I have a massive amount of respect for Naazin Richardson, but.....

Shane came into the ring as the best he could be at his age.

Naz can't work miracles.

 

Shane wasn't fully gassed by round 3. By round 5 or 6, maybe, but not round 3.

 

Sister Nazim was shown as a cowboy trainer, living off Hops natrual ability, he is a joke and has no place training boxers of B level up.

 

You're missing the obvious explanation that his conditioning was fine, he simply took himself out of the fight very early on mentally, and never got back in it. He threw more punches in the last six rounds than the first six. He was up on his toes moving the whole time.

But he was tense, jittery, didn't listen to his corner, and didn't fight a smart fight. Do you honestly think he didn't do 3 rounds of sparring in the gym? Do you honestly think he was getting worn out after six minutes in training and yet no one heard anything about it?

Shane will be back against a more limited fighter, he will look good again, and people will find some other reason to discount this fight.

 

His conditioning coach, not Naazim, is resposbile for his conditioning. If Shane Mosley "gassed" like some of you idiots keep saying he would have been knocked out in this fight, he wasn't despite taking big shots.

 

Shane didn't tire after 2 rounds, he just showed his age, nothing Nazim could do with a 38 yr old WW trying to beat the best P4P fighter in the world. Mayweather is a great fighter who is just slightly past his prime. Mosley was a great fighter way past his prime and probably shot. The one thing I will question though is the decision not to go with the Reyes Gloves.

 

He most likely had a massive adrenaline rush when he landed those big blows on mayweather. Which in turn can drain you physically. that's what I feel most likely is the cause.

 

You can't make a speedy fighter quick again at 38 years old. It's just not how it works.

 

i think SSM will take that fight w/ berto now and win BIG. he can KO berto easily and that will set him up for one more big fight, say with PWILL. that fight will be 2 close to call, but i think will be his last.

 

I agree that Mosley should take the fight with Berto but really that should be his last in my opinion unless he can get a Cotto rematch. I DO NOT want to see him in there with Paul Williams. He looked tiny in their with Forrest and Wright, he's gonna look even smaller against Williams, and I honestly don't see that fight ending well for him.

 

I think they trained only for a knockout ...which is how Tyson started training after Buster beat him.....you have to go those extra miles or it will show.

 

Mosley punched him in the mouth but didn't have an answer when Floyd sproated wings (used constant aggression backing Shane down) and couldn't avoid the fireballs (jabs but really the straights).

 

Pretty much dead on. The thread starter makes some good points, but as far as this particular topic goes....Shane was more confused as opposed to gassed, though still nowhere near the shape Floyd was in.

A few are already discounting this fight due to Shane's age. Damn shame.