How much of a role did Shanes power play in his win over Margo?

The thing that played the biggets role was the fact that Shane was able to clinch like hell and back Margo up so that he got tired and was easier to KO. Clinching like that shouldn't be allowed, but what you gonna do? :conf

 

A combination of speed, power, and defense. He stood in the pocket, was able to dodge most of Margarita's wide looping punches and land flush repeatedly.

 

Power and ability to clinch i think was the main ingredient

 

Of course power is a big factor. But you people are missing out the major one.

Margo stayed flat footed and tried to exchange bombs which is a big mistake . . . Margo paid dearly for it. Mosley's hands are fast . . . but not his feet. You see Cotto beat Mosley because Mosley gassed out in the middle rounds . . . why? Because Cotto is a moving target and has a very good footwork.

 

Exactly. He didn't even need to run. AM's punches and style were moving in slow-motion for SSM.

 

mosley frustrated him, then broke him down, then brought the power

cotto and cintron might be more powerful as you say, but i'm sure margarito has never been hit harder than he was in the latter half of the 8th and the beginning of the 9th rounds

 

He made Margarito miss like a mother****er. That and he was able to land to Margarito's body, two things that Cotto could not do.


Shane used his speed advantage against Margarito and was able to match his physicality. Shane has power at WW, and he was throwing nothing but power shots. The difference from Cotto is that while Cotto was landing while being backed up, Shane was landing while coming foward.
Mosley also had the reflexes where he was able to keep out of Margarito range, landing just beyond the inside and then using lateral movement to keep Margarito turning.

Margarito was reaching with every shot and wasnt landing. Missed punches tire a figher out more than anything else, and Margarito was missing like crazy.

Likewise, Shane had the physical strength to wrestle with Margarito in the clinches. He wasnt overpowered by him.

Shane also had the perfect game plan, using his jab, really snapping it out, and throwing with KO intentions in every punch, especially working the body and going to the trenches with Margarito when necessary. He moved in and out, his reflexes were as good as they had been in years, he was ducking punches, slipping them. By using footwork and lateral movement, he was the one driving Margarito backwards, keeping him off balance the entire time and dissipating any forward momentum he tried to build.

Lastly, unlike Cotto, Shane didnt have his will broken, he was simply NOT going to lose this fight.

 

Yeah because will all know that is what knocked Margo out....Damn some nuthuggers just never fail to come u with excuses.atsch

 

Shane is older and he has a hard time keeping up with guys that mover around...Cotto moved, and moved and moved and that caused Shane some problems...Margo cant fight anyother way, he has to come forward and try and overpower the other guy, Cotto's moving played right into Margo's hands, it allowed him to come forward and over power Cotto...

 

of course mosley's power was a very impt. part of his victory over margo. margo has a very solid chin but those right hand semi-haymakers of mosley's cracked it.

 

Well considering the fact that he knocked Margarito out, I'd say it played a big part.

 

Not making excuses, but Margo looked like hell coming into the ring with that weird glossy-skin-and-ribs-showing-though the back thing that I've usually only noted with severely weight-drained guys like in ODH's last outing. In any case, HBO was way too quick to anoint him king of the world - as usual, I guess.

 

huge part. it kept margo from mounting an offense from the first round after the body blow. it made him unsure of himself and from that point on he was a beat fighter. yes he clinched but it wasnt the jab and grab he did it effectively but it was his power that won him the fight.

 

man dont make it seem like he was john ruiz in there. this is ******ed. he didn't clinch like that dude, come on now, it wasn't excessive, nor ridiculous. Margo is just a limited fighter... period.