Ellerbe: We'll look to Mosley if Pac crumbles

[CFH]

And still everyone's afraid to ever utter the words "Mighty"

Except Tim Coleman. He must have P4P the biggest balls in the sport.

[Rantcatrat]

Feel free to bash me to bits, but Floyd will never fight Shane. He scared of Shane. This is just to psych up the Pac Camp.

If Floyd is scared of Mosley, why did he call him out a couple of years ago?

I do agree that this is just a negotiating ploy though.

I don't think Floyd is afraid of anyone, but he has had a few chances to fight Shane since the calling out and hasn't taken them. Floyd views Shane as the riskiest opponent (other than Paul) out there for him and if he can make the same amount of money fighting a less risky fighter, why fight Shane? He could have fought Shane instead of Marquez and it would have been a much bigger fight, legacy wise and money wise (although less so on the last point). He could have fought Shane after fighting Marquez and fought Pacquiao afterward, but instead he dismisses Shane and waits for Pacquiao. The reason isn't fear; the reason is risk/reward.

It is reasonable to think that PBF will fight Pacquiao and if he loses, he'll fight a rematch with Pacquiao, and probably retire never having fought Shane.

[Poetic]

Why exactly would Floyd be scared of Shane? He did call him out before, Mosley didn't want the fight. Now that Shane is getting old and desperate for one big final payday, Floyd is the scared one for not wanting to fight him?

[JazMerkin]

I think Mayweather happily will fight the winner of Berto-Mosley & in truth I think they'd prefer to fight Mayweather, because I can't see the split being any worse than Pacquiao & they won't have to fight at a catchweight, which will be even lower for Mosley & Berto if I know ol' Freddie.

However, it is all posturing, Mayweather & Pacquiao will fight in Las Vegas sometime between March & June 2010. Fact.

[Manuel "Chubby" Medina]

And still everyone's afraid to ever utter the words "Mighty"

[JonesJrMayweather]

I think Mayweather happily will fight the winner of Berto-Mosley & in truth I think they'd prefer to fight Mayweather, because I can't see the split being any worse than Pacquiao & they won't have to fight at a catchweight, which will be even lower for Mosley & Berto if I know ol' Freddie.

However, it is all posturing, Mayweather & Pacquiao will fight in Las Vegas sometime between March & June 2010. Fact.

Nah It will be at a major sports arena...If they have it at Yankees Stadium it will have a larger gate. They're even talking about Cowboy Stadium which has a capacity of 100k not including the seating that will be brought in to place at ring side. It doesn't need to be in Vegas.

[JazMerkin]

I think Mayweather happily will fight the winner of Berto-Mosley & in truth I think they'd prefer to fight Mayweather, because I can't see the split being any worse than Pacquiao & they won't have to fight at a catchweight, which will be even lower for Mosley & Berto if I know ol' Freddie.

However, it is all posturing, Mayweather & Pacquiao will fight in Las Vegas sometime between March & June 2010. Fact.

Nah It will be at a major sports arena...If they have it at Yankees Stadium it will have a larger gate. They're even talking about Cowboy Stadium which has a capacity of 100k not including the seating that will be brought in to place at ring side. It doesn't need to be in Vegas.

It doesn't need to be, but it will. The gate won't be significantly larger because you have to bear in mind how much you can charge for tickets in a casino as opposed to a stadium. Plus when the MGM Grand put up a $20m site fee everyone will forget about it being in a stadium.

Look at it from a promoters point of view, why take the risk of putting it in a stadium where you can't guarantee that every ticket gets sold, when you can have a guarantee at a casino, plus making money off the extra PPVs.

[GAME]

Floyd said a while back that Mosley was going to be the last person he met after he had fought teh rest of them. They have been rivals for the longest time so I think he feels its only right that he ends his career with him. The big fight will finally happen. At the moment people think the big one is with Pac but after Floyd fights him everyone will look back at Pac and question his recent wins. All the attention will move to Mosley in the biggest fight of the decade.

[NuthaPug]

Floyd said a while back that Mosley was going to be the last person he met after he had fought teh rest of them. They have been rivals for the longest time so I think he feels its only right that he ends his career with him. The big fight will finally happen. At the moment people think the big one is with Pac but after Floyd fights him everyone will look back at Pac and question his recent wins. All the attention will move to Mosley in the biggest fight of the decade.

Dunno about the biggest fight of the decade but agree with everything else. i hope Floyd does fight both Manny and Sugar Shane.

[JonesJrMayweather]

Why exactly would Floyd be scared of Shane? He did call him out before, Mosley didn't want the fight. Now that Shane is getting old and desperate for one big final payday, Floyd is the scared one for not wanting to fight him?

Does Polly want a cracker?

[Master]

Floyd will never fight Shane. Ever. That is his one genuine threat to take his 0. Do you think if Pac called out Floyd the way Shane did, Floyd would not take the fight? Shane will try and walk through Mayweather.

[Majesty]

Feel free to bash me to bits, but Floyd will never fight Shane. He scared of Shane. This is just to psych up the Pac Camp.

I won't bash you at all because I think the same, they will offer Shane the fight in 3-4 years at best just to make sure he's shot.

Floyd already offered to fight Shane back in 99 when Shane and him were both undefeated and Shane declined. he also wanted Shane again after the Vargas knockout when Shane looked great. So, Floyd isn't looking to fight Shane when he's sure he's shot. That's a job for someone like Freddie Roach

[JonesJrMayweather]

Feel free to bash me to bits, but Floyd will never fight Shane. He scared of Shane. This is just to psych up the Pac Camp.

I won't bash you at all because I think the same, they will offer Shane the fight in 3-4 years at best just to make sure he's shot.

Floyd already offered to fight Shane back in 99 when Shane and him were both undefeated and Shane declined. he also wanted Shane again after the Vargas knockout when Shane looked great. So, Floyd isn't looking to fight Shane when he's sure he's shot. That's a job for someone like Freddie Roach

Do you have an article or video to back this up? Or is it another case of floyd parrot-itis?

I mean a specific mentioning of floyd saying "i want mosley" much like mosley has been doing him over th past year.

[blegit]

Feel free to bash me to bits, but Floyd will never fight Shane. He scared of Shane. This is just to psych up the Pac Camp.

I won't bash you at all because I think the same, they will offer Shane the fight in 3-4 years at best just to make sure he's shot.

Floyd already offered to fight Shane back in 99 when Shane and him were both undefeated and Shane declined. he also wanted Shane again after the Vargas knockout when Shane looked great. So, Floyd isn't looking to fight Shane when he's sure he's shot. That's a job for someone like Freddie Roach

And you may be right. Mosley called out Pac worse than anyone. He called Roach's bluff about the 65/35 split and the catchweight of 143. Mosley went on TV and said I'll take that. Roach never responded so Mosley went to Roach's gym and Roach said can you make the catchweight and Mosley said yeah. Roach still seemed to dance around the answer. So Mosley said what do I have to do to fight Pac. Roach declined to comment. I don't think either Pac or PBF want Mosley for their own reasons but what if Mosley conceded to all that to fight PBF then what would people say?

[blegit]

I won't bash you at all because I think the same, they will offer Shane the fight in 3-4 years at best just to make sure he's shot.

Floyd already offered to fight Shane back in 99 when Shane and him were both undefeated and Shane declined. he also wanted Shane again after the Vargas knockout when Shane looked great. So, Floyd isn't looking to fight Shane when he's sure he's shot. That's a job for someone like Freddie Roach

Do you have an article or video to back this up? Or is it another case of floyd parrot-itis?

I mean a specific mentioning of floyd saying "i want mosley" much like mosley has been doing him over th past year.

I haven't look for an article on this but I was an avid Mosley fan at the time and I remember it well. I can't believe you don't remember this. Mosley didn't decline he just priced himself out. Mayweather was at 130 and Mosley was the fearsome lightweight and when offered a fight with Mayweather Mosley said he'd need 10 million dollars(something like that it was a crazy number). Even Zab lobbied for Mosley to move up and fight. Shortly after Mosley moved up 2 weight classes. Not saying that Mosley was scared at the time but he did pass up on 2 opportunities with undefeated exciting fighters. He ended up getting DLH so maybe his reason was he didn't want to risk losing that possible opportunity. And the after the Vargas fight this is all over youtube. You can look that up with no problem. Mosley dodged answering the question saying he had to get his teeth fixed and go on vacation with his family.