Shane Mosley: "Mayweather's growing feathers"

Shane Mosley: "Mayweather's growing feathers"

By Mark Vester

Shane Mosley had a few things to say in response to comments recently made by Floyd Mayweather, Jr., who criticized Mosely's financial worth and referred to him as being nothing more than a sparring partner.

During a recent interview with BoxingScene, Mosley said that in his opinion he feels Mayweather is running scared from the fight.

"I think Mayweather is growing some feathers right now because I think he's a little chicken and he knows that I'm the man he needs to fight. There is no other fight out there really. He can wait for Miguel Cotto or this and that. But, I'm the man he needs to fight. The man that can hit him. I have speed, I have power. He has a little speed. So let's get together and see who's the best," Mosley said.

As far as the timing, Mosley says he is ready right now. He wants the fight to happen as soon as possible.

"I'm just waiting for him (Mayweather) to give me the ok, so I can go in there and attack him. Tell Mayweather to get this fight on. Let's stop fooling people with who's the best and let's get the fight on. I feel I'm the best," Mosley said.

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An angry, charged up, Shane Mosely, with his iron-chin, blistering handspeed, ligament breaking strength, and concussive power, is a scary thing to imagine, and I especially like his mentallity for this one "...Let me go in there and attack him" :crafty:, let's hope the punk bitch accepts the challenge.

 

I like Shane, he's a very talented and exciting fighter and seems like a very nice person: he'll give Floyd a tough fight, and will always be dangerous to the body.

Floyd has too many dimensions for him though, and at this point in their careers Shane doesn't have a significant edge in handspeed, if at all.

 

let's see PBF prove it then.

 

I agree. Floyd should NOT retire. He needs to fight Shane or Cotto (or Hatton) before he does.

 

good post, I agree about 75%. I think Shane hands him his first loss. However, Floyd will be the toughest opponent for Shane to date. His handspeed is a wash when he gets in there with Floyd.

 

I think, Shane, then Cotto, and if he is still undefeated, he should make history and beat Taylor. I think Floyd beats Taylor but that's in another topic. Hatton will stay at 140, and I don't think Floyd has any interest in taking his body back down there.

 

Shane has a great chance to kill the Pretty Boy. You know it, staff. Pretty Boy didn't really look very good against the ageing inactive DLH. Hell, and that was a DLH who didn't even use a jab.
Shane can take him.

 

His toughess, ruthlessness and handspeed along with experience and power will give Pretty Boy more trouble than he's ever seen. Honestly, you all know it....Pretty Boy really did NOT look very good at all against DLH. Despite many members on here believing and predicting it was going to be a humiliating white-wash, it wasn't at all. And nobody on here was impressed with Floyd's performance nor did anybody on here consider the guy unbeatable after that night.
Not only did DLH not even have a single mark on his face, he showed that he had the ability to beat Floyd if only he was a little younger and kept up his jab which he abandoned.
Floyd did a bunch of round-stealing tip tap sh*t, no real power on any of those punches. I still think the guy's overrated and he's bound to get taken soon enough. Mosley is the man who's gonna expose this f*cker and put him on his back.
Of course chicken sh*t Pretty Bitch wants nothing to do with any challenges, he just wants his rematch with DLH for another big payday.

 

He's retiring because he's scared sh*tless of the competition out there. He's deathly afraid to lose. He knows that his 'streak' is the only thing he's got going. Once he gets KTFO, everything that he worked so hard for, from being the brash showman, claiming to be the best in the world, and walking with a swagger is all gonna go to sh*t. Kinda like how it did with Roy Jones.

 

I think he's retiring partly because he feels underappreciated and partly because of his hand problems.

Also, he's not scared of competition for if he were he wouldn't have moved up to 154lbs to fight Oscar (which was a VERY dangerous fight) and he certainly wouldn't have rised his unbeaten record against the likes of castillo and Corrales back in the day.

Floyd has won the WBC belt in every division from 130-154...ending with boxing's richest fight. It'll be difficult to motivate himself anymore.

I'd retire now...to be honest.

 

Most great fighters continue because of the challenge of fighting. Floyd fighting Oscar wasn't a huge risk considering the payout he got. He was in a win-win situation.

Whether you want to admit it or not, Floyd wants to be Oscar. Meaning, get the same adulation and have the same box office Oscar has. He's got neither.

Furthermore, his retirement is as authentic as Cher's 50 retirements.

if he thinks the boxing public will cry for his return, he'll certainly stay retired. I think most active fighters want to fight him, but don't place any serious stock in it because they know the reality of it is slim and none.

 

I like how Shane has been talking when it comes to Floyd. It's almost in a shit talking kind of way. It seems that Floyd has gotten under his skin and Shane has never faced that coming into a fight. I'd like to see him pissed at Floyd especially since he fights like he's pissed anyway.

 

The way both of them looked fresh as daisies after the fight had me harking back to the old days when guys tried to kill each other. It also had me questioning the possibility of a guy like Oscar duping the public by having Floyd agree to do nothing more than have a glorified sparring session.

 

He would for 13 million fucking dollars. He would and he did. When Mosley moved up to face Oscar it was because Oscar was a name and Mosley believed he could get his name in the same popularity stratsophere as Oscar just off of his skills. Floyd moved up for money plain and simple.

 

I think Shane's punches are faster than Floyds not that it'll matter. Shane won't bitch out like Zab because Shane's tougher, both mentally and physically. He won't let Floyd throw free combos without retaliating like Gatti did. He won't let Floyd pitty pat his way to victory like Oscar did. Shane has the foot speed to catch Floyd, and Floyd won't be able to do that shoulder shit either because he can't do it well against fast punchers. He'll have to fight and maybe for once he'll be forced to show us he has the kind of heart that equals his talent.

 

Good Point...

2 BEAT Floyd,a Guy's Gonna HAVE to B a Little RECKLESS N the Ring...


REED

 

Mosley wont be able to pull the trigger against Mayweather. Shrewd match making has made Mosley appear less ring worn the past two years.

 

This is a BULLSHIT Point & U KNOW it,Dog...

For All your GENUINE Knowledge of Boxing,your BIAS Controls your Thought Process MORE than it Should,MUZSE...

YOU of all People RODE the Floyd-Dela Fence WORSE than Anybody...U Pointed Out EVERY Possible Scenario where DeLa could BEAT Floyd,only to PICK Floyd N the End...

Everybody Forgets that this Board was SPLIT Down the Middle on DeLa-Floyd Predictions...Now,DeLa WASN'T even a Risk???:dunno:

All a Payday Does is LESSEN the Sting of a LOSS...It DOESN'T Reduce the Level of the RISK...

w/Out Question,DeLa was a HUGE Risk to Floyd Mayweather...But NOW,All the Hindsight Revisionists wanna Act like that WASN'T the Case...



REED

 

The only way I can agree with Father of Muzse is if Floyd stays retired. If he does than it was no risk at all.

 

That's All the MORE Reason Floyd should Take the Fight...

If he could DOMINATE Shane @ a Point where MANY Think Shane has a REAL Chance of BEATING him, Floyd will have Placed a MAJOR Feather N his Own Cap...

It's about LEGACY Now w/Floyd...@ Least it SHOULD B...The Cat is Roughly 3 Fights Away from LEGITIMATELY Being Able to Retire AND Place Himself N the Discussion as 1 of THE Greatest Ever...

Shane,Cotto &/or Hatton/Taylor...ANY Combination of those 3 Fights & Floyd LITERALLY Can Say,"I did it ALL"...What's Frustrating to REED is that Floyd is Soooooooooo CLOSE to that,yet he's on the Verge of Fucking it ALL Up...



REED

 

agREED...

The SAD Shit is,Floyd WILL Comeback...He Might THINK he's REALLY "Retired" Today,but w/his Ego he WILL Return Eventually...

A Year or 2 from Now,after Floyd has FADED From Memory,some New Cat will B on the Scene,then Floyd's Ego will Surface,he'll Come Out of Retirement (w/Diminished,Rusty Skills), Challenge the New Cat & Get Beat...

Fighters Need True MANAGERS,Not YES MEN Advising them on their Careers...Floyd's Got an Assortment of AssKissers Around him,Telling him he's ALREADY Done it All...

NOT!!!:nono:

He's CLOSE,but there's STILL Work to B Done...


REED

 

I dont think he's on the verge of fucking it up. Even if he takes a tune up for big dollars against a shot Trinidad he still has time to face hatton or mosley before or after that (preferably before, later this year). If cotto can get past the margarito fight he will be around as will hatton. when you look at it like that maybe Mosley becomes the priority opponent because he is most likely to lose in the meantime.

 

Agreed! Let that chicken prove it.

 

Jin Muzsely cannot be taken seriously on any topic involving Mayweather.

 

I think it is quite possible that Mayweather could defeat Cotto and then outbox Trinidad later that same evening.

 

agREED...

Looooooooooong as Floyd fights Shane THIS Year & Kicks that "Retirement" Talk to the Fucking CURB,REED Doesn't Care...

Cotto & Hatton will BOTH Still B there,UNDEFEATED,a Year from Now...

If Floyd Fought Shane 1st,then REED Wouldn't Mind Floyd Whipping Tito's Ass PRIOR to Facing Cotto or Hatton...

It Wouldn't MEAN Much,but Fuck it...


REED

 

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word.

 

yeah, I'm sure that's it.

he's just a drama queen, he has no real intentions of retiring, he just needs some more attention. He'll have a fight signed by the end of the year, I'll bet you a $100 on it.

 

I aint betting shit!

I'm sure Floyd will come back: too much money to be made for him.