Pacquiao easily beats Mosley to retain WBO title

Manny Pacquiao on the attack Saturday night in his fight against Shane Mosley. (Fightnews photo)

LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – Manny Pacquiao of the  Philippines retained his WBO welterweight title by recording a  unanimous points victory over a lacklustre Shane Mosley at the  MGM Garden Arena on Saturday.

The 32-year-old southpaw, despite being hampered by cramp in  his left leg, dominated all 12 rounds against his defence-minded  American opponent to improve his career record to 53-3-2 with 38  knockouts.

It was Pacquiao’s 14th consecutive win since his loss to  Erik Morales in Las Vegas in March 2005, and enhanced his status  as the