Jean Pascal vs Bernard Hopkins II

Jean Pascal vs. Bernard Hopkins II billed as Dynasty II is an upcoming Light Heavyweight championship fight for the WBC Middleweight championship. The bout will be held on May 21, 2011, at Bell Centre, Montreal in Quebec, Canada and will be televised on HBO.

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Watch Pacquiao vs Mosley Online

Top Rank announced today that the May 7 Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley world welterweight championship event at the sold out MGM Grand in Las Vegas, will be available live on both pay-per-view television and online. The four-bout pay-per-view card, produced and distributed live by SHOWTIME PPV®, will be available online for $54.95 while boasting interactive features unique to the digital platform through NeuLion’s technology.

The enhanced and unique viewing offers a four-shot, multi-angle dynamic player that will allow viewers to interact and feel an enriched experience. The online pay-per-view is exclusive to U.S. viewers. “This pay-per-view offering will complement our current distribution which appeals to sports fans who are engaged in digital platforms on a daily basis. Sports viewing has entered a new frontier and Pacquiao vs. Mosley will be the pioneer for the boxing world,” said Todd duBoef, president of Top Rank.

The following websites will be offering the Pacquiao vs. Mosley four-bout pay-per-view live stream: www.toprank.tv, www.sports.SHO.com, www.cbs.com and www.sports.yahoo.com. Select cable and satellite TV systems will also be offering the Pacquiao vs. Mosley pay-per-view live stream. Viewers should check with their local providers.

Pacquiao vs. Mosley: May 7th is history in the making

“There are a lot of fans that don’t believe that I can do it. Maybe because of the last couple of fights, but things have changed and I feel great; I feel good. I’m just ready to go.”

Pacquiao vs. Mosley

I believe Sugar Shane Mosley when he said that. And with the kind of push and motivation, challenge, training, conditioning, preparation and sacrifices he has had heading to his forthcoming showdown with the heavy favorite boxing master Pacman, he is most likely to win the bout but well against the opponents who defeated him or serve him a draw in the past from Vernon Forrest to Sergio Mora if he will be given a chance to turn the clock back and do it again.

But against a Manny Pacquiao on May 7, it’s an entirely different story.

This is to bring up a couple of main points: One is Pacquiao will beat a Mosley in his prime. Two is even the best Mosley that Mosley can summon from himself at any given time in his career as a professional boxer, doing everything he needs to do to fight a Manny Pacquiao at the top of his game such as the transforming vicious one we have today and whom Mosley would engage in a war a few days from now, Sugar Shane and his camp would then finally find out and “sweetly” realize in less than twelve rounds on fight night why most people and experts in the sport say that Pacquiao would win and even capably deliver their man the first and only knockout loss in his record.

The Pacman is history in the making. His story isn’t finished yet and Mosley just happens to be a part of that fascinating saga of a great sports legend. And as in a classical movie masterpiece, it would be anti-climactic to say at this point that Pacquiao is already the best and greatest boxer of all time. We are nearing the end, though.

Decades or centuries from now, we all will be considered “lucky” and blessed by the future generations because we have in our generation a man who is rare to come in a lifetime or lifetimes.

Pacquiao vs Mosley: Speed Versus Quickness

One interesting take on this weekend’s blockbuster matchup between Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao and ‘Sugar’ Shane Mosley is pitting Pacquiao’s overall speed advantage against Mosley’s quick and powerful right hand. We’ve already compared their power and durability and have agreed that Pacquiao owns both departments, but today let’s take a look at speed.

They say speed kills and Pacquiao has made a killing by showing the world what first class speed looks like and how it completely trumps anything opponents have to offer. But will Pacquiao’s speed be effective against a savvy ring veteran like Mosley with killer speed of his own?

Gone are the days when Pacquiao was simply thought of as one-dimensional, today he uses both his hands with equal power and speed. It’s a given, Pacquiao has been blazing fast since the world first took notice of him over 10 years ago in the Bantamweight division, after destroying then elite opposition in Lenoholo Ledwaba. Since then he has used his speed quite effectively in dismantling the best of the best of the sport. Probably none more so than Oscar Dela Hoya.

Prior to the Dela Hoya fight, it was the general consensus that Pacquiao would be too small to face ‘The Golden Boy’. That Pacquiao’s speed would not be enough of an advantage to overcome the huge disparity in size and weight. I for one, was nervously watching in my seat prior to the opening bell, afraid that Dela Hoya would simply be too large for our Pinoy hero.

Boy was I wrong.

Oscar Dela Hoya had the advantage in nearly every category prior to witnessing the colossal upset. Power, size, chin, experience, skills and overall ring generalship were his and he was able to use none of it. None of it! Pacquiao only had speed to his advantage and he used that to completely take Dela Hoya out of his game.

After that, Pacquiao went on to use that same speed in taking apart Hatton, Cotto, Clottey and Margarito.

And it’s not just the hand speed we’re talking about here, it’s more of the overall fleetness of the feet. Pacquiao has that invaluable ability to dart in and launch a flurry of powerful attacks and dart back out or circle away and out of harms way before the counter-attack is initiated. This is something Mosley has to find the answer to once he finally gets a taste of Pacquiao’s freakish speed advantage.

Shane Mosley is no pushover either. His hand speed, even pushing 40 years of age (and experience), is still top notch in the business and is good enough to catch even Floyd Mayweather, who sports the one of the best defenses in Boxing.

In the 2nd round of their fight nearly a year ago, he caught Mayweather with a lead right hand and momentarily buckled the self proclaimed G.O.A.T. Mayweather hung on for dear life. Moments after that, Mosley wobbled him again with the same punch.

Watch the round in slow motion, check out the replay. Mayweather was in complete defensive mode before the punch landed. He had his shoulder ready to roll and deflect, his eyes locked on to Mosley with heightened awareness, expecting Mosley to launch a straight right hand. Mosley’s right hand was so fast and snappy, though telegraphed, it broke right through the defense and for a few seconds separated Mayweather from his senses.

That was Mosley’s chance to score the upset, but lack of agression and the lack of a follow up attack forced him to miss that chance and Mayweather went on to cruise to a shutout in the succeeding rounds.

Still, Mosley’s hand speed is quick enough to catch Manny Pacquiao and if he does, he can end it in one punch.

So which will prove to be a bigger factor come fight night, Manny Pacquiao’s furiously speedy attack, or Shane Mosley’s quickness of the hands?

The answer is obvious. Pacquiao’s speed will once again be the difference in this fight. He’ll be out of there before Mosley can even think about countering. Pacquiao’s speed is what makes him special and everyone knows it. We can take David Diaz’s word for it, “He’s just too fast!”.

But I think Max Kellerman said it best, right after the Cotto fight.

“Whatever your gameplan is, Pacquiao will take you completely out of it.”

Advantage: Once again, Manny Pacquiao.

Pacquiao vs. Mosley sold out!

The May 7th bout between Manny Pacquiao vs Shane Mosley has reportedly officially sold out for the venue at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. It’s really not all that surprising given how small the MGM Grand is.

The seating capacity is only 16800, so it’s not as if they were trying to fill the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Even some of the lesser big named stars could likely fill out the MGM Grand. This fight is considered a mega fight, but I don’t see it as that.

Unless the fight does incredibly well on pay-per-view then I’m seeing this fight as one of Pacquiao’s typical fights where he’s the main draw against some hapless opponent who doesn’t have much of a chance to win. Mosley isn’t a big draw on his own, something we’ve seen in his fights that haven’t involved big stars like Oscar De La Hoya or Miguel Cotto.

If the Pacquiao-Mosley fight brings in big numbers, it’s because of Pacquiao and the marketing of the fight on CBS/Showtime with their Pacquiao-Mosley Fight Camp 360 episodes. Those episodes are probably going to be the real test for the casual boxing fans.

If they like what they see, then they’ll buy this fight in droves. If not, then they’ll stay away and ignore it. I got to say I really hated the first Pacquiao-Mosley Fight Camp 360 episode. Talk about boring. I was almost asleep after the first 10 painfully boring minutes. I had to chug some coffee just to stay awake and watch the whole thing.

There just wasn’t any charisma with these two fighters. Talk about wooden characters. They need a director to get some life in them. If I was the director of the series I would have been barking myself horse trying to get them to show some expressions on their faces.

Mosley looks tired all the time, and Pacquiao is showing no emotion. Someone needs to light a firecracker under their backsides to get some life into them. I wouldn’t want to purchase the Pacquiao-Mosley fight on PPV looking at those two lifeless fighters. The director of the series needs to whip some emotions into those two.