Was Paquiao/Mosley a success?

[Kev]

Not the only flogging Mosley took today, hes also taking one twitter apparently. Everyone disappointed in his performance and saying he robbed them of their money...which I dont really disagree with. All we asked was that he try, he didnt even look like he wanted to win.

Yeah, Mosley is to blame for not fighting. But at the same time Pac, Roach and Arum deserve to roast in the fiery cauldrons of hell for once again making a fight with someone who hasn't really earned it. The evidence was there for us all to see, but they made the fight regardless. Arum still regards this fight as a success, hopefully he will expire soon.

I disagree. He looked like he wanted to win before he go dropped, his head was clear but check out his legs. He was wary of that straight hand and fair enough, he could have done more but what he should stand there and look to get stopped because armchair warriors didn't see blood. Tough shit.

Missy will doubtless be pleased to know that I agree with her. A lot of you are aounding like Romans talking about how you wanted more gorings and violent deaths.

If you can force a fighter of the caliber of Mosley into a defensive shell then you generally have to be one hell of a fighter.

The fact that nobody so far has been able or willing to engage with Manny since moving up to these higher weights demonstrates just what a force he is.

I do hope we will get to see the Mayweather fight, but so far Floyd has not looked like he wants it.

[Snakey]

Not the only flogging Mosley took today, hes also taking one twitter apparently. Everyone disappointed in his performance and saying he robbed them of their money...which I dont really disagree with. All we asked was that he try, he didnt even look like he wanted to win.

Yeah, Mosley is to blame for not fighting. But at the same time Pac, Roach and Arum deserve to roast in the fiery cauldrons of hell for once again making a fight with someone who hasn't really earned it. The evidence was there for us all to see, but they made the fight regardless. Arum still regards this fight as a success, hopefully he will expire soon.

I disagree. He looked like he wanted to win before he go dropped, his head was clear but check out his legs. He was wary of that straight hand and fair enough, he could have done more but what he should stand there and look to get stopped because armchair warriors didn't see blood. Tough shit.

Missy will doubtless be pleased to know that I agree with her. A lot of you are aounding like Romans talking about how you wanted more gorings and violent deaths.

If you can force a fighter of the caliber of Mosley into a defensive shell then you generally have to be one hell of a fighter.

The fact that nobody so far has been able or willing to engage with Manny since moving up to these higher weights demonstrates just what a force he is.

I do hope we will get to see the Mayweather fight, but so far Floyd has not looked like he wants it.

See one of my earlier posts. Manny Pac is without a doubt the new tyson, guys have already lost mentally before they get in the ring. I think PBF could be his Buster Douglas though.

[imp]

mayweather already forced mosely into a defensive shell in his fight..manny just followed the blueprint like he did with hatton. when asked whether manny wants floyd..its the same answer time and time again "speak to bob arum"!
bottom line is that manny had the option to make some noise about floyd in postfight but yet again he knows he would be happy to finish his career without fighting a true slick fighter in their prime.

de la hoya - floyds leftovers, weight drained and past it
hatton - floyds leftovers and past it
cotto - catchweight, damaged goods after margocheato
clotty - picking up cheque
margarcheato - this guy cheated and should have been banned indefinatly, damaged goods.
mosely - floyds leftovers, and past it.

The only win that surprised me was cotto and manny did very well..at this catchweight. manny has great speed and great power but he knows what he needs to do to go down as a true legend.

floyd mayweather needs to grow some balls and make this fight happen in 2012 because being undefeated means nothing if you dont keep proving yourself.

[JonesJrMayweather]

I literally fell asleep. But was happy to know that shane didnt get his brains beat in. Glad I streamed it instead of buying it.

[KananKrus]

Mosley made boxing look bad....

...as Clottey had likewise did.

IMO, matching Pacquiao in his next fight, it will serve Bob Arum's best interest to get fighters who actually want to fight! Sadly we are given hint that even a Pac-PBF fight is not a guaranteed exciting fight. If you get somebody against Pac who is not willing to man up atop the ring, then surely boxing fans are sure to be in for a huge letdown.

......."makin' brothers look bad"-- Michael Irvin.

[Gandalf]

I literally fell asleep. But was happy to know that shane didnt get his brains beat in. Glad I streamed it instead of buying it.

I think a lot of us probably streamed it. Now if anyone who paid 50 plus dollars to watch that was satisfied, then I would be quite surprised. It was lame. And that is why we have to blame the matchmakers and Manny Pac himself.

We all saw Mosleys recent performances. Heck, the touching gloves alone took up about 2 minutes of a 36 minute bout. Mosley threw 260 punches over 12, he threw 750 plus against Cotto. He didn't land a single meaningful power shot.

He didn't come to fight. Sure, the KD might have taken his legs, but after that round he was fighting as he was before. There was no noticeable difference, it was tentative, jab, step, jab, step. That is all we saw.

It isn't about blood and gladiators, but at least doing your best to win the rounds and not settling to just see it through. Mosley made a lot of money from this fight and that came from people wanting to be entertained. I love the guy and think he is a legend, but he stank out the joint with this showing.