Mayweather's trainer picks Mosley over Pacquiao

 

MANILA, Philippines – A close fight to be won by "Sugar" Shane Mosley.

This is the opinion of Roger Mayweather, trainer and uncle of undefeated American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., regarding the match between Mosley and Filipino pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao on May 7.

"I truly believe Mosley would stop Pacquiao," Roger said in an interview with On the Ropes Boxing Radio.

"But under the circumstances under what they’re talking about, the fight is still going to be close," he added.

Pacquiao will clash with Mosley in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Amid reports that Mosley will be "getting some good money for the fight," Roger believes the American will still not let Pacquiao humble him.

"He [Mosley] ain’t going to lay down," the trainer said.
Roger is part of the Mayweather camp sued by Pacquiao back in December 2009.

Pacquiao's camp said Roger, Floyd, Jr., and Floyd Sr. defamed him by accusing him of taking performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). Also named in the charge are Floyd Jr.'s promoters Oscar de la Hoya and Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions. Pacquiao demanded $75,000 in damages.


Roger also claimed that the reason behind Pacquiao's success is that the Filipino always demands that his opponents fight at catch weights.

“You know what, anytime I see Pacquiao fight somebody, he’s fighting them at a catch weight... He ain’t never fought no dudes who fought at their regular weight class. He fights them dudes at a catch weight. Oh, you can’t weigh this! Oh, you can’t weigh that!" he claimed.

Roger said Pacquiao's catch weight demand took its toll on Antonio Margarito, whom the Filipino outpunched to a lopsided decision last November.

The Pacquiao-Margarito fight, which was for the World Boxing Council (WBC) junior middleweight (154 pounds) title, took place at a 150-pound catch weight.

"Antonio Margarito had been off I don’t know how long. Oh, you know, you can’t weight more than 150. That’s what they say. He fights all them dudes at catch weights," said Roger.

Meanwhile, Roger also revealed that Floyd, Jr., considered by many to be Pacquiao's closest rival, will be returning to the boxing ring soon.

This, despite the legal troubles faced by the controversial boxer since late 2010, including a complaint for allegedly assaulting his former girlfriend and poking a finger at the face of a security officer.

"I think most of that is pretty much cleared up," he said. "The thing about it is yeah, he has to get back in the ring."

"That’s how you make money and that’s how you further your legacy," Roger added.

Roger also said he, too, anticipates a Pacquiao-Floyd, Jr. match, dubbed as the "Fight of the Century," only if the Filipino champ topples Mosley.

"Hopefully, I don’t know, but hopefully my nephew and Pacquiao will fight. If Shane Mosley beats Pacquiao, then we ain’t even got to worry about that," he said.

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Mayweather claims top spot in PPV buys, Pacquiao far 2nd

 

By CARLO L. PAMINTUAN

A list of the top 10 pay-per-views for 2010 was recently released and it is no surprise that Manny Pacquiao’s two fights last year both made it to the list. His fight against Antonio Margarito was in the second spot with 1,150,000 buys and the one against Joshua Clottey sold 700,000, good enough for the eighth spot.

The top seller for 2010 was the fight between Floyd Mayweather and Shane Mosley, which gained 1.4 million buys.

The biggest reason for Mayweather outselling Pacquiao is that Mayweather had a better dance partner in Molsey, who at that time was fresh from a dominant knockout victory over Margarito. Pacquiao, on the other hand, faced a relative unknown in Clottey and a disgraced fighter in Margarito, who, after losing to Mosley, was suspended for a year because his trainer was caught trying to load his gloves.

Another factor was HBO’s 24/7 series. HBO produced the four-part documentary for both Mayweather-Mosley and Pacquiao-Margarito but they didn’t bother to do it for Pacquiao-Clottey. In the Mayweather-Mosley 24/7 series, Mayweather played the villain’s role perfectly. He was portrayed as an egotistical fighter who had wads of cash in his bedroom. A lot of people bought the pay-per-view solely for the chance to see Mayweather get beaten up.

The fact that both Mayweather and Mosley are Americans also affected the PPV buys. Both are native English speakers, so they were able to promote their fight well. Pacquiao takes learning English seriously and he tries his best to promote his fights, but Margarito barely speaks any English.

Pacquiao knows that a fight with Mayweather will sell the most PPVs, but because Mayweather is not interested in fighting him, Pacquiao chose the next best option by fighting Mosley in May.

After those three fights, the list was dominated by the UFC. The top seller for the MMA company was a card that was bannered by a heavyweight championship match between then-champion Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin. Lesnar also holds the fifth spot with his fight against current champion Cain Velasquez.

Rounding out the top ten are Rampage Jackson versus Rashad Evans (fourth), Georges St. Pierre versus Josh Koscheck (sixth), St. Pierre versus Dan Hardy (seventh), Anderson Silva versus Chael Sonnen (ninth), and Frank Edgar versus B.J. Penn/Randy Couture versus James Toney (10th).

Lesnar, a former WWE superstar, crowned himself PPV king as he also sold a total of 2.1 million PPVs in his two fights. He outsold Pacquiao by 150,000 buys.

Mayweather would have had the chance to be the top seller but he chose not to fight for the rest of the year.

As the legendary Joe Frazier said, “boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took, and your name in the undertaker book" yet a few brave men choose to fight for a living. Fighting, in their minds, is the best way to live a better life.

From the moment they throw their first punch, Filipino boxers are already heavy underdogs. They have to make do with rice sacks filled with sand for a punching bags and shirts wrapped around their hands for gloves. They fight for meager pay and, after they fight, they’d have to run back to their jobs in the construction site because they need to feed their families.