SOURCE: MALAYA
FREDDIE Roach is convinced Manny Pacquiao will accomplish something no other fighter has been able to achieve—stop Shane Mosley—when they clash on May 7 (May 8 in the Philippines) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Roach told Chris LaBate of Boxingscene.com that stopping Mosley "won’t be easy" but added he is convinced Pacquiao has what it takes.
Mosley, 39, has been sent down only once in his career, by Vernon Forrest in 2002. Known to have a tough chin, Mosley has fought some of the biggest names in the sport, among them Winky Wright, Oscar De La Hoya, Ricardo Mayorga, Antonio Margarito, Fernando Vargas and others. The only fighter who had him seriously hurt was Forrest.
"Shane is a very durable guy. He has a good chin. It won’t be easy but I think we can stop him in the late rounds. It won’t be an easy fight. When he beat Margarito, everyone thought he was the best fighter at welterweight. We’re going to train very hard for this fight. We don’t take any opponent lightly," LaBate quoted Roach as saying.
Mosley watched good friend Bernard Hopkins in action against Jean Pascal at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec, Canada, and was inspired when Hopkins, 45, battled back from two knockdowns to beat his 28-year-old opponent.
Most boxing insiders believed Hopkins has long been over the hill, and the same comments are now being made about Mosley, according to Lem Satterfield of Boxingscene.com.
"They thought that Bernard Hopkins was over the hill, but I knew that he would work hard to win the fight. Pascal had called him out, thinking that it was right time to get Bernard Hopkins," Satterfield quoted Mosley as saying.
"But it turned out that was not true. I figured that Bernard would win, and I figured that he would win by knockout because of his experience and because I know the type of person that he is. I’m definitely encouraged by that."
Hopkins has questioned the lack of African-American opponents on Pacquiao’s record. He now gets his wish, a Mosley-Pacquiao fight.
Mosley, 39, has been sent down only once in his career, by Vernon Forrest in 2002. Known to have a tough chin, Mosley has fought some of the biggest names in the sport, among them Winky Wright, Oscar De La Hoya, Ricardo Mayorga, Antonio Margarito, Fernando Vargas and others. The only fighter who had him seriously hurt was Forrest.
"Shane is a very durable guy. He has a good chin. It won’t be easy but I think we can stop him in the late rounds. It won’t be an easy fight. When he beat Margarito, everyone thought he was the best fighter at welterweight. We’re going to train very hard for this fight. We don’t take any opponent lightly," LaBate quoted Roach as saying.
Mosley watched good friend Bernard Hopkins in action against Jean Pascal at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec, Canada, and was inspired when Hopkins, 45, battled back from two knockdowns to beat his 28-year-old opponent.
Most boxing insiders believed Hopkins has long been over the hill, and the same comments are now being made about Mosley, according to Lem Satterfield of Boxingscene.com.
"They thought that Bernard Hopkins was over the hill, but I knew that he would work hard to win the fight. Pascal had called him out, thinking that it was right time to get Bernard Hopkins," Satterfield quoted Mosley as saying.
"But it turned out that was not true. I figured that Bernard would win, and I figured that he would win by knockout because of his experience and because I know the type of person that he is. I’m definitely encouraged by that."
Hopkins has questioned the lack of African-American opponents on Pacquiao’s record. He now gets his wish, a Mosley-Pacquiao fight.
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