Does Manny stop Shane?

[Andre]

I hope he does stop him early to avoid any long lasting punishment, i like Shane Mosley, i always have been a fan and it will be hard to watch him struggle against the powerhouse that is Manny Pacquaio right now. Mosley is 40 in a few months time, time has well and truly past him by. Pacman to stop Mosley inside 5 rounds.

Yeah I think we'd all hate to see that.

Whos the ref going to be?

[KananKrus]

I hope he does stop him early to avoid any long lasting punishment, i like Shane Mosley, i always have been a fan and it will be hard to watch him struggle against the powerhouse that is Manny Pacquaio right now. Mosley is 40 in a few months time, time has well and truly past him by. Pacman to stop Mosley inside 5 rounds.

Yeah I think we'd all hate to see that.

Whos the ref going to be?

It is going to be veteran Referee Kenny Bayless, according to some reports including this one...

Veteran Kenny Bayless, referee for Pacquiao vs Mosley fight - Boxing - Zimbio

He is an excellent choice based on his track, IMO, I'm just a bit surprised, it goes against recent standards that they usually stay clear of "potential" race bias for the choice of a third man, even for the very classy one as that of, Ref Bayless.

I'm sure everything'll be alright though!

[Majesty]

Just for remembering how Shane once was. If he could awaken this person inside of him one last time it will be FOTY. Like I said I'm sure he knows 'how' to beat Pacquiao, its just about if he still has the ability and timing to implement it all.

[Andre]

Just for remembering how Shane once was. If he could awaken this person inside of him one last time it will be FOTY. Like I said I'm sure he knows 'how' to beat Pacquiao, its just about if he still has the ability and timing to implement it all.

We can only hope .He isnt only going have to pull the trigger; he is going to have to be pulling it all over the show cause thats where Pac will be.

[Andre]

Some great stuff there he really set up alot of stuff with that skip in jab in his early stuff. He had some great reactions even when he was attacking; you see him shooting combos and even checking an opponents free arm occasionally right in between the shots sometimes by just leaving the arm out and turning slightly to check it. Great to watch him in the zone like that. Hope he can do all it again.

[killersheep]

Pacquiao in 6, corner stoppage.

[Cressa121]

Just for remembering how Shane once was. If he could awaken this person inside of him one last time it will be FOTY. Like I said I'm sure he knows 'how' to beat Pacquiao, its just about if he still has the ability and timing to implement it all.

I think that's going to be key. He'll see the openings but will he be able to react quick enough to take advantage? I'm not so sure he will. I hope he can pull something out and at least be competitive, but I think he'll get pulled out by his corner around about the 9th.

[brucelee]

I hope Shane get KOed early so he won't suffer major damage. He's one of my favorite fighters and I don't want to see him all bloodied up after the fight just like what happened to Margarito and Cotto.

[KKisser]

i don't think pacquiao can knock mosley out. if it ends by stoppage it would be the referee stepping in or mosley's corner throwing in the towel. shane though can possibly ko manny within the first 4 rounds, but i'm sure team pac had already prepared for that and would be extra cautious in those early rounds. after 4 rounds, mosley would have slowed down enough to make the fight easy for the pacman for a mid to late round tko.

[KananKrus]

I hope he does... and quickly, in the hope that Shane doesn't end up damaged like Antonio Margarito...



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As it turns out, despite Top rank's announcement of Margarito vs Cotto 2, Antonio has struggled to comeback from the orbital socket eye injury he suffered from his last outing.

Quoting Lance Pugmire of LA Times....

"Antonio Margarito, the former world welterweight boxing champion beaten by Manny Pacquiao in November, is struggling to recover from a right eye injury suffered in that bout and will undergo an extensive examination next week that probably will determine whether his career can resume"....

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On a side note.. Robert Garcia, Margarito's trainer, part of whose responsibility as a trainer is to protect the welfare of his fighter which in this case is Margarito's...

In the write-up, I found the comments attributed to him as quite hypocritical...

...."It's hard to think that he'll have to maybe quit like this when there's still million-dollar paydays out there for him," Garcia said. "I always tell these guys to invest their money when they get it, because that next big fight might never come. This is a big hit. He's a close friend."

I saw him as the person directly responsible for this potentially career ending injury to Margarito's. He could have very well thrown in the towel a few rounds earlier for Tony, but he didn't. For what?

I saw it as Robert Garcia's selfish interest rearing its ugly head.

IMO, He was clearly maximizing exposure and advancing his name to bigtime boxing in needlessly finishing the fight but at the expense of Antonio Margarito's health and welfare.

Full text:
Antonio Margarito: Antonio Margarito struggling to recover from eye injury - latimes.com

[Gandalf]

I think the responsibility is that of the referee at the end of the day. Someone who is meant to be independent and in control of proceedings. It was awful the way Margarito was being asked to count the fingers with his one good eye wide open. Of course he could still count, duh! It was an awful injury and he clearly couldn't see for the majority of the fight. Sometimes fights get stopped too early, but this was quite the opposite and ridiculously so.

[Mattyhitman]

Was talking about this bout last night with a mate, I asked him, If you were to place a bet on the result, what would ya go for ? he said similar to me Pacman to stop Shane around the 10-11rd mark via TKO.

I Dont think Manny will knock Shane out, but ref to stop the fight about then, I say rd11.

[marbleheadmaui]

I think the responsibility is that of the referee at the end of the day. Someone who is meant to be independent and in control of proceedings. It was awful the way Margarito was being asked to count the fingers with his one good eye wide open. Of course he could still count, duh! It was an awful injury and he clearly couldn't see for the majority of the fight. Sometimes fights get stopped too early, but this was quite the opposite and ridiculously so.

This is always a tough thing to get to a clear answer on. The ref's first job is to protect the safety of the fighter (within the context of boxing of course). It may be better said, protecting the life of the fighter. The ref is handicapped to some degree by only having a limited familiarity with each fighter. He simply may not recognize deterioration quickly enough.

The corner should be the first to recognize issues their fighter is having as they know him best. But they often have a conflict of interest or in other cases will not overrule the wishes of a fighter (a terrible abdication of responsibility).

In my view, the corner is really the first line of defense for a battered fighter and they have in some sense failed if the referee is forced to stop a fight.

But as I noted above, this is a very difficult dynamic and question.