Along the cancellation of the welterweight unification clash between Shane Mosley and Andre Berto, Berto issued a personal press release stating that due to the catastrophic earthquake that struck Haiti killing several of his family members. His sister and niece survived but are homeless and Berto finally decided he couldn’t concentrate on the fight with everything that is going on in Haiti. He is physically and emotionally unable to prepare for his Jan. 30 bout with Mosley and as a result, will withdraw from the bout.
Given the close proximity to the date of the event and the difficulty in finding a suitable replacement for Berto, the event will be cancelled entirely. All tickets previously purchased for the Mosley-Berto fight can be refunded at the original point of sale.
Mosley commented from his training camp in Big Bear, Calif. and said, “I’m disappointed that the fight has been called off, but I understand that Andre is going through a very difficult time. My heart goes out to him, his family and the people of Haiti during the aftermath of this terrible tragedy. I’m sorry for the losses that Andre and all of the Haitian people are suffering. I have everyone in my prayers.”
Golden Boy is hoping to match Mosley with Floyd Mayweather Jr. It’s unlikely that the matchup would land on March 13, the date Floyd was considering facing a lesser opponent. One very possible date for Mosley-Mayweather is May 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, a date Golden Boy has already reserved.
In a recent interview between Kevin Lole from Yahoo sports and CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, Richard Schaefer, Schaefer was quoted saying“Shane Mosley obviously always wants to be in big fights. What we are going to try to see is if we can pursue a fight with Floyd Mayweather. I had some talks [with Mayweather’s representatives] and we’ll see how that goes. What I’m going to be doing in the next 24 hours is to work nonstop to see if we can put that fight together.”
“In boxing, you have three truly super mega fights [that can be made] and this is one of them. This is one of those fights that boxing fans and sports fans, and the general public, have been looking forward to for many years. If we can pull that off and have Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather fight each other, I would been extremely happy and extremely pleased for all the fans out there.”
“I’m going to sit down with our marketing people and our sponsors, as well, and determine what the right time frame would be to properly promote and activate that fight,” Schaefer said. “On the surface, with March 13 just around the corner, I don’t think that would be the right thing to do. If you’re going with a super mega fight like that to go against Pacquiao-Clottey, I think that would be totally wrong and I would not want to do that.”
I can’t blame Berto for pulling out he did the right thing, family clearly must come first and for that I respect him a lot more.
What’s your opinion about Berto and the possible fight between Mosley-Mayweather?
What are you talking about Itzlock3, I have noting negative to say about Mosley, he did used steroids but I think he is a legitimate welterweight and that is the kind of opponent Mayweather needs to be fighting if he wants to call him self the P4P champion, how can you not agree with me on this is beyond my understanding. At least I don’t hate Mayweather, I hate the tactics he uses to move away from fighters that could place a threat to his record.
If you are going to tell me has been fighting the best possible opponents of the decision then I also have a great fantasy novel for ya.
I do agree he has incredible skills, but instead of using them to fight the best he can fight and proclaim him self as the best ever he finds other ways not to take those fights and go for the easier/more money ones.
I’m not sure how these statements are hilarious and hypocrite.
1st nd foremost who said Mayweather is scared?!? Mosely has beend caught w/steroid use b4 so y not have him take a test????? You people are hilarious hypocrites, for real STOP the HATE! It’s evident YOU HATE Floyd because every opponent he faces you have something negative to say. Get off his nuts nd worry about what u do..Ha! Sad people sad.
Now I hear Mayweather will want a Olympic style blood testing done on any opponent he will face, what the hell is these all about? Next thing you know he will only fight opponents who are baptise lol.
We don’t need scared fighters in boxing, just go do your damn job and make everyone happy.
Mayweather and his me me me me attitude is becoming more irrelevant every single day that passes, there are other fighters out there that deserve the chance and are not looking for excuses not to fight, or looking for ways to win the fight @ the contract table.
Will MW JR require Mosley to undergo the blood-testings before signing the fight contract?
Will Mosley agree or comply?
It has been so defeaningly quiet in the Mayweather Front. I can almost hear the drop of a needle.
THE WORLD AWAITS
This is the biggest battle this year, two boxers with a beautiful appearance, between the sugar against the pretty,. of course the speed will be the spice in this fight, .. Mosley showing increases graph, after train by Kazim, its clearly showing when he beat margarito, are mosley can be like hopskins who still can perform at that age no longer young? or mayweather who continue toextnd undefeated record, .. but in this fight, if Mosley can keep his appearance as against margarito, it will be a stumbling block to mayweather
Yeah Yeah! This fight is better than that fight… I’ve heard that before.
Why is PBF acting like Primadona that people still have to ask him to fight these top welterweights? If he is the top champion that he thinks he is, he should just sign the darn contract and just get into the ring with Shane or whoever.
What’s taking him so long to say anything? Clottey got the fight day after negotiations failed with Floyd?
Maybe he’s having second thoughts again…
We’ll see….
This is the fight to make, I hope this fight really happens, I believe this is even better than Mayweather Pacquiao, because here we have 2 real welterweights.
This will save the year so far, and at the end the winner here can fight the winner of Pacquiao Clottey, now we got an even giver fight there at the end of the year!
Bring it on! I’ll be in Vegas for this one for sure!
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