Who beats Mosely at 135?

a prime mosley vs floyd at 135 would be a HUGE fight...could of been a classic

 

i can see everyone on that list except Arguello beating Shane at 135...remember what Pryor did to do Arguello? Shane at 135 would've done the even worse...bad style matchup for Arguello...

 

No one! He fought like a true fighter in every category. This is true that he fought a good competition as a true boxer and to put a question mark on his ability will be a fool work. He looks spectacular. Yup this is true that sometimes he failed to give a good competition against a better competitor. But one thing is sure that mo man can give his best all time.:bbb

 

Of your list, only Duran.

 

Duran.

I'd give Ike Williams the next best shot. Whitaker?? Maybe, but something tells me that he'd have hard time with SSM's VOLUME of punches at 35.

No one was clamoring to fight SSM at 35 and he moved up as fast as he did to keep pace with Oscar. Had he stayed?? He could have RULED 35 for a long time.

Floyd?? Floyd gets WHIPPED by wide UD.

 

Please.

Stop talking about "class is in" when you actually brought up the Camacho-Haugen fights in 1991, at 140, 5 years post-Rosario, to talk about Camacho at 135 at his peak (or pretty close to it)...and have been watching boxing for 20 years and don't know who Ike Williams is.

Whitaker won that 8-4 at 147 (both guys were above their best weight, Whitaker had a better style to adapt to moving up), it wasn't a domination like people claim.

Very few guys in history would school a peak Chavez @ 135 (or 130 or 140 for that matter), and Mosley (who isn't as skilled as Pea) is not one of them.

 

Taylor and Mosley have some similarities and differences. As you said, Taylor had a better workrate. I think he had more skills on the inside than Mosley, which helped him against Chavez. Mosley was a good combo puncher but also tended to load up and wing quite a bit, and be open down the middle. Taylor threw a lot of ridiculously fast flurries, often they were arm punches, but he was so active that he was able to outland Chavez regardless. Mosley was the stronger and more powerful guy, who obviously had more longevity at a high level. Both Taylor and Mosley liked to trade and would take their share of shots. Mosley would give Chavez problems and might pull off the win, surely it would not be easy though.