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BRIAN: BACK HERE ON "FRIDAY
NIGHT FIGHTS."
BRIAN KENNEY AND MAX KELLERMAN.
WE ARE GETTING READY TO TALK TO
ONE OF THE BEST FIGHTERS IN THE
WORLD.
IN THIS ONE, SHANE MOSLEY,
SECOND FIGHT AT WELTERWEIGHT,
TOMORROW NIGHT TAKES ON WILLIE
WISE OF LONG ISLAND.
THIS IS THE BY WHO BEAT CHAVEZ
IN HIS LAST FIGHT.
I HAVE SEEN HIM BEFORE.
GOOD FIGHTER.
SLICK FIRE.
TAKING ON A GUY NO MOVES UP TO
WELTERWEIGHT.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEIGH-IN.
WISE THE GUY WHO BEAT CHAVEZ AND
THE GUY WHO IS FIGHTING FOR
MEDICAL COSTS FOR HIS SON.
BOTH GUYS WEIGHING IN AT 148
POUNDS.
SUGAR SHANE MOSLEY JOINS US
RIGHT NOW ON "FRIDAY NIGHT
FIGHTS."
HOW YOU DOING?
>> I'M FEELING GREAT.
HOW ARE YOU?
BRIAN: WELL.
THE BIG QUESTION FOR YOU,
DOMINANT AT LIGHTWEIGHT, YOU
MOVE UP TO 147.
DO YOU TAKE THE POWER WITH YOU?
ARE YOU GOING TO TRY TO PROVE
SOMETHING HERE AGAINST WILLIE?
>> I ALREADY PROVED MYSELF
ALREADY IN THE FIRST
WELTERWEIGHT FIGHT.
NOW ALL I'M GOING TO DO IS DO AS
I ALWAYS DID AT LIGHTWEIGHT.
THAT'S BEEN A SPECTACULAR BOXER
AND PUNCHER AND SPEED AND ALL
THE ABOVE.
MAX: SHANE, YOU KNOW HERE ON
"FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS" WE LOVE
YOU.
BUT THERE ARE NO KIDS GLOVES.
LOOK AT THIS.
TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK.
>> I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR
VERNON.
I WANT YOU, YOU'RE NEXT.
>> SHANE, I'M HERE.
I'M NOT RUNNING.
I'M NOT HIDING.
IF YOU WANT -- IF YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR ME, I'M HERE.
YOU KNOW -- YOU KNOW WHERE TO
FIND ME.
CALL MAIN EVENTS.
I'LL GIVE YOU A NUMBER IF YOU
NEED THAT, TOO.
>> UNFORTUNATELY, I COULDN'T SEE
THAT.
YEAH, I DEFINITELY WANT VERNON.
IF HE CAN GET PAST VINCENT
PHILLIPS.
MY NEXT FIGHT IS WITH OSCAR DE
LA HOYA.
AFTER OSCAR DE LA HOYA, WE'LL
FIGHT VERNON.
EVERYBODY GETS A CHANCE AT SUGAR
SHANE MOSLEY.
THERE'S NOT A WELTERWEIGHT OUT
THERE THAT I BELIEVE CAN BEAT
ME.
I CAN BEAT EVERY WELTERWEIGHT
OUT THERE.
I AM THE BEST.
I AM GOING TO BE THE GREATEST.
MAX: SHANE, NO ONE CAN BLAME YOU
FOR TAKING OSCAR INSTEAD OF
VERNON.
A HUNDRED TIMES MONEY THE OSCAR.
WILLIE WISE OPENED UP 40E-1
UNDERDOG.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HIM?
>> EXCELLENT FIGHTER, BOXER.
HE PROVED HIMSELF WITH COALLY.
HE WENT THE DISTANCE WITH HIM.
SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY
OUTPLAYED HIM.
AND STEPPING UP AND FIGHTING
CHAVEZ.
HE DID A WONDERFUL FIGHT WITH
HIM.
I DON'T LOOK PAST WISE.
HE'S A TERRIFIC BOXER.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT MY SUPERIOR
SPEED AND POWER WILL PREVAIL
OVER WISE.
BRIAN: SHANE, PRELIMINARY TALKS
HAVE BEGUN BETWEEN YOUR CAMP AND
OSCAR DE LA HOYA.
OSCAR DE LA HOYA GETTING READY
FOR YOU IS TAKING ON GUYS LIKE
QUARTEY AND TRIN DEAD.
YOU HAVE RIVERA AND WISE.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE THE EDGE THEN,
A GUY AT THAT WEIGHT CLASS, TO
OSCAR DE LA HOYA.
IS THAT THE TOUGHER COMPETITION?
DO YOU GO RIGHT TO OSCAR DE LA
HOYA OR DO YOU NEED ANOTHER
FIGHT BEFORE THAT AT THAT WEIGHT
CLASS?
>> I BELIEVE BOB AND KUSHNER AND
MYSELF, AND OSCAR WE CAN GET
TOGETHER AND DISCUSS POTENTIAL
FIGHT IN THE FUTURE.
THERE HAS BEEN TALKS OF ME
FIGHTING OSCAR JUNE 17.
I HAVEN'T TALKED TO ANYBODY
FIGHTING OSCAR DE LA HOYA AS OF
NOW.
NOBODY HAS INFORMED ME.
THERE'S BEEN TALK BUT I DON'T
KNOW ABOUT IT.
BUT I WOULD LOVE TO FIGHT OSCAR,
POSSIBLY JUNE 17 FOR THE
WELTERWEIGHT TITLE.
BRIAN: HAS SO MUCH CHANGED
BETWEEN THE AMATEUR DAYS?
OF COURSE YOU BRING THAT UP WHEN
YOU BEAT OSCAR, HE SAYS THAT'S A
LONG TIME AGO.
HAS THAT MUCH CHANGED?
>> IT IS A LONG TIME AGO.
OSCAR HAS A DIFFERENT MENTALITY
NOW THAN HE HAD WHEN HE WAS
YOUNGER AND I ALSO HAVE A
DIFFERENT MENTALITY.
MY MINDSET IS I WANT TO BE THE
GREATEST.
I WANT TO FIGHT THE GREAT
FIGHTERS IN MY DIVISION.
I'M GOING TO PROVE THAT BY
FIGHTING ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE
WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO IT IS.
OSCAR JUST HAPPENS TO BE THE
MOST PRESTIGIOUS FIGHT AT THE
WELTERWEIGHT SEMIPOUND DIVISION.
THAT WILL BE THE FIGHT I'LL
TAKE.
MAX: SHANE YOU HAD AN
ENTERTAINING FIGHT AGAINST
RIVERA.
IT WAS ENTERTAINING.
HE WAS LANDING PUNCHES.
OSCAR DE LA HOYA WAS DOMINANT
THERE.
DO YOU FEEL RIVERA AND WISE HAVE
PREPARED YOU FOR OSCAR DE LA
HOYA?
>> YOU KNOW I KNOW YOU'RE A
MOSELEY BARBER IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK IS MY SECOND CITY.
YOU'RE A SUGAR SHANE BARBER.
IT'S OK.
MAX: A MOSELEY BARBER.
WE GIVE YOU MORE GOOD PRESS HERE
THAN ANY WHERE.
>> I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO YOU
AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TELLING ME
ABOUT YOU IN NEW YORK.
YOU CAN HAVE YOUR OPINION ABOUT
HOW YOU FEEL.
I THINK -- RIVERA, HE FOUGHT A
GREAT FIGHT.
HE DID A LOT OF THINGS.
HE SHOWED ME A LOT OF THINGS.
I STAYED FLOOT FOOTED TOO MUCH
IN THE RIVERA FIGHT AND ALLOWED
HIM TO HIT WITH MORE SHOTS
BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO KNOCK
HIM OUT.
THESE NEXT FIGHTS I WON'T BE
TRYING TO KNOCK THE FIGHTER OUT.
YOU'LL SEE A LOT MORE MOVEMENT.
AND SHORT PUNCHING.
YOU'LL SEE A DIFFERENT SUGAR
SHANE MOSLEY IN THE NEXT FIGHT.
BRIAN: YOU LISTEN TO US ALL THE
TIME, GOOD LUCK TOMORROW NIGHT
AGAINST WISE.
>> THANK YOU.
BRIAN: WOW.
SHANE TAKE AGO SHOT OR TWO AT
YOU.
THAT'S UNFAIR.
ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU SAY I
HAVEN'T HEARD YOU BASH HIM.
MAX: I DO HAVE HIM LOWER IN THE
POUND FOR POUND SENSE THAN A LOT
OF PEOPLE.
I HAVE HIM AT THE HIGHEST I
THINK I HAD HIM FIVE.
AND THE LOWER HALF OF THE TOP 10
SOMETIMES.
OTHERS HAVE HIM IN THE TOP TWO
OR THREE.
BUT HE HAS THE CHANCE TO PROVE
ME WRONG JUST LIKE ALL FIGHTERS
DO.
YOU BEAT OSCAR DE LA HOYA I LOOK
LIKE I'M WRONG.
BRIAN: IF HE'S FIGHTING ALL
THESE GUYS, QUAR TEAR, TRINIDAD,
REID, VARGAS, ALL THOSE GUYS
THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO SAY.
ESPN.COM QUESTION --
BRIAN: WE HAVE ALWAYS SAID ALSO
WITH SHANE MOSLEY, AT
LIGHTWEIGHT, COMPLETELY
DOMINANT.
FLATTENED OUT THE DIVISION.
WELTERWEIGHT'S A DIFFERENT DEAL.
HE JUMPED UP TWO WEIGHT CLASSES.
TIME NOW FOR THE CLASSIC K.O.
WE GO BACK NOW, BACK TO THE
1950'S.
THIS MOSCELLI, FEBRUARY 1954.
>> HERE IN ROUND FIVE IT APPEARS
MOSCELLI HAS A SLIGHT LEAD IN
THE SCORING.
$ A LEFT BY SMITH AND MOSCELLI
COMES RIGHT BACK WITH A
BONE-JARRING LEFT THAT DROPS
SMITH IN ROUND FIVE.
JOAN MOSCELLI SCORES AN
IMPRESSIVE FIFTH-ROUND KNOCKOUT
OVER SMITH IN CINCINNATI.