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Negotiations for a proposed matchup between Mayweather and Shane Mosley immediately began after Andre Berto pulled out of his scheduled January 30 unification bout with the latter, due to the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[83] Both sides eventually agreed to fight on May 1, 2010 for Mosleys WBA World Welterweight title. It was later revealed that Floyd Mayweather refuse to pay sanctioning fees required by WBA, Mayweather said "all belts do is collect dust". However the belt will only be on the line for Mosley to defend against Mayweather.[84] Both Mayweather and Mosley agreed to Olympic-style testing for this bout.[85][86] Not because of the failed negotions between Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao but because of Mosley's own history of performance-enhancing drugs.[87] Mosley started the fight well landing two solid right hands in Round 2 making Mayweather's knees buckle. Mayweather showed tremendous heart and courage and went on to dominate, outbox, and outclass Mosley eventually winning a unanimous decision. Judges scored the fight 119-109, 119-109, 118-110 all in favor of Mayweather. During the fight in Round 4 Compubox picked up Shane Mosley throwing seven punches without landing any, making Mayweather the second boxer after Roy Jones, Jr to go the entire round without being hit. After the fight president of Golden Boy Promotions Oscar De La Hoya stated that "No doubt about it in my mind, in Mosley's mind, in anybody's mind that he is the best. He keeps on proving it over and over again, I have to say, the truth tonight convinced me that he is the best, possibly of all times, Mayweather has the skill, has the talent to beat anybody."[88]
The fight was the second highest non heavyweight pay-per-view bout in the history of boxing selling 1.4 million Pay-per-views. HBO officially released that the fight generated $78.3 million in revenues. After Mayweather's lopsided victory over Shane Mosley several boxing rankings placed him as the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world.
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