Shane Mosley reaches out to Filipino fans, tweets in Tagalog

Shane Mosley is using a different psyche-war approach in his upcoming fight with Manny Pacquiao. While others would retort to trash talking and the like, the two boxers thus far have been cordial towards each other. Mosley now is even trying to reach to, and maybe win over, Filipino boxing fans by tweeting in Tagalog.

Under the Twitter name @SugarShaneM, Mosley first tweeted, “Hindi ko nais maliitin ng isang mandirigma Filipino ako igalang ang kanilang espiritu,” which could translate to “I don’t belittle the Filipino warrior. I respect his spirit.”

He even sent some love to all Filipinos and tweeted “Pagpapadala ibig at paggalang sa mga tao ng mga Philippines,” (Sending love and respect to the people of the Philippines) and “I tumingin forward sa magandang malinis na laban,” (I’m looking forward to a good clean fight).

Though obviously using Google Translate evidenced by the loose and direct translation of the sentences, Filipinos nonetheless appreciated the effort of Mosley and in fact endeared him to some of them.

Mosley and Pacquiao will meet on May 7, 2011 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas for WBO welterweight championship.