Shortly after Top Rank big boss Bob Arum confirmed that the two are going to slug it out on May 7 next year at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the 39-year-old American puncher reached out to boxing writers across the US, telling them how thrilled he is to face Pacquiao and how he will dismantle the Filipino dynamo.
“I'm a bigger guy than him and he gets hit,” Mosley told Dan Rafael of ESPN.com. “And you saw how I hurt Floyd (Mayweather). Manny is going to come forward and I will hit him on the chin at some point. His defense is not like Floyd's. Manny will come at me, and I will knock him out."
Mosley is drawing inspiration from his fight last May against Mayweather, who outpointed him but who himself was badly hurt in the early goings.
Even though he is pushing 40 – as he is turning another leaf in September 2011 – Mosley said he remains a livewire opponent. I know that they think I'm an old man and that Manny is going to beat me. Let them think that.”
“I still have power and speed. They thought I was done before I knocked out (Antonio) Margarito, too. So they can think whatever they want. I know what I can do.”
Interestingly, Margarito stayed upright and went 12 rounds with Pacquiao last November 13 in Texas.
Against Mosley in January 2009, the usually-durable Margarito simply could not withstand the power on Mosley blows after being sent down twice before the referee intervened in the carnage.
Even Freddie Roach is not counting out Mosley, who the venerable trainer believes is in the twilight but remains a threat.
Mosley has never been knocked out in his stellar 17-year career, having traded bombs with the likes of Oscar De La Hoya, who he beat twice, Ricardo Mayorga and Miguel Cotto.
Roach said he is ready to pack his bags once again and spend four weeks in Baguio with Pacquiao and the remaining four weeks at the Wild Card in Hollywood.
In case Pacquiao decides he will need a shorter time training for Mosley, Roach will suggest that his fighter spend six solid weeks under him at the Wild Card.
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Source: mb.com.ph
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