Yes, Shane is old at 38 - no one denies that. Mayweather at 33 with injuries and 41 fights isn't exactly young himself. But when are people going to learn? Style is everything in a fight. When your style relies on you being quicker and more precise than your opponent, you will ALWAYS lose to someone who takes that away by being quicker than you, more precise and better equipped to defend against you. This fight in 1999 has the same result in 2010.
its not everything stylistically judah was supposed to mop the floor with baldomir, stylistically cotto was supposed to outbox margo etc.
Judah didn't have the style in my view, because he's always been a four to six round fighter who loses steam afterwards and then becomes susceptible. He didn't get Baldomir out of there, Baldomir pressured him and managed to dent that chin, took the speed away and evened the fight up. Mosley showed recently against Cotto and Margarito - he can still fight 12 rounds - he just can't do it if he's being worked to the body and the head as much as he was tonight.