Sunday, May 2, 2010

Floyd Wins Convincingly by Unanimous Decision

Floyd Mayweather handled Shane Mosley easily after round 2 in their fight last night and won by decision. Shane rocked Floyd in the first couple of rounds and thought he might be able to knock him out. Floyd recovered and went on to shut out Mosley. Mayweather couldn't finish him but didn't seem to be trying too hard given his strong defensive focus. This likely spells the end of the line for Mosley and once again sets up talk of a mega showdown between Mayweather and pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao is a supreme closer who finishes opponents efficiently while Mayweather is a defensive standout who wins decisions with his great defense. Drug testing is still at the heart of the issue in making that fight as Floyd wants Olympic style testing whereas Pacquiao wants to stick with mandated rules but will follow any rules the commission sets out.

Mayweather has recently made claims of being the best fighter ever but is only the second best fighter of his generation (Pacquaio being the undisputed king). The evidence of Pacquiao's greatness has been delivered by Mayweather himself who has hinted Pacquiao might be using PEDs to achieve his phenomenal results. Pacquaio, of course, has never tested positive for anything in his life or had any evidence of drug use whatsoever.

Regardless of the childish talk, this fight will be huge and both fighters have been clean and will be for the fight so we can all sit back and enjoy it when it happens.

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