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Watch Shane Mosley Beg His Corner To End His Fight Against Manny Pacquiao

When Manny Pacquiao defeated Shane Mosley last month, Pacquiao was clearly the better fighter. This had a lot to do with Pacquiao’s excellence, but it also had something to do with a performance from Mosley that SI’s Bryan A. Graham called “strangely passive.” Pacquiao himself said he “was surprised [Mosley] ran and ran,” while Graham’s colleague Chris Mannix called the fight “a sham” that was “awful for boxing.”

Well, judging by the video below, it was pretty awful for Mosley, too. Mosley really wanted the fight to end. It’s telling that the people in his corner were trying to fire him up, telling him he could do it, that he had it in him – meanwhile, Mosley was saying, “I can’t move.”

I don’t box (you’d see why if you saw me), but it’s a sport that has to require some extreme self-confidence. You have to truly believe that you’re going to go one-on-one against a highly-trained, incredibly fit fighter…and pound them into submission. It’s clear Mosley didn’t have that confidence against Pacquiao, and the following clip is just the latest sign that Mosley was already thoroughly beaten before the fight ended. Watch:

[Black Sports Online]