Is Shane Mosley Floyds toughest test to date?

^And, let's face it, Corrales, for all the great nights he gave us, really wasn't that good.

 

he has, but its HOW he handles them. he leans back on every right hand he gets hit with. if it doesnt roll off his shoulder, hes leaning back away from it so the impact is greatly reduced. come on man, this is somethin that anyone who knows about mayweather should already know. and as for the left hooks, the only time moaleys gonna have a chance to land it is when mayweathers on the ropes and he always has his right hand up over his chin when hes on the ropes. again, more common knowledge about mayweathers defense.

erm... de la hoya? he put mayweather under a lot of pressure and he was big and strong like mosley is, but mayweather handled him.

i didnt say it was a good barometer to how he will handle mosley. i just said it was a tougher fight because, although he had haton undercontrol, he had to work very very hard to keep him off.

were not talking about which fighters were better than mosley here, were ytalking about which of floyds fights were the toughest and can shane be a tougher one. i dont think it can be tougher than judah!

so seen as your so adimant that mosley will give mayweather a tough fight, you must have a thought as to how shane will fight mayweather... care to share it with us? :good

 

yeah but how far off his prime is mosley? hes no spring chicken neither ya know. also, i believ shanes recent success against mayorga and margarito were down to mayorga being totally unfit and margarito being too easy to hit... both of which mayweather isnt!!!

 

@s23041983. I don't understand some of your logic. So you don't think Floyd will have to work hard to keep Hatton off him? De La Hoya fights nothing like Shane and was nothing like as strong, even at 154. Mosley will put the jab in his chest and look to throw the right.

I'm not looking for an argument about this, I really don't have the energy to have futile arguments about boxing anymore. I do think most people would disagree with your assertion that Judah, Hatton and Ndou were tougher fights for him than Mosley will be though.

 

if thats how mosleys gonna come out to beat mayweather, he'd better get back to the drawing board imo. :yep


do you think that by putting the jab into mayweathers chest will open him up for the right hand, cos i dont? mayweather will adapt to this quite quickly and just start twisting his body right to avoid it. also, floyd wont stand around long enough for mosley to wind up his shots so mosley will have to go on the chase, and how long can he do that for?

i respect your opinion tho so we will see what may 1st brings ay?! :good

 

It's all very well him twisting his body and moving, but he has to land his own punches too remember. Floyd doesn't get away with running in this fight imo.

 

Ndou is a glorified afrobum.

Hatton was nt a good Welterweight.

I think the De La Hoya fight is more of an indication of Floyds weaknesses than his strengths.

I think he needs to stay away from the ropes in this one: Shanes speedy, powerful combos are the exactly the kind of flurries that would dismantle Floyds defence.

Floyd needs to dictate range, pot shot and get out again to stop Mosley building up any kind of rhythm in his combos, and moving laterally and keeping Shane, who's NEVER been a mover and who is essentially an athletic slugger, chasing him.

All of which Floyd can do against an ageing Mosley. The first round will be terrific though, I can envision them now both puttig jabs into the pit of each others stomachs, as they both can do to very good effect.

Floyd will land the snappier punches throughout the fight, negating Shanes strength and toughness by moving, pot shotting, moving, re-setting, pot shot, move.

All night. A fairly easy fight but I see Shane giving Floyd a tougher 3 rounds than Judah did and certainy more food for thought than NDou.

Floyd will win 116-112 something like that. I'm rooting for Shane though, obviously. Floyd is too smart ad cautious to allow Shane to operate, and his massive advantage (the feet) means Shane will find it very hard to impose himself. Good fight nonetheless, and let's not forget that Brother Nazim may well have Shane make tweaks ere and there. Just can't see an upset at the present time.

 

this is why i think it will be a boring fight for most, but i always love watching floyds technical skills on display.

also, i disagree that mosleys 3 tough rounds for floyd will make it a tougher fight than the ones i mentioned.

one of floyds best displays was against ndou and he had floyd working like a dog on the ropes, something that as you say, shane wont geta chance to do.

also, it doesnt matter if hatton wasnt a good welterweight, even hernandez gave floyd one of his toughest fights, if i remember correctly!

 

Sacriliege! How dare you say that!!! :verysad

 

It does matter that Hatton was not a good Welterweight. And it does matter of Floyd beats Shane easily, because it would hae been because f big stylistic advanatges IMO.

Not good for Floyds legacy basically, which is hardly top 70 as it is.

 

True though. Corrales was good, but nowhere near great, and had too many deficiencies to make him a formidable fighter H2H.

 

People are acting as if Floyd Mayweather blows away oponents.....

He was in a very close fight with Oscar De La Hoya

He was in a competitve fight with Zab Judah

Who cares about Baldimore

Who cares about JMM

If Oscar De La Hoya can give Floyd Mayweather a close fight, don't you guys think Shane Mosley can..??

Shane's one fo these guys, who will let punches and bombs go....Shane Mosley comes to fight.

Its gonna be a tough fight for Mayweather.

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What can Castillo do, that Shane Mosley can't.........

 

work like a dog for 12 rounds

 

What about Emmanuel Augustus?

No fighter is perfect. Floyd certainly ain't. But he has a big stylistic advantage in this fight. I assume that's why he's signed for it, he doesn't like anything too competitive.