Richardson is the missing piece for shane?

Shane has always been fast and put together excellent combinations to the body and the head, but hes always lacked some things that you've mentioned, including great pressuring ability and great footwork. Nazim is as good as anybody in dissecting opponents and coming up with plans, but I don't think Shane is capable of beating floyd. The holes in his game will probably be exploited by Floyd. And at this point i don't see Shane improving in the areas he needs to or getting back his PRIME reflexes to beat Floyd.

 

Shane was never missing a piece, but Naseem is a good compliment.

 

Shane's biggest downfall is his way of adapting to losing is slugging. He knows he's got the power to knock people out uses that as his back up plan for everything. Thats what lost him all his loses especially Cotto.

 

It's obvious Shane still hits very hard and is blazing fast, but the one thing I will admit about him is he can be incosistent at times and seems lost trying to figure out opponents like with Mayorga and Cotto. I think with a fighter like Floyd Shane is going to have to be very active, start, and finish the exchanges. What Floyd naturally as a counterpuncher is going to wait for Shane to start and Floyd to finish. Then in the later rounds the usual, Floyd starts and finishes, usually dominating whoever he's fighting. Only Castillo has made it a priority to go to Floyd's body, I think Richardson will advice the same to Shane. That is his best chance.

 

I had it this way as well, BUT the main thing is the more aggressive he is the wider his shots get except in the Margo fight.

 

Shane has a very good jab but doesn't use it and always resorts to slugging. He plays into the role of a typical "come forward" Mayweather opponent but he's a true WW and this would be a good victory for either guy. Sugar Shane may be the best body puncher Floyd has ever fought but most definetly the hardest puncher and hardest test.

"Good luck to both fighters, touch gloves"

 

Shane could have Cus D'Mato, Angelo Dundee and Emanuel Steward in his corner and that **** ain't get help him avoid the ass whooping that's coming from Money on May 1st.

 

So true:good

 

Ass whooping, dancing with the stars, same difference.

 

He was okay, nothing special and Shane exposed that, but because of the cast he won't get full credit for it.

 

Definitely believe Nazim can give Shane's career the edge it's been lacking, but not necessarily stylistically or technically speaking. Not that Nazim doesn't have plenty of wisdom to depart, the kind that will improve Shane as a fighter, but in this instance I think it's the intangibles Nazim brings that will help Shane more than anything.

With his father training him, and his wife managing him, I've always felt that Shane Mosley was forced early on into the the role of "nice guy". And, despite having a successful career, maybe he's been too nice for his own good. To me, Shane's often seemed to lack that bad boy killer instinct and stubborn self belief that is so common amongst the greats.

We got glimpses of it against Margarito, you could see it right away during his ring entrance. Nazim and his crew behind him, he looked more confident. Shane and his "soldiers" sporting all black, and it was represented in the way he fought that night. Against Margarito we got a glimpse of Shane Mosley the bad-ass. Overnight, we forgot the string of unimpressive performances he had leading up to that fight.

Here's to hoping that Shane shows up May 1st. Because against Mayweather, it may prove to be too little too late.