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Floyd Mayweather Jr. finalized a deal Wednesday to fight Sugar Shane Mosley on May 1 in a welterweight bout at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas. Mayweather (40-0, 25 KOs) agreed to the 12-round bout last week, but hadn't formally signed the contract for the former pound-for-pound champion's second fight back from a brief retirement.
"This one is definitely for the fans, as I wasn't going to waste anyone's time with a meaningless tuneup bout and asked to fight Shane immediately," Mayweather said. "I have said ever since I came back to the sport that I only wanted to fight the best. I think Shane is one of the best, but come May 1, he still won't be great enough to beat me."See the full content of this document
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Mayweather Finalizes May 1 Fight Vs. Mosley
Although the fight is an intriguing matchup between two veteran welterweights who have been circling each other for a decade, the dangerous Mosley (46-5, 39 KOs) still isn't Mayweather's first choice.
Mayweather agreed to the bout only af...See the full content of this document
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