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logic screams that mosley is just a pawn s A Mosley-Pacquiao match makes no sense ... and Bob Arum has to know it Shane Mosley doesn't deserve to fight Manny Pacquiao, but he certainly deserves better treatment than what he might be getting from Bob Arum and Top Rank. Logic dictates that the future Hall of Famer is being used as a carrot on a stick by Arum, who purportedly plans to match Mosley against Pacquiao on April 16. In what bizarro world does this fight make sense to a savvy promoter like Arum? The answer: None. Mosley looked like a shot fighter in his most-recent bout, a draw with second-tier junior middleweight Sergio Mora. Four months earlier, he was flogged like a geriatric mule by Floyd Mayweather Jr. He's 39 years old. Online polls show that fans couldn't possibly be less interested in a Pacquiao-Mosley fight. Are we really supposed to believe the top promoter in the world is oblivious to all of the above? Please.  Arum is many things, but he's no bumpkin. His bottom line is ... well, the bottom line. He wants to fill a stadium, cash in on his PayPerView promotion, and make a big, fat bank deposit. That's what promoters do. So, Mosley-Pacquiao? What's the gag? We have little choice but to assume that Floyd Mayweather doesn't want to fight Pacquiao. The premise is supported by every move he's has made in recent months and years. Now consider all of the sizzling studs who are calling Pacquiao's name on a daily basis: Andre Berto, Timothy Bradley, Devon Alexander, Amir Khan, Marcos Maidana, Sergio Martinez, and, of course, the living legend who twice has proven to be Pacman's fiercest rival, Juan Manuel Marquez. Any of the above would be more compelling to boxing fans than Shane Mosley. Arum knows it -- so what is boxing's shrewdest promoter doing? We can only guess he's using Mosley as a pawn, for leverage, fully intending to throw him onto the scrap heap the instant he secures the most-attractive offer he can get from any of the aforementioned foes. If it's true, here's the sad part: Mosley really has little choice but to roll the dice, put his trust in Arum, and hope for the best. This is one last chance -- however ill-advised -- to cash in on a Hall of Fame career. It's so alluring to Mosley that he's chosen to sacrifice his friendship with Oscar De La Hoya, and his business relationship with Golden Boy Promotions (currently in legal battles with Top Rank), to clear the path to a Pacquiao fight. The reality is that anybody willing to bet five cents on Mosley against Pacquiao probably is confined to a mental institution, or should be. It's hard to believe Mosley, himself, truly thinks he has a realistic chance of avoiding obliteration. But warriors go to war -- risks be damned -- and Shane is a warrior. If a Mosley-Pacquiao match gets made, Arum should be prosecuted for assault and battery. This match is a crime against the sport. If the fight doesn't get made, then Shane clearly has been played. Either way, Mosley and boxing fans deserve better. Previous columns by Dennis Taylor CLICK HERE: The meltdown of Floyd Mayweather CLICK HERE: To join the all-time greatest, Floyd needs a worthy challenge CLICK HERE: Big Brother is waiting for Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero CLICK HERE: Superstar! Andre Ward emerges as the new American Idol. CLICK HERE: You with the cellphone ... wave bye bye! CLICK HERE to contact Dennis Taylor |
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