If Cotto Outboxed A Younger Mosley, Any Reason To Think Mayweather Can't Do The Same?

Good post. :thumbsup

 

It means nothing. Margarito dominated Cotto, but Mosley dominated Margo. Every fight is completely different, which makes tonight's fight so interesting.

 

good point. i look for shanes legs to fail him tonite

 

different styles. cotto doesn't camp on the ropes like floyd is prone to do. that's where mosely's chance lies. i still favor floyd, but shane has a chance

 

the only things i can think of our....

1. cotto has more power

2. cotto throws a lot more than floyd and goes to the body more

3. if floyd gives mosley time, then i do think something can and will land, especially if floyd backs up to the ropes


even though there's a chance though, i really dont see mosley taking this.....at all
mosley is a sucker for the jab and floyds right hand will work like a powerful jab that keep mosley off all night

 

not to mention the margo fight really has people thinking that mosley is unbeatable at this point....i love mosley and i hope the boxing gods are on his side tonight, but reality is gonna sink in about half way thru the fight that mosley aint gonna really touch mayweather.........

 

Someone mentioned the Mayorga fight on here, and I had forgotten until now just how bad Shane looked. I don't know if it was his trainer, some lack of preparation, or just the fact that Mayorga really is that awkward of a style to match up against, but Shane looked absolutely pitiful in that fight. He got Mayorga out of there in the 12th, but the other 11 he looked like an ameteur.

Hopefully he has put THAT performance behind him - I was thinking about the Cotto comparison recently, too. As people have said on here, Cotto had enough power to make Shane respect him, which Mayweather doesn't have. What Mayweather does have, however, is more speed than Cotto and Mosley can fall into the trap of over-respecting (I know that's not a word, lol) Mayweather's speed. If he tries to win a boxing match with Floyd and ends up taking zero risks or punishment to get at him, I don't think he's going to win this fight. He'll have to make it physical.

 

Look, I give Floyd full credit for this fight. This is the second best fight that can be made in the division right now and he deserves his due for taking it. HOWEVER, if we look at Mosley's performances over the last couple of years, Margarito was a red herring -- very little movement or defense, wide open to Mosley's winging punches, etc, and made Shane look quick by comparison. But had he not poured it on in the last round against Mayorga, I had Ricardo winning that fight, FFS! Shane blamed his lacklustre performance in that fight on Mayorga's unorthodox style. Well, if he thinks that's unorthodox, what will he think when Mayweather is using his movement and angles to drive him crazy?

There are plenty of stories in this sport of Experience prevailing over youth, but usually, SPEED KILLS a veteran fighter. And Floyd has that in spades. I hope Shane makes a good go of it, I really do, but we have to face facts and realize his better days are about 6- 7 years behind him.

 

if that fight was in la or lv mosley would have gotten the dec. also mosley was leary about cotto's power. don't think shane is scared of floyd's power. also jack mosley was not exactly good at giving shane advice like nazim is. i think floyd will win but things have have changed for mosley since the cotto fight, and cotto and floyd are too different fighters. if cotto out boxed mosley why can't floyd do the same? true. but floyd didn't exatly impress with marquez either. floyd should koed a lightweight who's best weight is actually 126.