Mosley was never a boxer !!

Noticed you've been giving Mosley more and more props as the fight gets closer. Don't worry, Floyd will get some credit.

Yeah I think everyone knows Mosley is not at all a pure boxer and depends a lot on physicality.

 

He is a power boxer. :nono

The jab thing is overstated. It's a tool that he keeps boxed until there is a strategic need for it, almost a last resort. He obviously prefers to bomb away, but he's no reckless slugger. A lot of asserting dominance over Margarito had to do with slowing down his advances early, and he did that with a very effective jab.

As for balance, he'd suffer a lot more flash knockdowns if he had poor balance; the term you're looking for may be positioning. He does not employ a conventional pure boxer's stance but is able to get away with this and still put torque on his punches and occasionally slip shots and/or take them fairly well when they land. A lot of this, as you say, can be attributed to chin and athleticism, but make no mistake - Shane is a well schooled boxer. He just prefers to POWERBOX.

 

yeah shane is a fast handed brawler with good footwork

 

He is NOT a power boxer. He is a "speedy slugger". Ot atleast in his prime.

Tito Trinidad was a Power Boxer when he was at 147.

Oscar is more like a boxer puncher.

Anyhow, Mosley can box against b level fighters as he showed us in the Collazo fight, but mostly he is a slugger with handspeed.

 

:good

The reason he beat Oscar the first time was because Oscar fought Shane's fight, and slugged it out with him.

The reason most felt Oscar won the second fight was because Oscar effectively outboxed Mosley.

 

If u followed Mosley's career, his father trained him to "POWER BOX" of some sort. Plus, he's from Southern Cali wit all dat delicious Mex food. U r what u eat nd his father trained him 4 many yrs. Yuri Gamboa reminds me of a prime SSM.

 

So what has he been doing with his life?

I'm pretty sure he's not a professional chef.

 

I did give an example...he controlled Tony early with the jab more than any other punch.

I said if he had poor balance he'd have more flash knockdowns. You do know the difference, right? Ones where someone's not hurt, but gets put down because their feet aren't set properly or their weight is shifted in such a manner that leaves them vulnerable to getting physically toppled by a landed (or even partially blocked) punch - has nothing to do with chin.

 

Ya know I never once considered this comparison...but in a twisted way I think it fits.

 

Are you sayin' he's Mexican? Well he does know how to fight against Mexicans.

 

Speedy Slugger

I stand by it.