Soon after Manny Pacquiao annihilated Ricky Hatton of England this last Saturday night in Las Vegas, two fighters stepped up and nominated themselves as candidates for Pacquiao’s next opponent: Shane Mosley of Pomona, CA and Culiacan, MX’s Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. for months has been asking for a big name fight to justify his career. Bob Arum mentioned Chavez Jr. as one of the candidates to face the Filipino in November. The question is at what weight the fight would take place since Chavez Jr. fight at 154 lbs.
while Pacquiao’s last bout was at 140.
Shane Mosley, who is coming off a spectacular KO over Antonio Margarito last January, expressed to the assembled media that he would be more than happy to fight Pacquiao.
“We can go to a catch weight, like 143 lbs,” Mosley stated.
Chavez Jr. is just beginning to make his mark in the fight world. He owns a record of 39 wins, 29 by KO, one tie and no losses. He is 23 years of age and is scheduled to fight on July 25th in Mexico although no opponent has been named.
Mosley has proven to be a great fighter. He has fought as a profesional since 1993, in 1997 he captured the IBF lightweight title by defeating by points Phillip Holiday. He has defeated great fighters like John John Molina, Jesse James Leija, Oscar De La Hoya (twice), Antonio Diaz,
Fernando Vargas (twice) and Luis Collazo among others. Mosley is 37 years of age and was born in Lynwood, CA, and lives Pomona. His record consists of 46 wins, 39 KOs and 5 losses. In November of 2007, Mosley lost a close decision to Miguel Cotto but soon after he destroyed
Ricardo Mayorga and then after the great display of skill, power and speed against Margarito to crown himself as the WBA welterweight champion.