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Mosley knew what to do but couldn't

Pomona native expected what he got from Mayweather, though it didn't help

Updated: May 2, 2010, 2:24 PM ET
By Arash Markazi | ESPNLosAngeles.com

LAS VEGAS -- It was the moment Naazim Richardson had warned Shane Mosley about. The burly trainer from Philadelphia who talks as aggressively as he trains had continually told Mosley that once he hit Floyd Mayweather with a right hand, Mayweather would "grow wings with fangs out his mouth like a dragon."

"When he turns into a dragon, I'm going to tell Shane to move laterally, so that the fireballs don't hit you," Richardson said before the fight. "Step on his tail and drive shots to the ...

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