--- Rating 'Sugar' Shane Mosley (prime) ---

him getting caught with roids takes a lot away from his legacy imo otherwise I agree with the rating.

 

I cosign.

But his ODLH fight was pretty epic thoe.

 

Technical Ability - 5 (average)

Defence - 5 (average)

Offence - 8 (strong brawling skills, very good power, top notch hand speed, but lacking in refinement)

Footwork - 5 (average)

Accuracy - 6 (solid accuracy, but nothing outstanding)

Power - 8 (very good puncher)

Speed - 8 (excellent handspeed, but lacking by comparison in other areas such as defensive reflexes, footspeed, etc.)

Versatility - 6 (very good plan A, poor plan B)

Stamina - 8 (very solid in his prime)

Heart - 7.5 (he's always been the type to choke if the opponent was not to his liking, it's just become more pronounced in recent years, he gets the extra half-point for faring well in rematches with the likes of Forrest and Wright, though)

Chin - 9.5 (iron chin, no doubt about it)

Physical Attributes - 9.5 at Lightweight (and :rofl at you claiming he never used his physical attributes to his advantage)

Overall - 7.5 (in the grand scheme of things, which is what I'm judging by comparison to, that's a good score)

 

5 or 6, yeah. I guess if you want to get down to it 5.5 would be the definitive "average" rating. Rounds up to 6, so yeah, I've no issue with that.

 

Mosley was pretty impressive physically at WW imo, especially in the early years. he retained his hand speed.

 

great physical talent, but an underachiever. Lost bk to bk fights aginst boxers he was arguably more talented than..

 

7 sounds right. at LW he was a pretty imposing fighter in the ring. he lost that at WW.

 

Fair rating. He gets a bit underrated as of late. Fickle fans.

 

As one of the boards premier prime Shane Mosley fans I'd agree with this for the most part. I might give him slightly more as far as Technical Skill goes being a fan of his combination punching, body punching and his punch variety in his prime (before he became pawing jab and overhand right dependent).

I do think when you look at the very fair score El Bujia gave him on defence, technical skills, versatility etc. You can kind of see why he made them secondary to his physical abilities which for worse, he fell in love and became way to dependent on.

If this was around in the late 80's/early 90's the rather prevalent attitude of "only as good as your last performance" would see Ray Leonard as a glass jawed joke who would be lucky to be ranked above Terry Norris in the grand scheme of boxing history.