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Updated: January 29, 2010, 9:38 PM ET
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Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather Jr. have agreed to terms for awelterweight super fight, Mayweather adviser Leonard Ellerbe saidFriday.
Although the contracts are not signed, "all of the dealpoints have been agreed to," Ellerbe said. "We still have to put pen topaper, but everything is agreed to. It's with the lawyers. Shane is agreat fighter, one of the best of his era, and so is Floyd. It's goingto be a great fight. It's a fight fans have wanted to see for a longtime."
Mayweather
Mosley
Assumingthe paperwork is signed, Mosley will defend his welterweight titleagainst Mayweather on May 1 on HBO PPV at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Ellerbe said that he expected the paperwork to be completed in the next few days with a formal announcement likely next week.
The fight came together after an unexpected turn of events.
First,Mayweather became available for a fight three weeks ago whennegotiations with pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao disintegrated.They had agreed to all terms for a March 13 fight that loomed as thebiggest in boxing -- except for a drug testing protocol.
They hadagreed to random urine testing, but Mayweather also wanted random bloodtesting, even though that is not required under the rules of the NevadaState Athletic Commission. Pacquiao agreed only to three blood tests,but none within 24 days of the fight, and the third one immediatelyafter the bout.
Mayweather has alluded to Pacquiao usingperformance-enhancing drugs, even though he has never produced anyevidence, and Floyd Mayweather Sr. has outright said he believesPacquiao uses.
The rancor over the drug testing issue caused thefight to fall apart and Pacquiao moved on. He will defend his versionof the 147-pound title against former titlist Joshua Clottey on March13 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Then Mosley becameavailable two weeks ago. He was scheduled to meet Andre Berto in atitle unification bout at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on Saturday night.However, Berto, a Haitian-American, withdrew from the bout after eightmembers of his extended family were killed in the earthquake in Haiti.
Immediatelyafter the cancellation of Mosley-Berto, Mosley and Mayweather -- theformer welterweight champ and pound-for-pound king until giving up themantle during a brief retirement -- began negotiating.
"The negotiations were very cordial and went very smoothly," Ellerbe said.
Mosley has agreed to undergo random blood and urine testing, as has Mayweather, Ellerbe said.
Mosleyhas admitted to using PEDs and was connected to the BALCO scandal.Although he publicly denied using PEDs for years, Mosley admittedduring grand jury testimony, which was later released, that he useddesigner steroids "the clear" and "the cream" and injected himself withEPO, a blood oxygen enhancer, during the lead-up to his 2003 rematchwith Oscar De La Hoya. Mosley said he took the steroids unknowingly.
"Floyd only wants to be sure of an even playing field no matter who he fights," Ellerbe said.
Mayweather(40-0, 25 KOs), a five-division champion, and Mosley (46-5, 39 KOs), athree-division champion, have seemingly been on a collision coursesince the late 1990s, when Mosley was lightweight champion andMayweather was junior lightweight champion.
Although theircareers took different paths, talk of a potential fight heated back upin 2006 after Mosley's two knockouts of Fernando Vargas, but talksnever got too serious.
However, Mosley stepped up his call for afight with Mayweather, 32, last year after Mayweather ended his18-month retirement. After Mayweather easily beat lightweight championJuan Manuel Marquez in a lopsided decision in September, Mosley crashedhis post-fight interview in the ring and called him out to his face.
Itdidn't look like Mosley would get the fight because two months later,Pacquiao knocked out Miguel Cotto and talks began forPacquiao-Mayweather.
Mosley, 38, hasn't fought since last January, when he upset Antonio Margarito to win his title via ninth-round knockout.
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Updated: January 29, 2010, 9:38 PM ET
[h2]Mosley, Mayweather reach terms[/h2]
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By Dan Rafael
ESPN.com
Archive
Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather Jr. have agreed to terms for awelterweight super fight, Mayweather adviser Leonard Ellerbe saidFriday.
Although the contracts are not signed, "all of the dealpoints have been agreed to," Ellerbe said. "We still have to put pen topaper, but everything is agreed to. It's with the lawyers. Shane is agreat fighter, one of the best of his era, and so is Floyd. It's goingto be a great fight. It's a fight fans have wanted to see for a longtime."
Mayweather
Mosley
Assumingthe paperwork is signed, Mosley will defend his welterweight titleagainst Mayweather on May 1 on HBO PPV at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Ellerbe said that he expected the paperwork to be completed in the next few days with a formal announcement likely next week.
The fight came together after an unexpected turn of events.
First,Mayweather became available for a fight three weeks ago whennegotiations with pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao disintegrated.They had agreed to all terms for a March 13 fight that loomed as thebiggest in boxing -- except for a drug testing protocol.
They hadagreed to random urine testing, but Mayweather also wanted random bloodtesting, even though that is not required under the rules of the NevadaState Athletic Commission. Pacquiao agreed only to three blood tests,but none within 24 days of the fight, and the third one immediatelyafter the bout.
Mayweather has alluded to Pacquiao usingperformance-enhancing drugs, even though he has never produced anyevidence, and Floyd Mayweather Sr. has outright said he believesPacquiao uses.
The rancor over the drug testing issue caused thefight to fall apart and Pacquiao moved on. He will defend his versionof the 147-pound title against former titlist Joshua Clottey on March13 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Then Mosley becameavailable two weeks ago. He was scheduled to meet Andre Berto in atitle unification bout at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on Saturday night.However, Berto, a Haitian-American, withdrew from the bout after eightmembers of his extended family were killed in the earthquake in Haiti.
Immediatelyafter the cancellation of Mosley-Berto, Mosley and Mayweather -- theformer welterweight champ and pound-for-pound king until giving up themantle during a brief retirement -- began negotiating.
"The negotiations were very cordial and went very smoothly," Ellerbe said.
Mosley has agreed to undergo random blood and urine testing, as has Mayweather, Ellerbe said.
Mosleyhas admitted to using PEDs and was connected to the BALCO scandal.Although he publicly denied using PEDs for years, Mosley admittedduring grand jury testimony, which was later released, that he useddesigner steroids "the clear" and "the cream" and injected himself withEPO, a blood oxygen enhancer, during the lead-up to his 2003 rematchwith Oscar De La Hoya. Mosley said he took the steroids unknowingly.
"Floyd only wants to be sure of an even playing field no matter who he fights," Ellerbe said.
Mayweather(40-0, 25 KOs), a five-division champion, and Mosley (46-5, 39 KOs), athree-division champion, have seemingly been on a collision coursesince the late 1990s, when Mosley was lightweight champion andMayweather was junior lightweight champion.
Although theircareers took different paths, talk of a potential fight heated back upin 2006 after Mosley's two knockouts of Fernando Vargas, but talksnever got too serious.
However, Mosley stepped up his call for afight with Mayweather, 32, last year after Mayweather ended his18-month retirement. After Mayweather easily beat lightweight championJuan Manuel Marquez in a lopsided decision in September, Mosley crashedhis post-fight interview in the ring and called him out to his face.
Itdidn't look like Mosley would get the fight because two months later,Pacquiao knocked out Miguel Cotto and talks began forPacquiao-Mayweather.
Mosley, 38, hasn't fought since last January, when he upset Antonio Margarito to win his title via ninth-round knockout.
