Alex Ariza, the head conditioning coach at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, who overseas the programmes for Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan, believes Floyd Mayweather has stepped in the wrong direction to meet Shane Mosley.
“I don’t think he’ll get past Mosley,” said Ariza, who prepared Diego Corrales for his fight with Mayweather in 2001. “I think it’s even possible that Mayweather could come up with an injury or get ‘flu – or the stars won’t line up correctly – because if that fight happens and Mayweather loses, he loses everything. He will then never fight Manny for the amount of money that was originally offered, and he will lose all his pulling power.”
The proposed contest between Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, which collapsed over disagreements in the pre-fight drug testing procedures – was expected to generate $200 million and was seen as boxing’s biggest showdown for a generation.
“What does he gain from beating Mosley – who is 38 years old, and who exposed Antonio Margarito’s obvious weaknesses in his last fight? Floyd will fiddle his way to a points victory if he defeats Mosley. He’ll run, build up a lead and run some more, and have Mosley running into gaps all night chasing him down.”
Source: blogs.telegraph.co.uk
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