Did Shane Mosley waste his talent?

Thread Stealer · Oct 9, 2008

v2k987 said:

Don't get me wrong, he has had a tremendous career. . . but most of the fights i have seen of his involve him standing toe to toe with his opponents. Not since De la Hoya 1 did he use his legs effectively, not really dancing or boxing much at all but rather relying on his hand speed and moderate power. If he had perhaps concentrated on boxing a bit more, like for instance Floyd as he moved up in weight, do you think he wouldn't be as worn as he is today? and he could have possibly beaten Winky in their second fight?

Loads of people are going to think this is pointless, but i don't think he used his ability enough, but rather focused on giving the fans an exciting match up
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I think saying that he wasted his talent is a stretch. I suppose with his natural talent and athleticism he could've learned to be more of a boxer and improve his technical boxing skills (not his "power-boxing" skills, which is speedy slugging).

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Undisputed P4P said:

he never wasted his talent, he tried to fulfill his potential by fighting the best fighters even if they where at a different weight class. shane mosley could have gone down as one of the best lightweight fighters of all time, but he never had the big money fight there, he never waited for the big fight, he chased it. that's why he jumped from 135 to 147, at 147 he could get the chance to fight delahoya and vernon forrest. he has always been a very good welterweight, and a decent jr middleweight but his best days where at 135.

if he stayed at 135 he could have got just as big fights against the likes of castillo, corrales, mayweather and casamayor. after sustaining his legacy he could have moved through the weight classes with nothing to lose as his legacy has already been cemented, similar to what bernard hopkins has done. the right time for mosley to move up in weight would have been in 2003, he could have then challenged the likes of kostya tszyu, zab judah and ricky hatton at 140, and moving up in weight he would be able to get the fights with delahoya, vernon and winky at the right time for him.

I don't think shane mosley wasted his talent, he just made the wrong carreer movees.
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I don't think Shane could've made 135 for that much longer.

He has said that making 135 was very hard on him physically.

RafaelGonzal · Oct 9, 2008

Guy has had a great career, I support and love this guys career, but most of all I respect this mans career. A lot more posters should feel the same its a shame if they dont

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