I want to believe, but how can Floyd fail where Miguel Cotto succeeded?

i don't give a very inactive past prime shane much of a chance.

 

Mayweather won't fight anything like the way Cotto fought Mosley.

 

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Definetely. Its not about Mosleys skills vs Mayweathers Skills or past opponents history or other attributes or anything like that because Mayweather is not fighting Sugar Shane Mosley. Hes fighting an old man whos gonna try to fight like his old self.If tyson were to make a comeback against the Klitchkos, you wouldnt talk about his power, bobbing and weaving, speed, combination punching, and factors like that, you would talk about how much he has decomposed since he was any good. i think mosley last great performance was against Antonio Margarito.

 

Good analysis. I honestly believe that Nazim will make the difference and that Mosley will win by stoppage, unless of course Shane has slipped much since the Margarito fight.

 

Its been proven time and time again that the the triangle theory doesnt work. Mayorga beat Forrest twice. Mosley beat Mayorga. Forrest beat Mosley twice.

/ of thread.

 

Because you underrate Cotto a whole lot perhaps?

I think Cotto's jab is better than PBF's and Cotto throws in combinations which backs Mosley up and also matches Mosley for output.

Maybe PBF will simply outbox him to a boring UD, I think it will be a hard fought fight that could go either way. PBF may have to step up his output, Mosley has the speed and aggresion that can force opponents to fight rather than just run.

 

I really believe the Cotto Pre-Margo could have beat anyone @ welter.

However, Shane is as skilled as they come, but after watching him fight Cotto I came up with one conclusion; Shane has no plan B in his arsenal.
I am not sure if its Mosley, or simply his trainer who does not make them.
It will be interesting to see with Richardson, just how many adjustments
during the fight he can make? Floyd has plan A-Z, and that will be Shanes
biggest challenge.

 

The thread starter is right about one thing. Cotto is technically better than Shane Mosley.

Shane Mosley can not only be outboxed, he can be thoroughly outboxed as his fights with Vernon Forrest, Winky Wright, and the periods in the Cotto fight he was outboxed in, (I feel Cotto did'nt do enough boxing and on my card Shane outfought him.)

In any regards, Mayweather is not only the best, but the most versatile fighter Mosley would have stepped in the ring into......and at his 38 years of age, that only means a one sided fight in favor of Mayweather.


I'm like Popkins, I'm hoping and rooting for Shane to somehow pull off a miracle.......but he's going to have to attack early and often if he's even to get a sniff at the possibility of coming out victorious.

If Shane as so much tries to box and be patient with Mayweather, its going to be an embarassing night for Shane Mosley, liking to a pro vs a novice.

 

You write a totally contadictory post.

How can Mosley be as skilled as they come but not be smart enough to make in-ring adjustments????

The man has no jab, and once his opponent gets a beat on him, he looks like a panicked fighter in the corner.

Mosley has some skill, but he is nowhere near the elites of the game as far as that category is concerned.