JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (Ticker) -- Vernon Forrest beat Shane Mosley once to go to the Olympics and once to win the WBC welterweight title. If he defeats Mosley a third time, Forrest hopes Mosley and his supporters finally will admit Forrest is the better fighter.

"A lot of the boxing media still don't believe I beat him," Forrest said. "And they won't believe it until I beat him again."

That goes for Mosley as well. Mosley, who had been considered the best pound-for-pound fighter, said an intentional Forrest head butt led to Forrest's lopsided 12-round decision in January.

They will meet again Saturday night in Indianapolis on HBO.

"A lot of times a guy, even though he may get beat or dominated, in his mind he doesn't believe what actually happened," Forrest said. "So until it happens again, then that's when he will finally believe that, hey, this guy's just better than I am." Maybe that will happen if Forrest wins again. But Mosley, who downplayed Forrest's victory in the 1992 Olympic Trials before the first fight, is far from convinced Forrest has his number.

"I know what happened," Mosley said of their last fight. "He hit me with a head butt and he did it on purpose. He initiated the head butt and he knew what he was doing. It was kind of planned.

"He hit me with the hard part of his head and it gave me a concussion. He dove straight in and hit me in the temple because he knew I wasn't ready for it."

Whether it was intentional or not, the second-round head butt clearly stunned Mosley. He never seemed to recover, but that might have been because Forrest outpunched him in every round. Mosley bore little resemblance to the former undisputed lightweight champion or the man who dominated Oscar de la Hoya to win his welterweight crown.

Forrest decked Mosley twice in the second round and used his jab the rest of the way to prevent Mosley from getting his offense going.

Mosley complained about a low blow in the 10th round and also said Forrest held him throughout.

"He's a very smart and tricky fighter," Mosley said of his nemesis. "He tricks the media and the public. But that's OK, I got something for him."

Mosley said he did not want to take another fight before battling Forrest again because there's only one guy he wants.

"I can't see myself knocking out another poor soul just because I'm mad at Vernon Forrest," Mosley said. "I can't do that. This butt-whipping is for Vernon Forrest and no one else."

That does not mean he never wants anybody else. Mosley already is talking about giving de la Hoya a rematch in February, but that clearly depends on beating Forrest.

Forrest has less concrete plans for the future.

"To defeat him again will solidify what I did the first time," he said. "I think it's already solidified, but this is a personal thing now and so you know, beating him and then a couple more guys, then I can go on to do something else." ...

Lennox Lewis initiated verbal sparring with Wladimir Klitschko by saying the 6-7 Ukrainian heavyweight isn't good enough to fight the champion, although Klitschko generally is considered Lewis' most dangerous challenger.

"Wladimir Klitschko, he's not tough enough," Lewis said. "It would be a waste of my time to go and fight him, I would knock him out."

That means either Lewis is trying to start a feud to hype a fight with Klitschko or he's serious about retirement. He certainly can't be serious about asking for $30 million to fight Mike Tyson again. Lewis knows nobody will pay him that much to manhandle Tyson.

"This is the perfect opportunity to retire," Lewis said.

He's right, but since when did boxers retire at the perfect time? ...

Speaking of retirement, Felix Trinidad broke his silence after his retirement was announced by his father and lawyer. Trinidad told a Puerto Rican newspaper he is finished with boxing for good.

"I always said from way back that the day I announce that I am retiring I really mean it," Trinidad told El Nuevo Dia. "I'm not going back to the ring. This decision was thought through and analyzed well and I will stand by my decision even if a fight with (Bernard) Hopkins can be made today."

Trinidad denied rumors he retired due to a dispute with his father or because of health problems. But with Trinidad, his father and promoter Don King all emphasizing he won't return to the ring, you have to believe his retirement is merely a negotiating ploy for a rematch with Hopkins or de la Hoya. ...

WBA heavyweight champion John Ruiz says he gets no respect going into his July 27 defense against Kirk Johnson at Las Vegas on HBO. But it's not Ruiz who lacks respect as much as his bogus title.

Everybody except the WBA considers Lewis the champion, and Ruiz didn't convince anybody with three dull bouts against Evander Holyfield. Now while Johnson is mentioned as a possible opponent for Lewis if he wins, Ruiz barely makes the short list of top challengers for Lewis. Johnson is favored over Ruiz, even though he has yet to face an elite heavyweight.

"I always said the day I become a favorite is probably the day I will retire," Ruiz said. "It has always been the same case as far as me being the underdog. I am still working hard and still out there fighting. It motivates me to prove people wrong, and I love doing that. That is what I am going to do in this fight.

"Being the underdog just fires me up."

Johnson said he doesn't pay attention to who is favored.

"I have been the underdog many times," he added. "As far as I am concerned, this just shows the respect some guys have for me. The odds only mean that everyone has their own opinion. Most people say I am going to win the fight, some say (Ruiz) is going to win the fight. Once we step in the ring, there is not a champion in that ring; there is not a favorite in that ring. When the bell rings at the end of the fight, and the judges makes their announcement, then that's the favorite.

"Whoever walks out with the victory is the favorite, and that is the bottom line. I only worry about what the results are."

Ruiz is 37-4-1 with 27 KOs. Johnson is 32-0-1 with 23 KOs. What makes Johnson an attractive opponent for Lewis, however, isn't his record, it's the fact that he's Canadian. Lewis also grew up in Canada and won a gold medal in the 1988 Olympics for Canada. ...

Zab Judah came back from his first pro loss and a suspension to win a unanimous decision over Argentine Omar Weis in Tunica, Mississippi. Judah decked Weis in the second round but never came close to stopping him. Judah was stopped by Kostya Tszyu in a junior welterweight title unification fight last November, then was suspended for throwing a chair in the ring in protest of the referee's decision to stop the bout.

Weis, who defeated Hector Camacho Jr. in March, proved a good comeback foe for Judah because he took him the distance and made him work for the victory.

"This was a tough fight, but I stayed focused," Judah said. "My team kept me focused by reminding me to use my skills and not try to just knock him out." ...

Eric Lucas of Canada will defend his WBC super middleweight crown against American Omar Sheika on September 6 in Montreal on ESPN2. ... Former featherweight champion Kevin Kelley won a majority decision over Humberto Soto in a 12-round junior lightweight bout at Las Vegas. Kelley is 2-0 following a 20-month retirement and is looking for a shot at the winner of the WBA 130-pound title bout on August 3 between champion Acelino Freitas and Daniel Attah. ...

On the Forrest-Mosley undercard Saturday night, light heavyweight contenders Eric Harding and Antonio Tarver meet in a rematch of the June 2000 bout won by Harding. The first fight got Harding a title shot against Roy Jones. He lost in 10, but the winner of the rematch could be in line for another bout with Jones. Harding is 21-1-1 with 7 KOs, while Tarver is 19-1 with 16 KOs.

On the Ruiz-Johnson undercard July 27, IBF bantamweight champion Tim Austin defends against Adan Vargas, and Byron Mitchell puts his WBA super middleweight crown on the line against Julio Cesar Green.

Also on July 27, the "Black Rhino," Cliff Etienne, takes on the "White Buffalo," Frans Botha, in a 10-round heavyweight bout at New Orleans on Showtime.