Mosley Quality of Oppostion: Fantastic.

tliang1000 · Apr 29, 2011

Slickstar said: ↑

Here are confessions Shane gave on the names in his ATG resume.

Best boxer: Mayweather -- No hesitation here. Mosley was unable to cope with Mayweathers skills for almost the entire 12 rounds. His technique, his movement. He was just a very good boxer.

Best puncher: Forrest: Forrest was the first to seriously hurt Mosley, who went down twice in the second round but survived to lose a one-sided decision in their first meeting. Mosley has never been knocked out in 53 fights. Im not sure why; maybe it was just natural. He just hit the hardest.

Quickest hands: De La Hoya -- Mosley was smiling when he responded to this question because, again, he knew the expected response was Mayweather. However, he was firm with his answer. It wasnt Mayweather. Actually, it was Oscar back then. Not now but back then.

Quickest feet: Mayweather -- Again, no hesitation. Mayweather. Very fast.

Best chin: Zack Padilla -- Mosley cheated here because he didnt face Padilla in an official bout but the two sparred well over 1,000 rounds over many years. His response in this category was probably his most enthusiastic. He had the best chin. I hit him with sledge hammers and it didnt hurt him. Ask anyone who has fought him and theyll say the same thing. Sadly, Mosley did hurt Padilla. He suffered a brain injury after a brutal session in 1994 and had to retire.

Best jab: De La Hoya and Wright -- Mosley thought about this for a few minutes but couldnt make his mind. They both had a really good jab.

Strongest: Wright -- This isnt a surprise because Mosley was still a natural welterweight and Wright was a mature junior middleweight when they met twice in 2004, Wright winning a one-sided decision in the first fight but barely gaining the nod in the second. Winky didnt have punching power but he was physically very strong. He was the strongest I faced.

Smartest: Mayweather -- One aspect of Mayweathers game might be his ring savvy. Mosley didnt hesitate before provided this response. Hes just smart. He knows when to go in and when not to. He wont take any chances. He wont listen to the crowd or anything to get himself riled up. He stuck with his game plan.

Best defense: Tie, Wright and Mayweather -- Mosley at first gave Wright as his response to this question. On second thought, though, he wondered out loud whether Mayweather was the better choice. I think Winky was the best defensive fighter I faced. Mayweather is more a slick counter puncher. Well, I did hit Winky a lot. Maybe its Mayweather. Winky had more a smothering defense. He gets you tired, drains you. With Mayweather, you just cant hit him really. Its close. They have different types of defenses.
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i think i saw this somewhere but it was just about mayweather. good find.

mikeweavertime · Apr 29, 2011

unsigned_userv2 said: ↑

Agreed. I also give props to Oscar De La Hoya. One of the biggest names in boxing and would have still made alot of money facing B-classers yet tested himself with the best over and over.

Trinidad
Pacquiao (p4p)
Mayweather (undefeated, p4p)
Hopkins (coming off 18 MW title defenses)
Whitaker
Hernandez (undefeated)
Mosley x2
Sturm
Vargas
Chavez x2
Gonzalez (undefeated)
Quartey (undefeated)
Castillijo
Campas

Honourable mentions:
Leija
Mayorga
Gatti
Carr
Santos
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I agree with this. Oscar resume is among the best as well.

Slickstar · Apr 29, 2011

tliang1000 said: ↑

i think i saw this somewhere but it was just about mayweather. good find.
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What's interesting about Shane's Mayweather comment is how Floyd has the quickest feet, the Floyd Shane fought wasn't even prime.

cesare-borgia · Apr 29, 2011

Mosleys legacy is based on 2 wins, prime Oscar (great win) and margarito( also a very good win, but a very controversial fight because of the bricks) vargas was shot, mosley lost to winky and forrest( terrible matchmaking in both fights) I consider him past prime when he lost to cotto and floyd.

Leonit · Apr 29, 2011

Exactabox said: ↑

He got robbed against Cotto. Fight was a perfect draw IMO.
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got robbed??? Man I don't know how are you scoring fight. Close fight I scored it to Cotto. But to say that Mosley was robbed??? What rounds did he win clearly?? Or are you just trolling around

Peppermint · Apr 29, 2011

I agree. Mosley, Oscar, Trinidad, and a few others from that time cant be criticized for their quality of opposition. They ducked no one and took on the biggest challenges. And they only lost to the best (each other).

saul_ir34 · Apr 29, 2011

Hatesrats said: ↑

^This atsch Show's what your opinion of FIGHTING truly is.

Nice resume, regardless.
(Mosley is a warrior)

Check out, Cotto's/Margarito's resume of names in long form sometime.. Also very impressive.
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Margarito and Cotto fought almost everyone that was relevant at WW.

I give the edge to Margarito because he fought PW and Cotto didnt.

Actually Margarito has the best resume at WW that is currently fighting.

saul_ir34 · Apr 29, 2011

Cheeseburger said: ↑

Random ***** joke

do you know why they call pacquiao "the pacman" because he runs away from monsters when there strong and in good condition but when there weak he eats them up no problem ! LOL
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Wow how did i not ever think of that.

Thats some plausible ****!!!

thewoo · Apr 29, 2011

My only complaint about his resume is that it lacks trindad. That fight should have been made but somehow there just wasn't a demand for it. How can 2 of the most prominent guys of the same weight range of an era not have fought each other.

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