Manny Pacquiao will be looking to get back to his knockout ways when he faces Shane Mosley on May 7, 2011 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Deprived of a stoppage win in his last two outings, Pacquiao, who went the distance with Joshua Clottey and Antonio Margarito this year, is expected to go for a demolition job against Mosley.

The last time Pacquiao scored an abbreviated win was in November 2009 at the MGM Grand against Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto, a fight that was even preceded by knockout wins over Americans David Diaz and Oscar De La Hoya and Briton Ricky Hatton.

And Pacquiao’s quest to regain his knockout moves would make his 12-round welterweight match with Mosley a slambang affair, assured the flashy American fighter.

“I am pretty sure Manny will try to knock me out and I will try to do the same thing,” said the 39-year-old Mosley. “(And) this is why (our fight will) be a great fight…two fighters who are willing to fight.”

What’s going to work in favor of Mosley against an ultra-aggressive puncher like Pacquiao is the Filipino’s supposed average defense, claimed Mosley.

“Pacquiao’s defense is not as good as the defense of Floyd Mayweather,” added Mosley, who has never tasted a knockout loss in a stellar 17-year professional career.

Against Mayweather last May, Mosley wobbled Mayweather early but failed to follow his solid connection en route to being beaten lopsidedly on points.

The Mosley fight will be Pacquiao’s 20th ring appearance on US soil after the pound-for-pound king made his debut in June 2001 as a last minute substitute.

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