It's ignorant to Mosley is old and shot based on one performance....

This is coming from someone who considers themselves a Pacquiao fan, not a Mayweather fan, but most importantly...a boxing fan.

To those who are minimizing Floyd Mayweather Jr's achievement of dominating Shane Mosley in the fashion that he did....

Yes, most everyone in boxing with a half of a brain would have put money on Mayweather if it came down to it. Those of us who were rooting for Mosley knew that odds were already against him due to factors such as aging, ring layoff, and style.

Still, you must realize how ridiculous you look downplaying his domination.

Most of you are saying that he looked shot, old, and finished in the fight with Mayweather. Yet, I argue, is this not the same Mosley that lost a close decision to Cotto? Dominated and utterly destroyed the previously unbeatable Margarito?

The real question is not how bad Mosley looked against Mayweather, because any true boxing fan knows sometimes a fighter meets a person or people that is stylistically all wrong for them who makes them look bad. We saw this with Adamek/Arreola, Dirrell/Abraham, and Hopkins/Pavlik. I am not even comparing Mosley to Arreola, Abraham, or Pavlik, but the fact is these are young fighters who were made to look old by an opponent who was stylistically BAD for them and/or was above them in talent & natural ability. Do you realize Mosley threw MORE punches in his fight with Mayweather than he did in his first fight with Forrest? By this logic...Mosley looked old and shot in his first fight with Forrest.

So...was Abraham shot when he fought Dirrell? Don't be naive.

The real question is this: How well would Mosley fair again in a rematch with Cotto or Margarito. If he looks like garbage against them in a rematch, then I'd say your argument was valid.

Until such a rematch occurs, please be real boxing fans and show some respect to the winner of the match and take it for what it appears to be: A boxer who met another boxer who was stylistically bad for them and/or was above them in skill who ultimately made them look "old", "shot", "poor".

 

Yes, you are right. 38 is pretty damn old...but you get my point

 

I mentioned all those factors(except PEDs) in my original post. Point is, it is impossible to say whether or not he is just "shot" based on his fight with Mayweather since we have absolutely no idea if this is the Shane that fought Cotto and Margarito.

If this in fact WAS the same Shane who would have performed the exact same way against Cotto & Margarito, then people need to stop blaming the dominating performance purely on him being "shot". It would obviously be exterior factors.

 

I wanna see a rematch with Cotto or Margarito ASAP :good