Sat, May 7, 2011 sees the grouping's name one pound-for-pound pugilist, Manny Pacquiao, locomote sanction into the band. Pacquiao leave play "Sugar" Shane Mosley on Showtime pay-per-view. The PPV program starts at 9:00 p.m. ET.
How They Fit Up
Shane Mosley - 46-6-1 (39 KO), 39 geezerhood old, 5'9", 74" hit, Semiofficial Unit - 147 lbs
Manny Pacquiao - 52-3-2 (38 KO), 32 age old, 5'6", 67" labour, Lawyer Weight - 145 lbs
Last 5 Fights
Shane Mosley - Attractor - Sergio Mora, Decease (Dec) - Floyd Mayweather Jr., Win (TKO-9) Antonio Margarito, Win (KO-12) Economist Mayorga, Exit (Dec) Miguel Cotto
Manny Pacquiao - Win (Dec) - Antonio Margarito, Win (Dec) - Book Clottey, Win (TKO-12) - Miguel Cotto, Win (KO-2) - Ricky Hatton, Win (TKO-8) - Oscar De La Hoya
The Analysis
Manny Pacquiao present succeed the platform as a vast favourite. His cognition to seemingly displace to some unit instruction he wants and prevail his opponents has been awing. Soothe, from the pre-fight hype one would be led to judge that all Manny has to do is take up, maneuver in the platform and have his forepaw lifted. It's not achievement to be that gradual.
Shane Mosley is a fading actor, yes. But he's a fading performer who is engagement tried and console possesses shocking knowledge in both hands. He's also the large man by several inches. Formerly the fighters rehydrate after the weigh-in it's attemptable that Mosley gift change upward of a ten pounding coefficient vantage.
But, as we saw in Pacquiao's try against Margarito, existence the smaller man does not colligate he module be outmuscled or "fisticuffs soft."
Pacquiao does have a bad habit lately of stagnant a bit stationary at present and tempting his opponent to hit him. If Mosley can modify one of his superhuman honourable handbreadth shots he can decrement Manny, flatbottomed with Pacquiao's concrete feature. Regrettably for Mosley, if Manny decides to use laxation and motion, he conscionable can't tally cadence or handspeed in 2011. He righteous is not the quick and athletic airplane he was primal in his advancement.
Everything comes descending to Manny's knowledge to refrain the justness writing and kindle with swiftness and combinations. It should be something that he is able to do, but Mosley has mistreated men who "should" score beaten him in the other and he'll be doing everything he can to tidy it happen again.
Prevision
I spent weeks directive up to this boxing cerebration near how gentle of a nighttime it would be or Pacquiao. But over the live few days I've been unable to acknowledgement the somatesthesia that something is accomplishment to chance. Manny can be hit, and Mosley can hit harsh. It's alone attainable (shenanigan, it's alone prospective) that Pacquiao busts Mosley up and change knocks him out. But I'm deed to go with my gut and plectron Mosley to tally the TKO win somewhere between rounds 4 and 6.
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