Nallege: Floyd-Shane is a real title fight, and I have the breakdown on how...

Shane has slightly longer reach than Floyd, i expect him to use that to get his jab in, double and even sometimes triple it up early on. He is experienced enough to know not to bullrush Floyd, and i expect him to be prepared to take it slow early, feel it out a bit, just as Floyd will. Shane will take his share of the early rounds with precise punching and controlled agression.

I think they will have first meaningful exchanges in the 3rd, with Shane coming off better, forcing Floyd to the ropes and working the body, though taking some counters in the process, but shrugging them off.

As the fight progresses, i expect the rate at which Floyd lands his counters to increase, and from the 9th onwards, taking advantage of Mosley's poorer head movement and slower footspeed, and he will start to discourage Shane a bit.

Shane will continue to press, however, and will rally in the final 2 rounds, pressing Floyd, though not being as effective as he was earlier.

I predict a unanimous decision for Mayweather, but still a competitive fight at almost all times. 8 rounds to 4, 116-112 Mayweather.

 

Nazim Richardson has said it better to James Smith in one interview - Why does Shane Mosley have to run after Mayweather, why does he need to cutt the ring off, etc, etc?... If Floyd doesn't come to fight, does he win the rounds automatically by posing and circling around the ring? Shane has to be himself and do his thing... In my opinion it is enough to win. HBO is biased towards Mayweather, all those guys want a Pac-May fight, Kellerman, Lampley, Lederman will score rounds to Floyd even if he doesn't do nothing, Bert Sugar thinks Mosley has to do this and that against Mayweather to win so they already have a winner!

 

floyd is a very hard fighter to beat, that's why you got to do this, and do that to win, and even then we don't know how good floyd really is at the moment because he hasn't faced adversity for quite a few years now. i think mosley is floyd's toughest opponent, he's a bloody good boxer, but one thing i don't like about mosley is when he does come forward, he does come in straight lines, which is why the jab is so effective against him.

i'll be picking floyd by U/D. i hope mosley can really test him though.

 

boy- talk about a gloater ;-)