Sugar Shane Mosley have been on top of the ring and experienced how difficult it is to handle both Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, which led to media outlets asking to make a prediction on a possible super fight.
Previous reports indicated that Mosley is convinced that Mayweather has better skills, but Pacquiao has the power to score a knockout win over the flamboyant American - a prediction that stirred debate in different social media.
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But in a recent interview with Fighthype, the American former champion insisted that he never said that Pacquiao will win over Mayweather, accusing the media of turning his quotes around to make it look like he believes the Filipino boxing icon is better than the undefeated American.
"It's pissing me off that people are turning my quotes around," Mosley said.
The 42-year-old boxing legend added that reports about his alleged prediction did use his statement, but pointed out that the other half of his statement was not mentioned in the reports.
"They ask, 'Well, what chance does Manny have?' I say, 'Well, you know, he has a puncher's chance. He does hit pretty good. If he can hurt Floyd, then maybe something can happen. But I also said, Floyd's the better fighter and he's never going to hit him to be able to hurt him, so it's not going to happen," Mosley said.
Mosley insisted that he has been a victim of similar false reports in the past.
During the previous fights of Mayweather, particularly in his record-setting bout against Saul Alvarez, Mosley said that the media made it look like he was always rooting for whoever the opponent of the Grand Rapids native is.
"I'm tired of this against Floyd thing; like Mosley is against Floyd or Mosley is saying this against Floyd. No, no; I'm not doing that. Floyd's a great fighter. He works hard, trains hard, and does what he's supposed to do. He's the best right now and there's nothing else to be said. That's it. That's just it. I'm just tired of it. I'm tired of the Mosley against Floyd thing," Mosley lamented.
Like most fight fans worldwide, Mosley, who absorbed lopsided decision defeats in his showdowns with Mayweather and Pacquiao, is also hoping that the potential record-breaking showdown will happen this year or next year.
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