LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) - Five-times world champion  Shane Mosley will return to the ring after an absence of almost  a year when he takes on fellow American Andre Berto in a  non-title welterweight bout in January.

Mosley, 38, has not fought since he claimed the WBA  welterweight crown with a stunning ninth round stoppage of  Mexican Antonio Margarito in Los Angeles 10 months ago.

Since then, he has tried without success to secure bouts  with high-profile boxers such as Floyd Mayweather Jr, Manny  Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto.

“I am so excited to be back in the ring again,” Mosley told  reporters at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino on Saturday after  organisers announced the Jan. 30 fight. “It’s going to be a  tremendous bout.

“I’ve forgotten more about the fight game than he (Berto)  knows and the world will see that. Andre Berto is a good  fighter but he’s bitten off more than he can chew.”

Mosley, (46-5, 39 KOs), said he had quickly come to terms  with his failure to get other leading welterweights into the  ring over the last 10 months.

“I was trying to get the big fights, I was trying to get  the fans what they wanted,” he added. “But these (other) guys  don’t want to fight me because I am the most gifted. I am the  best.

“It’s all right. I love boxing. I give myself about three  or four more years and whatever happens in that time span,  hopefully I should be able to wrap up the division.”

Berto will be back in the ring for the first time since  defending his WBC welterweight title against Juan Urango in  Florida in May.

“This is the fight I have waited my whole career for and  now it is finally a reality,” said the 26-year-old, who has an  unbeaten professional record of 25-0 with 19 knockouts.