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LAS VEGAS (AP)\u2014Shane Mosley knew what was coming from the minute he signed to fight Manny Pacquiao. He\u2019s been in enough big fights to understand his role in this one.<\/p>\n

What Mosley believes boxing fans don\u2019t understand is he\u2019s got a real shot to pull off an upset over the best boxer in the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to get very interesting, very quick,\u201d Mosley said.<\/p>\n

Oddsmakers in this gambling town don\u2019t agree, making Pacquiao a 6-1 favorite to beat Mosley when they meet Saturday night at the MGM Grand Hotel. But Pacquiao himself says Mosley may prove to be his most difficult fight since he became a superstar by beating Oscar De La Hoya.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s not an easy opponent,\u201d Pacquiao said at Wednesday\u2019s final pre-fight press conference. \u201cHe\u2019s the kind of fighter you can\u2019t underestimate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pacquiao said he has not done that, training eight hard weeks to get into the kind of shape his adoring public has come to expect. He\u2019s expecting the Mosley of his prime, not the fighter who looked very ordinary in a loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. last year, followed by a draw with Sergio Mora.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe moves like he\u2019s 31, 32 years old,\u201d Pacquiao said. \u201cHe has hand speed, and he has foot speed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many in boxing think otherwise. They see the 39-year-old Mosley as a shell of the fighter who beat De La Hoya twice and has held titles in three different weight classes.<\/p>\n

Mosley rocked Mayweather early only to fade as the rounds went on. He looked old and tired against Mora.<\/p>\n

But styles do make fights, and Mosley believes he has the speed and punching power to trade punches with a fighter who likes nothing better than a good brawl in the ring.<\/p>\n

That could make for an interesting fight\u2014even if it\u2019s not the fight against Mayweather most boxing fans want to see.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an opportunity to show people I\u2019m not washed up,\u201d Mosley said. \u201cMy legs are good, they\u2019re strong and ready to go. You don\u2019t lose your power. They say you lose your speed, but I haven\u2019t lost my speed either.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mosley will earn a minimum $5 million to take on Pacquiao, the boxer-congressman-singer who has become a worldwide phenomenon. He may earn every penny of it if Pacquiao looks like he did in dismantling Antonio Margarito in his last fight in November.<\/p>\n

The only knock on Pacquiao\u2014who is guaranteed $20 million\u2014is that he spends too much time doing things that have nothing to do with boxing. That includes an Oval Office meeting with President Barack Obama when Pacquiao was in the United States in February to begin promoting the Mosley fight.<\/p>\n

But he\u2019s proven he can manage them well, whether it\u2019s his duties as a congressman or recording his latest music CD.<\/p>\n

Pacquiao combined some of those duties at the press conference, with an announcement that he will wear yellow gloves in the ring as a message of hope in fighting hunger in his native Philippines. He also called out songwriter Dan Hill in the audience, whom he teamed up with to recently record and release Hill\u2019s song \u201cSometimes When We Touch.\u201d<\/p>\n

But boxing is his main job, and Pacquiao gave every indication he plans to put on a show in an arena that has been sold out for five weeks. It\u2019s the same arena where he made his U.S. debut 10 years ago as an undercard fighter who took a bout on two weeks\u2019 notice and still won.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nice to be back here,\u201d said Pacquiao, whose last two fights were at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas. \u201cThis is an important fight for me and millions of my fans.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tim Dahlberg can be reached at http:\/\/twitter.com\/TimDahlberg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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