Emanuel Steward and his views on the fight between Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley this Saturday

Geoffrey Ciani (Interviewed by Jenna J & Geoffrey Ciani)from Eastside Boxing - This week’s 123rd edition of On the Ropes Boxing Radio (brought to you by CWH Promotions) featured an exclusive interview with Hall of Fame boxing trainer Emanuel Steward and his views on the fight between Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley this Saturday

“It’s an extremely intriguing fight to me because here is a fight that when it was first made it was totally criticized by everyone as being a total mismatch based on Mosley’s recent performances outside of the Margarito fight. The fight that he with Mora which wasn’t that exciting and then the terrible performance he had against Mayweather. Aside from staggering Mayweather I guess in the second round, I mean he was never really in the fight. But nevertheless the crowd and the public is going crazy. I cannot believe the amount of people that have been calling me up asking if I could get tickets at any price. It means to me that boxing is healthy still and the intriguing thing about it is people are dying to see a fight that I think when it was first established was like a 4:1 favorite for Pacquiao. I think that’s because the public still has a big desire to see marquee name fighters fighting each other. Especially like in the case of Pacquiao and Mosley who have for the most part really established themselves as really true warriors. So even though Mosley hasn’t been that great in his last fights, there are a lot of people asking me if I think Mosley can pull it off or if Sugar Shane can turn back the hands of time. It’s almost like Mike Tyson when he finally fought Lennox. It wasn’t the same Mike Tyson but the interest was still there because people are still trying to hold onto that Shane Mosley who had the two great fights with Oscar De La Hoya, and knocking out Vargas, and I guess Mayorga, and even t he fight he had with Miguel Cotto. So there are a lot of people in their own minds they’re kind of gradually forgetting about the Mayweather performance. I think it’s going to be a tremendous turnout and do big numbers with the pay-per-view that they’re selling. I think it’s good for boxing and regardless of who wins, which naturally favors Pacquiao, I think it’s going to be a good fight.”