Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs. Shane Mosley
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. (né Sinclair; born February 24, 1977) is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer who competed between 1996 and 2017. He list of undefeated boxing world champions, retired with an undefeated record a ...
vs.
Shane Mosley Shane Mosley (born September 7, 1971), often known by his nickname "Sugar" Shane Mosley, is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2016. He held multiple triple champion, world championships in three weight classes, incl ...
, billed as ''Who R U Picking?'', was a
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non-title superfight, in which Mayweather Jr. won by unanimous decision with two judges scoring it 119–109 and one judge scoring it 118–110. The bout was held on May 1, 2010, before a "sellout" crowd of 15,117 at the
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were among a long list of celebrities in attendance. The match was put together after
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pulled out of his scheduled January 30 unification bout against Mosley.


Background

Talk about a fight between Mayweather and Mosley went back as far as 1999. However the first serious talk of fight between the fighters came after Floyd Mayweather's win over Juan Manuel Marquez, when the two fighters confronted each other and started shoving and insulting each other. However following this incident each fighter went his own way, only to meet up again. Shane Mosley was scheduled to face
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for a WBC and WBA Welterweight title unification bout on January 30, 2010. However, the fight (and entire undercard) was called off on January 18, 2010, due to an earthquake in Haiti and Berto losing several family members in the disaster. Negotiations for a proposed matchup between Mosley and
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. (né Sinclair; born February 24, 1977) is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer who competed between 1996 and 2017. He list of undefeated boxing world champions, retired with an undefeated record a ...
immediately began afterwards, ending with both sides agreeing to a set date of May 1, 2010, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight was billed "Who R U Picking?"


Pre-fight hype

The earliest pre-fight hype came after Manny Pacquiao's fight with Joshua Clottey on March 13, 2010, when HBO aired a brief interview, confrontational-styled show entitled, "Face Off" with
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hosting and leading the conversation. However the first major pre-fight hype took part when HBO produced a four-part prelude of their show
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. The series, titled Mayweather-Mosley 24/7, aired installments all throughout April 2010. The series focused on each fighter's training and preparation for the bout. For Mosley, the fight was very symbolic, and a way to show he is the best boxer in the world. For Mayweather, the fight was seen as just business, and Mosley as just another fighter. During one installment of Mayweather-Mosley 24/7, Mayweather proclaimed himself the greatest boxer of all time, better than
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, and made light of Mosley's skill. On the night of the fight one commentator called it "the most highly anticipated welterweight matchup since
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stopped
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in the 14th round in 1981."


Drug testing

Both Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley agreed to Olympic style drug testing for this fight, which included random sampling of blood and urine. This was the first fight in the United States to undergo these conditions. This style of drug testing was promoted from Mayweather due to his purported concern of the health of many fighters who face medical problems later in life due to drug use, as well as a way to make clear no cheating, imagined or otherwise, is taking place. Mayweather first proposed this when negotiations with
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first took place in early 2010; they had both agreed to random urine testing and three blood tests, but Mayweather also demanded additional random blood testing, even though that is not required under the rules of the
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, and the fight ultimately fell apart.


The fight

Entering the fight, Mayweather was a 1:4 favorite. Mosley started the match strong, winning only the second round and competitive first round. Round two belonged to Mosley as he hurt then buckled Mayweather's knees with powerful rights. Mayweather appeared to be in trouble for the first time in his career, but stayed on his feet. The close calls inspired the crowd to break into a chant of "Mosley! Mosley! Mosley!" When later asked how he survived the onslaught Mayweather replied, "it's a contact sport, and you're going to get hit. You got to suck it up and keep on fighting." After the trying second round, Mayweather bounced back with quick, precise punching, and avoided further trouble. He picked up his offense and controlled round three and four with fast combinations and low body jabs. A strong right in the fourth sent Mosley reeling. As the fight progressed, Mosley began to slow down. In the middle rounds, he backed off on offense and Mayweather took advantage by picking up points with non-damaging hits. By the seventh round, Mosley look winded. In the eighth, he became frustrated and received a referee warning after it appeared he tried to toss Mayweather to the ground in a wrestling-style move. By the end of ninth, Mosley had a "look of resignation on his face" as he walked back to his corner. Mayweather ending up losing only the second round, according to the judges' scorecards, winning the 12 round fight by unanimous decision. Two judges had the final margin at 119–109, while the third had it at 118–108. The win improved Mayweather to 41–0 in his career, while dropping Mosley to 46–6.


Aftermath

After the fight, Mosley said neck tightness inhibited his fight. "I tried to move around, but he was too quick and I was too tight ... I thought I had to knock him out
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. "I couldn't adjust and he did", Mosley added. Mayweather remarked, "I came here tonight to give the fans what they wanted to see: a toe-to-toe battle. It wasn't the same style, but I wanted to be aggressive and I knew I could do it." He said he was ready to take on Manny Pacquiao, if he "wants to fight" and "will take the blood and urine tests".


Fight earnings

Starting around May 10 many reports stated that the official number of PPV buys for the fight was 1.4 million. This is mostly according from Leonard Ellerbe, the advisor for Floyd Mayweather and an inside source on the topic. On May 11,
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officially released that the fight generated $78.3 million in revenue. According to initial inside sources the PPV buyrate was expected to be around 1.1 to 1.5 million. buys. With Richard Schaefer, the CEO of
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, who sponsored the fight saying he first thought that the buyrate would be around 3.5 to 4 million. Mayweather received a guaranteed $22.5 Million for the fight, plus a bonus for PPV subscriptions which later amounted to around $40 million, while Mosley got $6.7 million.


Undercard

Confirmed bouts:


Televised

* Super Welterweight bout:
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def. Jose Miguel Cotto (TKO, 9th round referee stoppage) Álvarez defeated Cotto via technical knockout in the ninth round. * Featherweight bout: Daniel Ponce de León def. Cornelius Lock (unanimous decision) Ponce de Leon defeated Lock via unanimous decision (96–94, 97–93, 96–94). The fight was a title defense for Ponce de Leon's, WBC Latino Featherweight title. * Welterweight bout: Said Ouali def. Hector Saldivia (TKO, 1st round referee stoppage) Ouali defeated Saldivia via technical knockout in the first round. The fight was a WBA Welterweight title eliminator.


Untelevised

* Super Featherweight bout: Eloy Perez def. Gilberto Sanchez Leon (majority decision) Perez defeated Leon via majority decision (95–95, 97–93, 96–94). The fight was a title defense for Perez's WBO NABO Super Featherweight title. * Light Welterweight bout: Jesse Vargas def. Arturo Morua (TKO, 6th round referee stoppage) Vargas defeated Morua via technical knockout in the sixth round. * Lightweight bout: Luis Ramos Jr. def. Allen Litzau (TKO, 2nd round referee stoppage) Ramos Jr. defeated Litzau via technical knockout in the second round. * Middleweight bout: Dion Savage def. Tommie Speller (unanimous decision) Savage defeated Speller via unanimous decision (80–72, 80–72, 80–72). * Light Welterweight: Daniel Reece def. Nichoulas Briannes (unanimous decision) Reece defeated Briannes via unanimous decision.


International broadcasting


References

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