Pacquiao won a disproportionate 12-round decision Saturday night, keeping his version of the welterweight weight world title in a fight that has been booed roundly on the towers of the late because Mosley refused to trade punches.
Pacquiao won every round on two ringside scorecards maps by extending the remarkable that made him the most exciting fighter in the sport.
He has also won respect reticence of veteran who has been in with some of the best in the world.
"I fought the best fighter in the world", said Mosley. "He has exceptional power, that I have never been struck like this before."
Inverted Pacquiao Mosley with a left hook in the third round, a undermined blow Mosley willingness to engage. Pacquiao ran after Mosley the rest of the fight, but the former champion who has never been arrested to 18 years in the ring was able to stay far enough to complete 12 upright round.
Pacquiao won 120-108 on a dashboard, 120-107 on a second and 119-108 on the third. The Associated Press had him winning 118-110.
For Mosley, the fight was strikingly similar to its end last year against Floyd Mayweather Jr. - except this time Mosley did not even landing a big blow as he did at the outset against Mayweather. More of Mosley on this night time when referee Kenny Bayless governed by error that Mosley overthrown Pacquiao in the 10th round when he has not yet hit with a blow.
The knockdown which has not been spurred Pacquiao as he makes after Mosley the rest of the English channel and again in the 11th. Then, the crowd was applauded "him Knock out!" "Knock him!"but Pacquiao - disturbed by a cramp in his left leg since the fourth series - was not enough to finish him.
"It was not my best performance," said Pacquiao. "I did my best." I did not expect this result. ?
Nearest Mosley received from Pacquiao all night came early in the 12th round when he hugged Pacquiao before both on the finishing of their business. Which took fire to Pacquiao, who is not really went after the direct elimination in the final round.
Promoter Bob Arum defended putting that Mosley in the ring against Pacquiao despite signs in the last two of Mosley fight that his reflexes were drag.
"No one can really perform against him," said Arum. "Some of these guys are quite good fighters, but no one in their experience was confronted someone as Pacman." Everyone get the same way. ?
Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 knockouts) was a 7-1 favorite and also the great favorite of the crowd that gathered expect to see another of his exciting performances. That it could not deliver was the only bad part of the night for a hunter that doubles as a member of the Congress in his native Philippines.
This was not the distractions of trying to do both jobs well, Pacquiao said, but leg problems that first cropped in its fight against Antonio Margarito last November.
"I thought Shane has done an excellent job, he had a speed", said Pacquiao. "I couldn't move my left leg because tight." This is a problem, I had recently. I will work on my legs in the future of training camps. ?
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