Pacquiao vs. Mosley Results & Round by Round Scorecard
Round1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
TotalManny Pacquiao 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 119 Shane Mosley 10 9 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 108
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Pacquiao vs. Mosley Round by Round Results
Mosley's ring walk features LL Cool J performing live... "don't call it a comeback!"... "I'm gonna knock you out... mama said knock you out!" Like the song selection. Mosley looks excited, perhaps a bit pensive, but focused.Pacquiao comes out to another great song selection, with Jimi Jamison performing live "Eye of the Tiger". Awesome. Fight time here we go... Pacquiao looks super focused, and all smiles as usual.Two good ring walks for Pacquiao and Mosley... Fight Time ... finally! Huge amount of electricity in the air. Crowd is nuts.Rd 1: - Fight starts out slowly. Mosley working his jab a lot. Both fighters keeping a high guard and being cautious. Mosley looks for a left hook and misses, then goes to the body with a nice right hand. Pacquiao answers with a hard body punch. Pacquiao not using a lot of movement, he's not quick on his feet right now.. he's just walking forward. Pacquiao blocks a Mosley right hand but gets pushed back. Close round, but I give it to Mosley for controlling more.Rd 2: Pacquiao still not using much movement. Lands a right hook as he times Shane. That amps him up a little bit and he starts moving quicker. Mosley throws a 1-2 with force. Pacquiao answers with 3 punches, then digs to the body. Mosley pushes Pacquiao away. Pacquiao opening up more, and focusing on the body a good deal. Mosley has a "WTF" look on his face for a bit. The first real classic Manny Pacquiao moment comes in the last 10 seconds, as he darts in, throws a combo and darts around some more. Manny's round.Rd 3: Mosley lands a good right in the start of the round, but Pacquiao seems undeterred. He keeps coming in and throwing, then unleashes a four or five punch combo as he lunges in a bit. Mosley ties him up and they restart. Pacquiao jabs, then combos and comes forward, and then suddenly he drops Mosley! Mosley is mad it happened, but Pacquiao attacks forward. Mosley looks super nervous now as he moves back and tries to hold. Pacquiao on a full-out attack now. Big 1-2 lands. Pacquiao goes body-body-head, Shane holds on and spins Pacquiao around. 10 seconds left, Mosley already breathing heavy, round ends and they knock gloves. Just the third knockdown of Shane's career, and the only not coming by the fists of Vernon Forrest. It was a 1-2 that did it, and Pacquiao's straight left, as usual did the damage.Rd 4: Mosley looks a little tired and nervous as the round starts, doesn't know exactly what to do but he's trying. Pacquiao is still attacking. He gets down to the canvas but not from a punch. Mosley lands a right and a few other shots, Pacquiao answers to the body and Shane holds on. Pacquiao using his jab well, he's working off of it. Mosley throws a three punch combination with authority, Pacquiao blocks the punches and the round ends.Rd 5: The two clash heads for the second time of the night, nothing major though. Mosley going to the body, trying to tire Pacquiao out. He has recovered well from the knockdown so far, although Pacquiao is still landing a lot of leather. Pacquiao's jab is looking maybe better than I've ever seen in the past. Mosley working on timing Pacquiao as he throws his own shots, but hasn't been able to land the big shot yet.Rd 6: Mosley coming out strong at the start of the round, using his jab a lot. Pacquiao pressing forward though with combinations. He tries leading with a right hook and misses, Mosley pushes him away and tries to set his distance. Pacquiao feints with a jab, throws a lead left. Mosley lands a solid right, and he works the jab as the round ends. Mosley is fairly effective when he throws, but he's not throwing much. Pacquiao is busier and more aggressive.Rd 7: Action continuing along the same pace here. Pacquiao is just doing a lot more. Mosley is keeping his guard, staying safe, and working behind his jab, but not much is actually following the jab. He tries to go to the body and then Pacquiao throws 4 punches, and Mosley backs off. Mosley backpedaling now, his eyes beginning to swell and redden. Pacquiao lands a right jab and a half hook half straight left. They exchange jabs, the crowd boos a bit, and the round closes.Rd 8: Pacquiao pushes Mosley back with a jab. Then does it again. Mosley looks tired, and I don't want to say defeated, but he's not mounting much of an attack here. He's playing keep away a little bit. The crowd mixes in some boos with their enthusiasm for Pacquiao. Another Pacquiao round.Rd 9: The fight continues along the same course as we've had for most of the evening here. About one minute into the round Shane begins throwing a little bit, he throws a 1-2, throws a straight right. Pacquiao still presses forward and attacking. He lands a good straight left. He throws an uppercut to the body, and another straight left to Shane's head. He's pressing forward, but not a guns blazing attack as we've seen from Pacquiao at times in the past. He looks a little bit tired too, and perhaps still wary of Shane's power.Rd 10: If Mosley isn't going to open up and go for it, then I'd like to see Pacquiao open up more instead. Freddie Roach had been pretty vocal about his desire to stop Mosley. And then wait! Pacquiao gets sent to the canvas and it's called a knockdown. It seemed like Mosley threw him down, it wasn't a real knockdown. Pacquiao protests but the ruling stands. Clearly wasn't an actual knockdown. Maybe that will light a blaze under Pacquiao now, and it does. He opens up and is more aggressive than he has been. Throwing with bad intentions now. Really laying it on Mosley, downstairs and upstairs. Because of the official knockdown ruling, scoring on the round will be interesting... it was bogus and Pacquiao controlled the other action.Rd 11: Pacquiao comes out looking to close the show in the 11th. Rushing forward, he is loading up on every shot. He is tagging Shane. A huge straight left comes home. Pacquiao setting up behind the jab, hooking off the jab, looking for the home run left. Mosley throws out a token jab, the crowd chants "Knock him out!" This is the vintage, trademark Pacquiao we have all come to expect. All aggression, fury and dominance. Big, big Manny round.Rd 12: Pacquiao comes out looking to hurt Shane in the 12th, with the crowd chanting "Manny". Mosley has a brief flurry where he's throwing with KO intent, but it's all Pacquiao. The show closes without much of a bang, but the winner couldn't be more clear.Official judges' scorecards: 119-108, 120-108, 120-107 for Pacquiao
Mosley's ring walk features LL Cool J performing live... "don't call it a comeback!"... "I'm gonna knock you out... mama said knock you out!" Like the song selection. Mosley looks excited, perhaps a bit pensive, but focused.
Pacquiao comes out to another great song selection, with Jimi Jamison performing live "Eye of the Tiger". Awesome. Fight time here we go... Pacquiao looks super focused, and all smiles as usual.
Two good ring walks for Pacquiao and Mosley... Fight Time ... finally! Huge amount of electricity in the air. Crowd is nuts.
Rd 1: - Fight starts out slowly. Mosley working his jab a lot. Both fighters keeping a high guard and being cautious. Mosley looks for a left hook and misses, then goes to the body with a nice right hand. Pacquiao answers with a hard body punch. Pacquiao not using a lot of movement, he's not quick on his feet right now.. he's just walking forward. Pacquiao blocks a Mosley right hand but gets pushed back. Close round, but I give it to Mosley for controlling more.
Rd 2: Pacquiao still not using much movement. Lands a right hook as he times Shane. That amps him up a little bit and he starts moving quicker. Mosley throws a 1-2 with force. Pacquiao answers with 3 punches, then digs to the body. Mosley pushes Pacquiao away. Pacquiao opening up more, and focusing on the body a good deal. Mosley has a "WTF" look on his face for a bit. The first real classic Manny Pacquiao moment comes in the last 10 seconds, as he darts in, throws a combo and darts around some more. Manny's round.
Rd 3: Mosley lands a good right in the start of the round, but Pacquiao seems undeterred. He keeps coming in and throwing, then unleashes a four or five punch combo as he lunges in a bit. Mosley ties him up and they restart. Pacquiao jabs, then combos and comes forward, and then suddenly he drops Mosley! Mosley is mad it happened, but Pacquiao attacks forward. Mosley looks super nervous now as he moves back and tries to hold. Pacquiao on a full-out attack now. Big 1-2 lands. Pacquiao goes body-body-head, Shane holds on and spins Pacquiao around. 10 seconds left, Mosley already breathing heavy, round ends and they knock gloves. Just the third knockdown of Shane's career, and the only not coming by the fists of Vernon Forrest. It was a 1-2 that did it, and Pacquiao's straight left, as usual did the damage.
Rd 4: Mosley looks a little tired and nervous as the round starts, doesn't know exactly what to do but he's trying. Pacquiao is still attacking. He gets down to the canvas but not from a punch. Mosley lands a right and a few other shots, Pacquiao answers to the body and Shane holds on. Pacquiao using his jab well, he's working off of it. Mosley throws a three punch combination with authority, Pacquiao blocks the punches and the round ends.
Rd 5: The two clash heads for the second time of the night, nothing major though. Mosley going to the body, trying to tire Pacquiao out. He has recovered well from the knockdown so far, although Pacquiao is still landing a lot of leather. Pacquiao's jab is looking maybe better than I've ever seen in the past. Mosley working on timing Pacquiao as he throws his own shots, but hasn't been able to land the big shot yet.
Rd 6: Mosley coming out strong at the start of the round, using his jab a lot. Pacquiao pressing forward though with combinations. He tries leading with a right hook and misses, Mosley pushes him away and tries to set his distance. Pacquiao feints with a jab, throws a lead left. Mosley lands a solid right, and he works the jab as the round ends. Mosley is fairly effective when he throws, but he's not throwing much. Pacquiao is busier and more aggressive.
Rd 7: Action continuing along the same pace here. Pacquiao is just doing a lot more. Mosley is keeping his guard, staying safe, and working behind his jab, but not much is actually following the jab. He tries to go to the body and then Pacquiao throws 4 punches, and Mosley backs off. Mosley backpedaling now, his eyes beginning to swell and redden. Pacquiao lands a right jab and a half hook half straight left. They exchange jabs, the crowd boos a bit, and the round closes.
Rd 8: Pacquiao pushes Mosley back with a jab. Then does it again. Mosley looks tired, and I don't want to say defeated, but he's not mounting much of an attack here. He's playing keep away a little bit. The crowd mixes in some boos with their enthusiasm for Pacquiao. Another Pacquiao round.
Rd 9: The fight continues along the same course as we've had for most of the evening here. About one minute into the round Shane begins throwing a little bit, he throws a 1-2, throws a straight right. Pacquiao still presses forward and attacking. He lands a good straight left. He throws an uppercut to the body, and another straight left to Shane's head. He's pressing forward, but not a guns blazing attack as we've seen from Pacquiao at times in the past. He looks a little bit tired too, and perhaps still wary of Shane's power.
Rd 10: If Mosley isn't going to open up and go for it, then I'd like to see Pacquiao open up more instead. Freddie Roach had been pretty vocal about his desire to stop Mosley. And then wait! Pacquiao gets sent to the canvas and it's called a knockdown. It seemed like Mosley threw him down, it wasn't a real knockdown. Pacquiao protests but the ruling stands. Clearly wasn't an actual knockdown. Maybe that will light a blaze under Pacquiao now, and it does. He opens up and is more aggressive than he has been. Throwing with bad intentions now. Really laying it on Mosley, downstairs and upstairs. Because of the official knockdown ruling, scoring on the round will be interesting... it was bogus and Pacquiao controlled the other action.
Rd 11: Pacquiao comes out looking to close the show in the 11th. Rushing forward, he is loading up on every shot. He is tagging Shane. A huge straight left comes home. Pacquiao setting up behind the jab, hooking off the jab, looking for the home run left. Mosley throws out a token jab, the crowd chants "Knock him out!" This is the vintage, trademark Pacquiao we have all come to expect. All aggression, fury and dominance. Big, big Manny round.
Rd 12: Pacquiao comes out looking to hurt Shane in the 12th, with the crowd chanting "Manny". Mosley has a brief flurry where he's throwing with KO intent, but it's all Pacquiao. The show closes without much of a bang, but the winner couldn't be more clear.
Official judges' scorecards: 119-108, 120-108, 120-107 for Pacquiao
