Alexis Arguello vs. Shane Mosley at LW

the late great Uno Flaco Explosivo ko's another. A rib-cracking performance before he goes up top for the knockout in the 13th. In my imaginary fights they are alll 15 rounders.:hat

 

...I just don't know. It's be a hell of a fight though. Arguello was a far better technical boxer but Mosley has such a chin on him and he's so quick at that time and such a puncher there...No idea.

 

Arguello hurts, downs and stops Mosely in a ridiculously short fight...3 rounds.

 

You must not have ever seen prime Arguello..I have.

 

Trust me I have. Theres not a lightweight in history that would stop Shane Mosley within 3 rounds. Your telling me that Arguello would stop Shane earlier than he did Mancini, Ganigan, Watt? What kinda drug are you on?

This is a tough fight to call. Shane was a beast at 135... but never beat a top fighter at lightweight. I think Arguello's precision power punching wins him a decision in the end, but to say this fight ends early either way is the sign of a ****.

 

Indeed. Either way. The shots Mosley has taken from Forrest, and they didn't put him away...then the shots Arguello took from Pryor before he wasn't able to continue...Anyone calling early stoppage either way has to maybe think first.

 

This is pure "classic enthusiasm" at its finest.

 

I'll say Mosley by SD, though I don't feel safe making a bet on it.

 

Mosley late KO, Mosley is so much faster of hand and foot its ridiculous but I'm sure Arguello would be timing those right hands on him at some points but Mosley has a hell of a chin. What people forget though is Mosley is a big puncher at 135 himself, much bigger than Pryor, and beating Arguello to the punch time and again and landing more of his better blows and having the chin he does to take Arguellos right hand would see him gradually beat up and break down the thin man

 

I LIKE Shane Mosely..and appreciate his ability, but what I'm saying is that if Vernon Forrest was able to deck Shane TWICE in the 2nd round of their initial fight, then Alexis Arguello, of all possible opponents, was capable of far more explosive and lethal intent and results if it were HE who was teeing off on a hurt Mosely instead of Forrest. If that same window of opportunity presented itself for Arguello, don't tell me that he wouldn't have capitalized on it...and Shane wouldn't have a prayer of finishing the round. THAT was the scenario I was indicating, and maybe I should have said so, but in the classic forum, youy wouldn't think that I really had to.

 

I'm not putting a knockout past Arguello because of the leverage but let's remember Forrest/Mosley was at welterweight. It took a big and tall welterweight to do that.

 

Facking stupid post.

AA never, ever stopped a man with Shane Mosleys size or proven chin at LW or above. Let alone, let alone in 3 rounds.

Having a hard on for classic fighters is one thing, this is dumb as hell.

 

Arguello may have been the slower, stalker type at welter, and certainly wasn't as fast as his days in the lighter weights, but really he was a stalker in all those divisions as well, and most importantly, he carried his power all the way up to welter...and could capitalize on a lapse in concentration and end it all with one shot, as he did with Costello and Rooney and a chin is a chin and a lapse is a lapse...he could have done the same with Mosely.