Post by J180 on Feb 4, 2010 11:30:00 GMT 1
Undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr will fight WBA super-champion Shane Mosley for his welterweight title on 1 May.
Both fighters have agreed to Olympic-style drug testing before the Las Vegas contest - an issue that scuppered Mayweather's fight with Manny Pacquiao.
Mayweather, who has won titles in five divisions, said: "This is for the fans as I wasn't going to waste anyone's time with a meaningless tune-up bout.
"Shane is one of the best but come May 1 he won't be great enough to beat me."
The 32-year-old, who retired after beating Britain's Ricky Hatton in 2007, returned from almost two years out of the ring with a unanimous points victory over Juan Manuel Marquez last September.
That win looked set to pave the way to a mega-fight with world welterweight champion Pacquiao.
However, the bout collapsed when Pacquiao, who has also won world titles at five weights, refused to agree to random blood and urine sampling in the build-up to the fight.
Mayweather has won 25 of his 40 contests by knockout and added: "I have said ever since I came back to the sport that I only wanted to fight the best."
Mosley, 38, who is himself a three-weight champion, had been set to fight WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto on 30 January but United States-born Berto, who fought for Haiti at the 2004 Olympics, pulled out following the earthquake in his parents' homeland.
Pacquiao still believes his fight with Mayweather will go ahead later this year and is poised to fight Ghana's Joshua Clottey in Dallas on 13 March.
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Both fighters have agreed to Olympic-style drug testing before the Las Vegas contest - an issue that scuppered Mayweather's fight with Manny Pacquiao.
Mayweather, who has won titles in five divisions, said: "This is for the fans as I wasn't going to waste anyone's time with a meaningless tune-up bout.
"Shane is one of the best but come May 1 he won't be great enough to beat me."
The 32-year-old, who retired after beating Britain's Ricky Hatton in 2007, returned from almost two years out of the ring with a unanimous points victory over Juan Manuel Marquez last September.
That win looked set to pave the way to a mega-fight with world welterweight champion Pacquiao.
However, the bout collapsed when Pacquiao, who has also won world titles at five weights, refused to agree to random blood and urine sampling in the build-up to the fight.
Mayweather has won 25 of his 40 contests by knockout and added: "I have said ever since I came back to the sport that I only wanted to fight the best."
Mosley, 38, who is himself a three-weight champion, had been set to fight WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto on 30 January but United States-born Berto, who fought for Haiti at the 2004 Olympics, pulled out following the earthquake in his parents' homeland.
Pacquiao still believes his fight with Mayweather will go ahead later this year and is poised to fight Ghana's Joshua Clottey in Dallas on 13 March.
news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/8497475.stm