Shane Mosley will fight Floyd Mayweather Junior on May, 1st.
It will be a clash between multi-division champions and two of the biggest names in boxing.
The fight will feature arguably the two best American boxers below the middleweight limit of the last fifteen years.
Los Angeles based Golden Boy Promotions will put their marketing machine to work and at least one million viewers will tune into the event broadcast on HBO pay per view.
But when the viewers - live and those watching in from home - walk away from Mayweather vs. Mosley, will the be entertained?
Is this fight must watch television?
From a historical perspective, boxing fans will flock to this fight due to the fact that both men have had decorated careers and are Hall of Fame bound.
Mosley, 38 years old and representing Pomona, California, is the owner of a record that stands at 45 wins and 5 losses, 75 percent of his victories have come by the way of knock-out. The man who has been dubbed "Sugar", has held world titles in the lightweight, welterweight, and junior middleweight classes.
Yet, Mosley is not known for creating the sort of action in the ring that creates instant classics or fight of the years. Hand speed and holding have been the calling card of Mosley in recent years.
Mayweather, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nevada, with a fighting record of 40 wins and no losses, and has held titles in the super featherweight,lightweight, junior welterweight, and welterweight, and junior middleweight classes.
Though technically brilliant, and almost a perfect boxer, Mayweather's style - punctuated by brilliant defense and counter-punching, is not conducive to barn burners or television friendly action.
So while their pedigrees cannot be questioned, the fight looks to be another boxing event with a huge build-up and small pay-off for the fans.
Will either man let caution fly into the May Las Vegas sky and push the fight, then finding a willing partner across the ring?
Highly unlikely.
Source: examiner.com
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