Confident he’ll be the one the world’s top boxing star will choose to fight next, Mosley cautions Pacquiao not to take him lightly based on the results of his last two fights alone.

Although already way past his prime at 39 and not that impressive against Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Sergio Mora, the native of Pomona, California said he’s got the perfect style to beat Pacquiao.

Together with Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez and reigning World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight champion Andre Berto, Mosley is one of three marquee names being considered as possible Pacquiao opponent when the Filipino boxing sensation makes his first ring appearance in 2011.

“They think I’m the easier fight, that’s fine with me,” said Mosley in an interview published in the L.A Times.

“Pacquiao’s a fighter like me; he comes forward. I promise you, I’ll hit him on the chin. His defense is not that good. The guys who come at me, I knock out.”

Top Rank promoter Bob Arum and Michael Konz, Pacquiao’s adviser, admitted they are both leaning on Mosley taking on Pacquiao in a scheduled April 16 fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Arum, for one, believes a third and highly-anticipated meeting with the 37-year-old Marquez is no longer appealing to the casual boxing fans, while Berto, a native of Haiti, has yet to truly establish a fan base in the U.S.

Still, the final decision rests on Pacquiao, to whom Arum will present the viability of all three fights once he arrives in the country next week to attend the Dec. 17 birthday celebration of the world’s top pound-for-pound fighter today.

And Mosley believes he is the chosen one.

“I think they’ve made their decision already and that I’ll be hearing from them around Dec. 18,” said the only boxer to have beaten the great Oscar De La Hoya twice in the ring. “I’m a better fight, and I say that starting with the question people ask: If Marquez and Shane fight, who would win? Me. I’m the better puncher and the stronger guy.”

Mosley personally made a pitch for a future showdown with Pacquiao to Arum last month when he went to Arlington, Texas during the eight-time world champion’s super-welterweight title fight against Mexican Antonio Margarito.

Konz said Mosley claims he’s no longer associated with Golden Boy Promotions, the leading promotional rival of Top Rank, although he remains among the minor stakeholder of the boxing company owned by De La Hoya.

Mosley insists he has yet breached the agreement he had with Golden Boy that stipulates he’s not allowed to enter any agreement with other fight promotions. He said after all, there’s no deal yet signed between him and other parties involved.

But the three-time world champion said he should be allowed to make the fight many believe is Mosley’s final stab at glory.

Golden Boy, as everyone knows, is trying heaven and earth to make a third Pacquiao-Marquez fight happen.

Gerry Ramos, Journal Online