Ring Tones

Mosley-Mayweather: Round by Round

Mayweather wins unanimous decision

Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeats Shane Mosley by unanimous decision. Scores are 119-109 twice and 118-110.

Round 11

Mayweather 10-9.

Round 10

Mosley exhausted and taking a beating. Mayweather 10-9.

Round 9

Mayweather stuns Mosley with a counter right. He lands another volley at the bell. It's been a Mayweather clinic since round two. Mayweather 10-9

Round 8

Mayweather is teeing off now and Mosley seems ready to go when referee Kenny Bayless steps in and warns Floyd for an infraction. Mayweather smiles in a clinch. Mayweather 10-9.

Round 7

Mayweather staggers Mosley with a counter right hand. Mosley looking every bit his 38 years. Mayweather 10-9.

Round 6

Mayweather is putting a lot of pressure on Mosley behind the left jab. Mosley already seems desperate. Mayweather is firing in hard combinations now. Mayweather 10-9

Round 5

Mayweather controls round with jab. Mayweather 10-9

Round 4

Mayweather seems fully recovered from the round two shellacking and is back in control behind a splended left jab. Mosley's face is red and he seems to be getting frustrated. Mosley is on his heels because of Mayweather's jab. Mayweather 10-9.

Round 3

Mayweather is still the aggressor despite being hurt in round 2. He wins the round with a solid left hook and more activity. Mayweather 10-9.

Round 2

Mayweather comes out more aggressive than usual and pays for it. Mosley hurts Mayweather as bad as Floyd has ever been hurt in his career, first with a right hand, and then with a followup right hand that had Mayweather on wobbly legs. Mayweather was forced to hold. Big round for Sugar Shane

With Berto out, ball is in Mayweather's court vs. Mosley

With the unfortunate news that WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto has withdrawn from his scheduled Jan. 30 fight with Shane Mosley because of fallout from the Haiti disaster, the boxing world's attention turns toward Floyd Mayweather Jr. 

Specifically, whether a Mayweather vs. Mosley showdown can now be put together for May 1.

Mayweather, whose megafight with Manny Pacquiao disintegrated over drug-testing protocol, can repair a bruised reputation if he signs to fight "Sugar" Shane. Fans and some media felt Mayweather killed what would have been the richest boxing match in history after making unrealistic drug-testing demands of Pacquiao - whom he accused of taking performance-enhancing drugs.

Now - with Pacquiao out of the picture and a new, formidable opponent available - there's really no reason not to fight Mosley. Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, who advises Mayweather and works side-by-side with Mosley as executives in the company, said Monday that he would pursue the fight.

Schaefer wants it. Mosley, who has been calling Mayweather out for years and jumped in the ring after Floyd's September victory over Juan Manuel Marquez to challenge him, wants it. HBO surely wants it. And the fans - sick of negotiation talk after the Pacquiao-Mayweather debacle - want it the most.

Now, it's all up to Mayweather, who has has been accused of taking on soft touches in recent years.

If Mayweather does accept, it will also be interesting to see what drug-testing requirements Floyd demands of Mosley, who admitted to inadvertantly using BALCO steroids in 2003. 

If Mayweather-Mosley does come together, it will be Shane's first fight in 16 months.

A Who's Who of Mexican Boxing Greats

The big fight atmosphere at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas is starting to reach a fever pitch, with a host of American and Mexican media awaiting the 2 p.m. weigh-in for Saturday's Oscar De La Hoya-Manny Pacquiao superfight.

Among the boxers roaming the press room are junior featherweight champ Israel Vazquez and former flyweight champ Humberto "Chiquita" Gonzalez. But the real treat for us older types are the Hall of Famers who are gracing us with their presence.

Over there is former featherweight champ Ruben Olivares. Around the corner is former bantamweight champ Carlos Zarate. And standing right in front of me is former welterweight champ Pipino Cuevas. 

It's an awesome collection of great fighters from south of the border - perhaps the Mexican equivelant of Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns and Marvin Hagler.

All were special guests of co-promoters Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions.