Most of the rounds were close but mosley had the cleanest work and i don't tend to listen to comentators views i make my own judgement. going into the last it was preety tight and without the knockdown it could of been a draw but once mosley put him down it was a mosley win. Of course mayorga got ktfo so it dosen't matter :yep
Mayorga was edging it for me going into the last (by one or two points). Moseley looked truly shite for 11 1/2 rounds, but then looked amazing for the other 1/2 round. Both of them look just about done for me. I think their respective victories over the terribly shot Vargas flattered them a bit, made us think they were still serious contenders. Moseley also done well against Cotto, but only when Cotto took his foot of the gas and let him back into the fight. If Moseley continues he would be best advised to target Andre Berto; Paul Williams, Joshua Clottey and Antonio Margarito would beat bits out of him.
I thought Mayorga was well up... Mosley got a gift versus De La Hoya second time round too I thought.. I like Mosley... perhaps the judges find his style appealing. I laughed when Adam Smith said Mosley was boxing in a jerky nervous style... has he never watched him before... thats how he fights.
I didn't concentrate on it fully. But the later rounds, I didn't see how Mosley could posibly be winning them, he was doing nothing at all. Mayorga was at least aggressive and busy, if ineffective. What is clear is that opinion is wildly divided.
I had a feeling HBO would have Mosley up. Sky picked up the HBO feed and you'd watch Mayorga dominate a round (albeit a messy round) then in the break nothing but Mosley replays! I'm saying this a bitter man because I had a bit of action on Mayorga at 6-1 :bart
HBO always seem to favour the GBP fighter. I had Mayorga one up, if he had landed more clean, effective punches it would have been more. The 10-8 would have stolen it for Mosley on my card.
i thought it was pretty even going into that round. mosely should cash in on one more fight and then call it a day. i wonder how far mayorga could have gone if he actually looked after himself?
Neither do I 9Ball. But, if Moseley continues with his career he will undoubtedly wan't to go for a belt, and a belt at WW at that (he's no LMW). Out of all the champions Berto's style would suit Moseley more at this stage of his career. I think Moseley, with his very good chin, would be asking for trouble going in against the big-hitting volume punchers that the other three belt-holders are; his chin would keep him in the fight too long, and he could end up getting seriously hurt.
I'm not so sure that Berto is a big enough name for Moseley at this stage. He seems to be going down the 'super fight against another ageing fighter' road similar to BHop/ODLH/JC/RJJ. I think he absolutely has to go back down to Welter, he is simply not big enough to fight at LM at world class level in my opinion. A well shop worn Mayorga nearly finished him for good! The fight I would like to see now and one which I think makes a lot of sense is Moseley vs Cotto 2 at Welter. Cotto needs a big name to come back with and he has already beaten Shane so it makes sense for him, it would also be a nice big fat pay day for Shane before calling it a day...