saying under his own name and not hiding about it, but I won’t dignify that nonsense. Michael Woods already said it best at TSS anyway. Until there’s anything credible about it, treat it as pure fiction.

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by Scott Christ on May 12, 2011 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions  

i figured it was something without merit

if we havent heard about it by now.. .that statement.. from a credible source.. would be everywhere by now

"After this, I'm gonna kick Bob Arum's ass."
-George Lopez

by Eddie Gonzalez on May 12, 2011 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

RT = route tracker?

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by BoxAnne on May 12, 2011 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions  

RT = ReTweet

"After this, I'm gonna kick Bob Arum's ass."
-George Lopez

by Eddie Gonzalez on May 12, 2011 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

retweet

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by Scott Christ on May 12, 2011 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

Not a tweeter—thank you.

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939

by BoxAnne on May 12, 2011 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

that doesn’t read right—thank you for the info, I didn’t get it because Twitter looks too addictive to me to go anywhere near.

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939

by BoxAnne on May 12, 2011 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

It’s great fun if it serves you any purpose. Otherwise I still don’t “get it,” but for me it’s a place where I can talk to people who read the site when I’ve got some time to kill.

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by Scott Christ on May 12, 2011 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

Mosley shouldn’t be tweeting/re-tweeting anything defaming Pacquaio. He should be in hiding after three humiliating fights in a row. Take the money and run Shane.

by Sammlung on May 12, 2011 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

I know everyone was waiting on pins and needles to hear your opinion on this, but you’re #justsaying a lot of purely speculative bullshit Ishe.

by Sammlung on May 12, 2011 5:26 PM EDT reply actions  

Wasn't anything speculative about it

Urine tests don’t detect the same thing as blood tests. Fact.

by erod on May 12, 2011 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yes that is a fact, but you really can’t read between the lines? First he says, “If Manny punches harder than him [Vernon Forrest] we have a serious problem”, then follows it with the bit about HGH being undetectable what the hell do you think implying?!

by Sammlung on May 12, 2011 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions  

I like to give the guy a bit more credit then that

Essentially you are saying that this guy believes that nobody can punch harder then Vernon Forrest, because he’s felt a Forrest punch, and if such a man exists, even a man who he has never sparred with, then he’s on some shit. I highly doubt that’s what he meant or implied.

by erod on May 12, 2011 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

Dude, it’s exactly what he’s implying. I like Ishe, always have, and think he’s a great example of a guy whose career was largely mismanaged and doesn’t get the credit he deserves for being a damn good fighter.

And I will say he’s also being a man here — whatever you think of what he said, he’s standing by it and actually talking about it still. And he’s not being a fanatic.

But yes he’s absolutely implying, no matter what he says, that Pacquiao’s accomplishments are highly questionable. It’s thinly-veiled at the very most.

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by Scott Christ on May 12, 2011 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

Ok, didn't see the rest of his tweets

Y’all are right. I’m wrong. He’s pretty much laying it all out there now.

Still don’t think the first tweet about Forrest hitting hard is really related to the other one though.

by erod on May 12, 2011 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

It came within one minute of the Forrest tweet, and the “serious prob” bit gave it away so quickly followed with #justsayin about HGH

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by Scott Christ on May 12, 2011 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

Fine. I concede.

I hate y’all and your logical fact based counter arguments. It’s making me look bad.

by erod on May 12, 2011 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

all respect, of course that’s what he implied.

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by BoxAnne on May 12, 2011 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

Well that's nice that you give him that.

I don’t.

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by kingsfan300 on May 12, 2011 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

Ishe follows up:
“I don’t think a fighter like Manny with so much to lose would cheat, but I didn’t think that about AROD either. People just need to stop being naïve and calling Floyd scared, the #!@%*# is getting old, u don’t get to 40-0 by being scared”

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by Scott Christ on May 12, 2011 5:29 PM EDT reply actions  

I’m not saying this is Floyd, but plenty of fighters build up impressive records that are all fluff.

by Sammlung on May 12, 2011 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

All I meant to say was undefeated records are overrated. And I’ll throw down the gauntlet and say Floyd is scared of Manny. WHO R U PICKIN?

by Sammlung on May 12, 2011 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions  

There is a difference between being scared to fight and scared to lose your precious "0"

Floyd falls in the latter category IMO.

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by SmittytheCutman on May 12, 2011 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

Cough* Chavez *Cough

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by Pops Daniels on May 12, 2011 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

David Rodriguez is close enough…

Still searching for an alive Dan Tucker.

by Dafs on May 12, 2011 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

What, if any, is the relationship between Smith and the Mayweathers? Is there one?

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939

by BoxAnne on May 12, 2011 5:50 PM EDT reply actions  

Dunno. Ishe does live in Vegas so he could theoretically be friendly with the family, but I can’t remember him ever saying anything about it. He’s a pretty mild-mannered guy on Twitter.

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by Scott Christ on May 12, 2011 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

maybe just be-true-to-your-school Vegas-ism

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by BoxAnne on May 12, 2011 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

He was a sparring partner for Mayweather's camp for Mosley

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by kingsfan300 on May 12, 2011 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

Thank you.

Interesting. I don’t really follow FMJ real close outside the ring, don’t know who the members of his posse are, or sparring partners, but my suspicions were immediately aroused.

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939

by BoxAnne on May 12, 2011 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

that is, interesting that Smith would be someone with a Floyd connection, not that the Mayweathers are necessarily “behind” it, just that it would inform his bias.

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939

by BoxAnne on May 12, 2011 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

they’re both black americans.

racial solidarity, the pink elephant in the room.

sugar shay is just “keepin it real”

yeah i said it.

by vvps on May 12, 2011 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

Sometimes I hate the internet

People actually believed that article was credible? Seriously?

by erod on May 12, 2011 6:19 PM EDT reply actions  

At least a few geniuses, yes.

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by Scott Christ on May 12, 2011 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

Just when you think you can't lose any more respect for Shane.

Try to leave some of that legacy untarnished, okay pal? Those are my childhood memories you’re besmirching.

Most people don't know shit about boxing. At all. Period. - Roger Mayweather

by The Kittitas Kid on May 12, 2011 6:26 PM EDT reply actions  

Quite disappointing that Shane felt the need to tweet that, really.

It’s just about as bogus a claim as there could be. I can appreciate Ishe being a bit weirded out about Manny punching harder than Vernon, but then again we’ve got to remember that the Mosley chin that took Pacquiao’s punch has been dented a lot more than the chin that Vernon cracked. Nevertheless, it all just sucks. Pacquiao punches hard – we’ve always known that, and just because Shane said this and Ishe thought that is not going to make the tiniest difference.

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by Oli Goldstein on May 12, 2011 6:29 PM EDT reply actions  

It really does speak poorly of Shane. I will only say in his defense that quite frankly, he’s probably not all that “good at the internet” overall. I’m not sure he realizes just how stupid it seems for him to give that thing ANY shred of credibility.

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by Scott Christ on May 12, 2011 6:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

I dunno. Considering Shane’s actually an ex-EPOer himself, did he reallllly believe that Pacquiao had a sparring partner just willy nilly injecting steroids in him? Like, really? It’s about the most spurious thing I’ve ever heard of.

"Occasionally, there is a boxing match that, in its demonstration of skill, courage, intelligence, hope, seems to redeem the sport - almost. Perhaps boxing has always been a sport in crisis, a sport of crisis."

by Oli Goldstein on May 12, 2011 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

I’d rather try touching the moon than take on Shane’s thinking here.

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by Scott Christ on May 12, 2011 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

his girl is lighting a fire up herself.

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Pacquiao isn’t pride of phili. He’s the Shame.How dare this man claim something that is false. That’s not a champion, he’s Shameless

by ianflo on May 12, 2011 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

oh jesus christ

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by Scott Christ on May 12, 2011 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

She seemed like such a bright young lady. What a pity.

by The Boxer Rebellion on May 12, 2011 8:54 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions  

She should know, as I’m sure Grandpa Shane probably needs some PED’s to keep up with her.

by The Boxer Rebellion on May 12, 2011 8:55 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions  

Why does Ishe need to bother getting involved?

The guy’s in the twilight of his career and whether it was wasted opportunities or mismanagement, it doesn’t matter. Seems to me a cheap way to keep his name out there.

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by SmittytheCutman on May 12, 2011 7:08 PM EDT reply actions  

Well, he is allowed to have an opinion, and #justsayin, he’s not the only person in boxing whose last name isn’t Mayweather to think this way.

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by Scott Christ on May 12, 2011 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

My investigative reporting finds that today, Ishe also traded out his Pacquiao-endorsed HP for a Mac. Coincidence???

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by Scott Christ on May 12, 2011 7:11 PM EDT reply actions  

Someone at the Examiner will probably actually write about that.

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by Scott Christ on May 12, 2011 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

Or Bleacher Report

They’ll link you as the source.

Most people don't know shit about boxing. At all. Period. - Roger Mayweather

by The Kittitas Kid on May 12, 2011 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions  

It's a problem with the sport, not Pacquiao...

I’m not implying Pacquiao is on any kind of PEDs, but if he is, I would think most of the boxers are too… There’s nothing stopping them, and the commissions are in no rush to do anything about it. As much as I hate to say it, it’s not even cheating. It’s finding a loophole in a poor system.

Still searching for an alive Dan Tucker.

by Dafs on May 12, 2011 7:46 PM EDT reply actions  

...

What is everyone’s view on the PED subject if it was Pacquiao pointing the finger at Mayweather? I am confident that more of his haters would be pushing a lot harder than they are now if this issue was vice versa.

We already have Mayweather afraid of losing his beloved “0”. Yet, I sense that the allegations behind how he achieved that flawless record would have steroids closely linked behind if Freddy Roach was the one of accusing Floyd of using.

I wish this heavily sensitive subject of Pacquiao and steroids would vanish. All I know is if my exgirlfriend accuses me of getting her pregnant, it’s easy to deny it, but the only way of proving it is by a DNA test.

Its easy to descredit a guy who has been in the ring 41 times because you dislike him. But if figures around the way are singing the same tune then I would think it would be wise to just oblige the USADA testing that way there are no excuses.

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by Ryan Tical on May 12, 2011 8:30 PM EDT via mobile reply actions  

This is a stupid game.

Wear something sexy to my funeral.

by Pops Daniels on May 12, 2011 8:53 PM EDT reply actions  

about to close comments here

They can go in the newer thread. I just don’t want to track two threads of this is all.

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by Scott Christ on May 12, 2011 8:55 PM EDT reply actions  

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