Whitaker vs Mosley

Just in general, yeah. :huh

edit: just had a look and he did sprinkle in several posts this month, but they were his first in quite some time.

 

Firstly, he also possessed a great chin, so anything Pea throws is not going to deter him. Pea is going to have to fight purely defensively for the whole 12 rounds. I am not so sure he can hit and run often enough.

Secondly, Mosley could throw fast accurate POWER punch combo's at 135. If at anytime the first one lands you can bet the follow up will also. Just look at his 135 stoppage rate, its exceptional.

There are people on the thread waffling on about his 147, and 154 fights, so I have no interest in their drivel as the title asks about Lightweight.

Also there are folks talking about 10 - 2 in rounds for Pea, that is pretty stupid also. It is a lot closer fight than that.

 

Mosley would be dangerous but Whitaker at 135 was pretty much unstoppable, Whitaker by wide decision.

 

Only Duran beats Pea at 135 imo. Maybe Gans and B Leonard but there's not enough footage of them for me to judge.

Shane was a beast at 135 but Pea would cruse to a tough fought UD. He was just too good for Shane.

 

Pernell outboxes him. If Mosley gets overly aggressive he could even be the victim of a few flash knockdowns courtesy of counter straight lefts.

 

Mosley has advantages in speed, power, and strength. Whitaker was more elusive. Both men could take a big punch.

I think Whitaker would win a very close and probably questionable decision. I'd be rooting for Mosley.

 

Whitaker would have completely befuddled Shane.

 

I mean, it's true that all of Mosley's prime losses were to bigger men, which Pea wasn't.

I'm also not implying that to outbox Mosley was the easiest thing in the world just because Winky and Forrest managed it. Both were phenomenal boxers. (in addition to having size advantages - and stylistically, both just had his number...)

...but to suggest that Pea couldn't win fighting defensively for twelve rounds is strange. We saw him do so. Is the 135lb Mosley really that much better than any lightweight Pea ever faced? I think we're putting him on too much of a mythic pedestal if you are suggesting that - and I'm, once again, very much a prime Mosley fan and staunch believer in him being a h2h destroyer at 135lb.

 

Shane's a top 25 lightweight but saying he's an h2h destroyer at 135 is maybe a bit ott. I cant see him destroying HOF lightweights like Laguna, Buchanan and Ortiz and especially Duran, Leonard, Gans, Williams, Canzoneri, Welsh, Mcfarland, Armstrong. Lightweight is stacked not just with great boxers but with teak tough boxers with huge guts. I don't think there's a division with a history of tougher boxers than 135. Shane will have a huge size advantage over the old timers but those guy's were seriously tough. Other teak tough boxers that competed at 135 that Shane wouldn't destroy are Battling Nelson, Beau Jack and Barney Ross. There's loads more.

 

Whitaker takes Mosley on, owns him for a clear decision, and ruins that butt.

 

Yeah, there probably are. I should've clarified: Mosley is a h2h destroyer of all but the Greats at lightweight.

Based on his short time at the weight I'm comfortable saying he would smash all but the very best champions historically. Random paper champs and 'decent contenders' from any era probably get run through.

I didn't mean to imply that Shane would bash up the likes of Joe Gans any more than he would Pea (which I made clear I didn't think he would do).

Kind of like how Tua is a destroyer at heavy, or Jackson at light middle, but they fail to destroy and indeed generally lose to elites when they face them.

 

I got ya now mate. Good post. I totally agree [emoji106]