Tito.......... If Mosley was so good at 147lbs why didnt ask to fight Tito instead of Oscar back in 2000? Better yet why did he waited until Tito went up to 160lbs to call him out at 154lbs? :huh Say what you want about Tito BUT in the 147lbs he was the KING!
He's a bigger puncher and better finisher than many that put Tito on his back. And FYI I'm a bigger fan of Tito than Shane. Nobody puts Shane to sleep in his prime.
Tito ... 36-0 @ welterweight ... Shane lost to Forrest 2wice as a welterweight ... Tito 17 straight title defenses @ welterweight -- Shane Mosley defended his strap 3-times successfully Tito beat former welterweight elitists ... Maurice Blocker, Oscar De La Hoya, Pernell Whitaker, and Hector Camacho -- He also beat some damn good contenders and future titlists ... Yori boy Campos, Hugo Pineda, and Oba Carr. Shane Mosley beat just DLH, Collazo, and Margarito ... Shane Mosley's career doesn't compare to Tito's at all at 147 Tito is an all-time great welterweight Shane isn't
Beating Yori Boy the way Tito beat him along is way more admirable than anything Shane did at WW. Yori Boy was considered by MANY in the boxing world to be the next Chavez out of Mexico, the mofo was 56-0, and Tito dismantled him in less than 4 rounds. Yet Mosley just beat AM in a devasting way but you cant compare the two. Tito destroyed careers.
mosley's career at 147 has been up on down, he exploded into the division with a great win over delahoya, but the two losses against forrest brought him down with a bang. he got lucky against delahoya in the second fight. he made the wrong choice by going to 154, that weight class has never suited him, and the two losses against winky proved that to him. the only big fight he had after that was cotto, i fight which i think he won, but it evens itself out as he probably didn't the nod against oscar. now he has done great by beating argubally the number 1 welterweight but we'll see where he goes. Mosley best wins Delahoya x2 Margarito Luis Collazo trinidad however was an undefeated welterweight who had achieved everything he could have at the weight, he controversially beat delahoya but other than that he beat everyone he had to, he has an outstanding resume with names such as camacho, campas and whitaker. Trinidad best wins Delahoya campas camacho the one thing that everyone can agree on is that trinidad was more consistant in his career at 147, but there isn't much between there best wins. in a fight between the two i would back mosley as he has more speed, with just as much power as trinidad and he could take a better punch.
mosley had as much power as trinidad, how can you deny that, look at it this way, mosley knocked out margarito who has a better chin than any of the fighters tito beat by KO. i'm not knocking trinidad i think he was an exceptional fighter with great skills, a legend of the sport.
Mosley's biggest wins at welterweight Margarito DLH Collazo Tito's biggest wins at welterweight DLH (undefeated + champion) Carr (undefeated) Campos (undefeated) Whitaker (2 L's and a 5-time world champion) add to that a former welterweight titlist Camacho (former titlist and 3 division champion) Blocker (former champion) Mosley has never beat a prime elitist (other than DLH) at welterweight His biggest win to date is DLH ... He lost to Forrest twice why can't we escape the fact that Tito was 36-0 w/ 16 title defenses (IBF record) and faced more former champions