Does Mayweather – Pacquiao Distraction Give Mosley an Edge?

Mosley vs. Mayweather

As with any sport, off-the-field or court distractions tend to factor into lines on upcoming events.  As such we at Gambling911.com have to wonder if all the trash talking by Floyd Mayweather Jr. against Manny Pacquiao could actually give Shane Mosley an edge in his upcoming May 1 bout with Mayweather.

We all know by now that Mayweather - Pacquiao was slated to be the "fight of the century" until it fell apart last month when Pacquiao refused to submit to Mayweather's demands for Olympic style drug testing.  With allegations flying about "implied performance enhanced drug use", Pacquiao decided to file a slander suit against Mayweather.

This past weekend, Mayweather, Jr. went on the offensive once more, saying that Pacquiao should get less money should the two finally meet.

"Instead of 20 or 25 (million dollars), he may have to drop to 15 or 17 and you know me, they have to throw that extra 5 or ten on mine and we can rock and roll. Take it or leave it," said Mayweather.

Pacquiao, we are fairly certain, will leave it.

There is a factor that goes into oddsmakers lines called "The Looking Ahead" factor.  This is when a team is set to play a less formidable opponent in the upcoming week just ahead of a marquee matchup. 

"All the talk is of the New England Patriots meeting the Indianapolis Colts two weeks from now," says Don Shapiro of Gambling911.com.  "The Patriots then end up meeting the lowly Oakland Raiders and end up getting crushed as they were paying little mind to this particular matchup, their only concern being a showdown with the Colts.  Why even think about losing to the Raiders?"

Often these "subpar" teams become all the more motivated.  Shane Mosley is far from "subpar" but he is considered a rather large underdog here.

Mosley is training hard for his fight against Mayweather, but one has to wonder if Mayweather even realizes he is about to step in the ring with Mosley.

Should Mosley win in an upset (the odds at Sports Interaction were currently set at Mayweather -400 and Mosley +250), we might not even be talking about a Mayweather - Pacquiao fight after the fact.  All the talk could end up being Mosley - Pacquiao.  Mayweather may ultimately find himself just another footnote. 

Pacquiao will fight Joshua Clottey on March 13 in what is expected to be a substantially lopsided matchup.  Odds had Pacquiao at -556 at press time and Gambling911.com believed this number will exceed -600 by the time March 13 rolls around.

Tyrone Black, Gambling911.com 

Submitted by Tyrone Black on Mon, 02/15/2010 - 13:40
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Mosley vs. Floyd Mayweather Fight

Mon, 02/15/2010 - 21:46 — Alburoto
It is very evident that Floyd was very frustrated, down and Disappointed. Everything in his life are going in different direction. He may have planned that the $40 million was already on his grasp win or lose with Pacquiao and all of the sudden he found out that everything didn't come the way he wanted to be. It is almost like you are expecting a bonus and your employer came-up empty ... that is what you feel... you feel down and don't want to work anymore, but instead you back stab your company. And that is what we are experiencing right now. HIs attitude and anger seems he is not focused with Mosley. I think he trashed Mosley long time ago and instead of training, he is busy campaigning that Pacquiao is on drugs. LOL, he is hallucinating badly. FLOYD, WAKE UP- YOU ARE LOSING THE BATTLE.

Mayweather will not fight Pacquiao in his Lifetime

Mon, 02/15/2010 - 19:21 — Guest
And that's a fact. Everything Mayweather is doing and saying is pointing to that direction -- avoiding a fight with Pacquiao without looking as if he does. The first thing he did was demanding the random blood test because he knew Pacquiao will never agree to it because Pacquiao already said it after the Pacquiao-Morales fight. That was a brilliant move on Mayweather to not fight Pacquiao and make it look that Pacquiao did not want the fight. Now he is saying that he will never agree to a 50-50 split with Pacquiao. This move will ensure that Pacquiao will say NO because Pacquiao will never accept it. Mayweather realizes that the only reason why he is important right now is because of his "O". And since fighting Pacquiao will surely give him a loss, he will not do it. He knows he will lose the fight. He does not have enough courage and heart to bear the attack and onslaught of Pacquiao for 12 full rounds. He knows that. So to stay significant to boxing, he has to maintain that "O" no matter what.

Offensive Pac vs. Defensive Mayweather

Mon, 02/15/2010 - 18:47 — Guest
Mayweather is a diabolic genius. He knows exactly how to neutralized an offensive fighter like Pacman by poking his veins with needles not once, not twice but multiple times 'till the day of the fight (Whoever says its just a teaspoon of blood is plain stupid!). I know they will both undergo the same test, but how can a certain fighter who will be running, do 'shoulder-roll' crap the whole time and sneak-in a xylocaine loaded hands be affected? On the hindsight, this unprecedented 'cleaning-act' random drug testing is what I call - CONSTRUCTIVE AVOIDANCE. Mayweather simply just want to avoid the fight. If I remember right, Mayweather said, 'Pacquiao is a one-dimensional fighter. I can easily beat him.' Yes, indeed! He can easily beat Pacman outside the ring! nuff said.

Pacquiao vs Mayweather

Mon, 02/15/2010 - 17:52 — Guest
Mayweather will not fight to Pacquiao. He is avoiding Pacquiao to fight. Same as usual he is blaming always Pacquiao for he's defense mechanism the fight not to happen. The real reason is Mayweather do not want the fight to happen HE IS A COWARD!! Pacquiao is very willing to give blood example for blood testing it is very enough 30 days before the fight or even 24 days and most important is AFTER THE FIGHT we will know if Pacquiao taking enhancement drugs. The Commission of the State can suspend, revoke or send Pacquiao to jail if the Commission trace any substance of enhancement drugs after the fight. So, what is the reason of Mayweather doesn't want to agree of Pacquiao's agreement? WHAT IS HE'S REASON? PACQUIAO AGREE TO TAKE BLOOD he is not hiding something but MAYWEATHER HIDING SOMETHING NOT TO FIGHT PACQUIAO HE'S MAKING EXCUSES and blamed to Pacquiao. BUT IS VERY CLEAR!!

Mosley vs Mayweather

Mon, 02/15/2010 - 15:59 — Guest
Floyd says if his fight sells more than pac's that proves that he's the bigger draw so of course he deserves more money. My advice to pac is quit the silly excuses and take the test ( its only a teaspoon of blood)if you're clean then there's nothing to worry about. I find it hilarious that a BOXER says drawing blood makes him weak when he's likely to lose more blood in the ring than he would in 50 blood tests

paq vs mayweather

Mon, 02/15/2010 - 19:08 — johnny
wake up, that's just an excuse for Floyd to ask for more money so he can avoid fighting Manny; do you really think anyone is stupid enough to accept such ridiculous demands for a lesser amount? Manny is the champ and PFP fighter not Floyd and everyone knows the truth the Floyd is in fact deathly afraid to fight the Pacman. When it comes down to it, blood testing was just a smokescreen to avoid the fight with him; do you really think he cares whether all boxers are clean now, when he only cares about himself, his "undefeated" record (that's a laugh since he never fought top ranked fighters) and about only money? And then he'll sneakily use Xylocaine on his hands which are illegal meds in every state but Nevada? Again i say wake up!! Manny will never give in to this deceitful, dishonorable boxer and Floyd needs Manny more than the other way.

aloha

Mon, 02/15/2010 - 19:01 — Guest
He's already making excuses not to fight Pacquiao. It's just too early to make that excuses. It's too obvious he's scared to fight Pacquiao. Why then making a statement that he deserve more money than Pacquiao? Which he knew Pacquiao won't agree with it. Probably he already sensed that Pacquiao might agree to take the blood test because of Pacquiao making statement that the fight will happen. Now he's making another way out. What poor Fraud Chicken Gayweather. He just need to retire. Even he wins against Mosley it's still doesn't make him the best. Mosley lost to Cotto and Pacquiao beat Cotto so bad. He has to fight Pacquiao to prove he's the best.

MOSLEY VS. MAYWEATHER

Mon, 02/15/2010 - 16:18 — Guest
Mayweather's fight with Mosley will probably sells more because Mosley is known more both here and internationally. What if we put it the other way, do you think a Mayweather - Clottey fight outsells Pacquiao - Mosley fight? Of course not, and to conclude you cannot say that Mayweather is the bigger draw thus he deserves the bigger share.

Pacquiao-Mayweather Fight

Mon, 02/15/2010 - 15:30 — Guest
"Instead of 20 or 25 (million dollars), he may have to drop to 15 or 17 and you know me, they have to throw that extra 5 or ten on mine and we can rock and roll. Take it or leave it," That's Mayweather Jr. talking. As I have been saying, Mayweather is not going to fight Pacquiao because he is a coward, terrified to fight Pacquio. You can bet on it, no Pacquiao-Mayweather fight is going to happen and Mayweather as usual would blame Pacquiao.

Matt

Mon, 02/15/2010 - 15:59 — Guest
Even as boxing fan who is a fan of mexican fighters.....and passively views Pacquiao or Mayweather unless they are fighting a mexican....can tell. Mayweather is dodging Pacquiao, and beautifully so. I hope Sugar pulls off the upset so that we can finally see a real showdown. Mayweather will never fight a prime welterwieght. He is the only welterweight who is ranked who has not fought anybody else who is ranked. It is hilarious. It's like ranking an undefeated football team who has not played anybody else in the top 25 or even in the same division. WOuld california state get credit for being an *ALL TIME* great football team if their last two wins came against a pair of Division 3 football schools, and had yet to face a Division 1 and TOP 25 Ranked school? Hell no.