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As the last minute countdown begins for Saturday nights Manny Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KO’s) vs Shane Mosley (46-6-1-1, 39 KO’s) fight the boxing media is being flooded with articles and predictions about what may happen. Does Mosley still have enough left to put up a competitive fight against the Pound for Pound best fighter on the planet? Is his strategy to catch Manny in the first four rounds before he starts to tire?

What happens in the later rounds when Pacquiao begins to turn up the heat? Not surprisingly everything we hear from the Mosley camp is that he will be more than up to the challenge. The Mosley camp is publicly saying that Mosley will be able to inflict much more damage on Pacquiao than Antonio Margarito was able to last November. Mosley is much faster than Margarito and Mosley will be the hardest puncher Manny has ever faced. Mosley is all around a larger and physically stronger fighter than Pacquiao is. Mosley has seen it all and done it all and will be able to handle whatever “Pacman” comes at him with. That is the story line that the Mosley camp and many of his supporters are putting out. Whether or not they actually believe that is another question, but for right now they are portraying a positive attitude.

Whenever the boxing world enters the final countdown for a major bout such as the Pacquiao vs Mosley fight the excitement builds up to a crescendo. True boxing fans are caught up into the hype. For a boxing fan no other sport offers what a major boxing match offers. Every boxing fan, this author included, wants to be involved in all the hype and excitement in some way.

Under those conditions it is sometimes difficult to think with your head instead of your heart. When I was a very young boxing fan Floyd Patterson was my favorite fighter. I convinced myself that he really had a good chance to defeat Sonny Liston. It was not until Liston easily destroyed Patterson not once, but twice in the first round that I realized that I was thinking with my heart and not my head. I swore that I would never let that happen again.

Based on Shane Mosley’s recent performances it appears that his supporters are thinking with their hearts. Shane lost eleven out of twelve rounds against Floyd Mayweather. Losing to Mayweather is understandable. Mosley’s performance against Sergio Mora on the other hand was not the least bit impressive. It was not the kind of performance that you would want in a lead up to a fight with Manny Pacquiao.

Couple his recent performances with the loss of speed Shane has exhibited over the past couple of years and there is reason for the Mosley camp to be genuinely concerned. When a fighter who relies on his speed to win is about to face a speed demon like Manny Pacquiao that concern is magnified ten fold.
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Mosley has always been known for his stamina but recently even that seems to be abandoning him. This is another area in which Pacquiao has a decided edge. Manny seemingly has limitless endurance and exhibits it from the opening bell. Pacquiao also has a way of rotating his hips when delivering a punch which adds greatly to his punching power and often nullifies the seeming advantage of larger opponents.

When you put the entire package of possibilities together for the Saturday night fight between Manny Pacquiao and “Sugar Shane Mosley it is hard not to come to the conclusion that Manny has almost all of the advantages. Youth, speed, stamina and ring generalship are all on his side. It would seem that Mosley’s chance for an upset would come within the first five rounds after which Pacquiao will overwhelm him with his speed and combinations coming from all angles and directions. Hopefully the fight will remain competitive until at least the middle rounds. Manny should win this fight going away and he will defeat Mosley at least as convincingly as Floyd Mayweather did. It is quite possible that this will be Mosley’s first KO loss.

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