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Manny Pacquiao v Shane Mosley 7.5.2011 - WBO World Welterweight Championship

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Channel: Classic Boxing Matches · 2015 · Sports

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The WBO World Welterweight title fight between Champion Manny Pacquiao and challenger "Sugar" Shane Mosley.  Over the course of his 15 year career Manny had beaten some big names and was looking to add another legend to his hit list.  Read more below...

Shane Mosley was a former world lightweight, welterweight and super welterweight champion.  He came into the fight with a 46-6-1 record and had been boxing professionally since 1993.  At 39 years old his career was starting to wind down and many knew his best years were far behind him.  In his last 2 outings he lost a one sided decision to Floyd Mayweather Jr and then received a draw against Sergio Mora.  Earlier in his career, however, he took the scalps of many good boxers including the likes of Jesse James Leija, Fernado Vargas and Oscar De La Hoya.  He was still a dangerous opponent for anybody if you took him lightly.  Manny Pacquiao entered with a record of 52-3-2 and was on a 13 fight win streak which included a 2nd round KO of Ricky Hatton, a 12th round TKO of Miguel Cotto and making Oscar De Le Hoya retire on his stool after 8 devastating rounds.  He was the #1 pound for pound boxer in the world according to The Ring magazine and hands down the clear favorite to win.

The fight was a let down to most fans.  In round 3 Manny put Mosley on his backside and for the rest of the fight it appeared as if "Sugar" Shane had no interest in wanting to win anymore and concentrated purely on not being knocked out.  And although Manny was aggressive for most of the fight, it wasn't his best performance either.  In round 10 Mosley did score a knockdown according to the ref, but on replays it was clearly a push.  Even with the ruled knockdown against him, it was an easy 12 round unanimous decision win for the Pac Man.

Mosley claimed after the fight he had never been hit so hard before in his life which may be why he didn't try and go toe to toe, fearing he would be knocked out, something which he took great pride in never being the victim of during his career.  2 years later however in 2013 and although controversial, Mosley suffered his first ever TKO at the hands of Anthony Mundine.

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