{"id":522805,"date":"2026-03-08T15:57:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T15:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/522805\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T15:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T15:57:07","slug":"shane-mosley-names-who-was-better-between-mayweather-and-pacquiao-as-rematch-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/522805\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane Mosley names who was better between Mayweather and Pacquiao as rematch confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shane Mosley lost to both Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao<\/a> in their primes, but had a clear answer in mind out of the two of them as the best he ever faced.<\/p>\n

\u2018Sugar\u2019 locked horns with the two pound-for-pound legends in 2010 and 2011, respectively, losing both fights by a wide unanimous decision.<\/p>\n

His encounter with Mayweather is perhaps best remembered for its dramatic second round, when Mosley buckled his man\u2019s knees<\/a> with a thumping overhand right.<\/p>\n

Mayweather, however, did remarkably well to recover from the shot in double-quick fashion, before piecing together an assertive response to cement his dominant victory.<\/p>\n

As for his clash with Pacquiao, again at 147lbs, Mosley suffered a third-round knockdown before repeatedly feeling the full force of his opponent\u2019s blistering fists.<\/p>\n

Back then, Pacquiao was deemed as the number one pound-for-pound fighter in the world, with other welterweight victories including elite performances against Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito.<\/p>\n

The Filipino icon then faced Mayweather just under four years later \u2013 having suffered defeats to Timothy Bradley and Juan Manuel Marquez \u2013 and lost a clear unanimous decision.<\/p>\n

It is perhaps unsurprising, then, that in an interview with Ring Magazine, Mosley credited Mayweather as the best fighter he ever collided with, particularly highlighting his speed, defensive capabilities and jab.<\/p>\n

\u201cBest overall would have to be Floyd. He had everything. He had about three different categories where he was the best.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most speed, best defence and a good jab and good offence. I think that it\u2019s also what he [did] with his movement and his angles.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mayweather and Pacquiao are now gearing up for a professional rematch on September 19<\/a>, when they will headline a card at the Sphere, Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Mayweather, 49, has not fought professionally since 2017, when he defeated Conor McGregor, while Pacquiao, 47, boxed to a draw against Mario Barrios last July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shane Mosley lost to both Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao in their primes, but had a clear answer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-522805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}