The fight sold out in 48 hours for Saturday night, May 7th.
Mosely, bearing a smile and a shoulder worn tribal tattoo sported a powder blue Adidas sweat suit. He stripped down to a pair of white and grey Calvin Klien briefs, and stepped onto the scale. "147 pounds" was called out by the commentator.
Mosely, 46-5 39 k.o.'s, knocked out Margarito, something Pacquiao did not do. He has World Championship titles in lightweight, welter weight, and junior weight.
Known by nickname "Sugar", despite its sweet sound, Mosely fights to the bitter end victorious in most cases.
However, if he should defeat the "Pacman" on Saturday night, it is sure to be an upset.
Mosely may have accumulated his fame becoming the best pound for pound, and he may be a well respected name and face to boxing buffs but, he cannot compete with being the underdog to the new poster child of boxing, Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao. Mosely will be turning 40 in September.
Promoting legend Bob Arum, who has represented Muhammad Ali, says "Pacquiao is the greatest fighter that I've ever seen!"
The Filipino native, Pacquiao brightened the room with his bright red sweat suit and yellow t-shirt complimented by rosary beads. He weighed in at 145 pounds.
"He's fast with his hands and feet, he has great ring intelligence and punches equally well with both hands," stated Arum.
"Pacman" is fast and he is not afraid of trading punches.
Nazim Richardson, trainer, shares his predictions with Associated Press sayign, "If he can be the best 'Sugar' Shane Mosely that there is, then Pacquiao has problems."
A young boy, approximately 10 years old, stood up shaking his head and asked Pacquiao, "are you ready for Mosely's body punches?"
Mosely tells Showtime that he is not intimidated and the Pacquiao hype is not getting under his skin.
The well trained and calculated "Bruce Lee styled", "south paw" admits that he is not taking his legendary contender "lightly" and he is totally focused on the fight.
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