Why giving Mosley no chance against Cotto was a sound prediction.

Mosley could've performed better 7 years ago. He was not in his prime, while Cotto is. Now he performed at an Elite and good level, which is taking nothing away from Cotto's victory, but if you watch any of Shanes old tapes when he was the age that Cotto is now, like his battle against a prime Hoya and etc, you will notice he is much faster (cotto was faster in their fight), more head movement at times, MUCH MORE combinations from different angles, more energy (fought faster, harder, stronger, with more intensity in just the 12 round of the fight with Hoya then he did the whoe Cotto fight). Lets not get ahead of ourselves, this version of shane I believe loss and would lose perhaps 4 out of 5 times, but the Shane from 7 years ago when he was in his prime would have been something to watch with Cotto.

 

Mosley could have simply thrown more overhand rights and uppercutts so i wouldnt say 100%, but the real key is that Mosley made Cotto underperform. He forced him out of his seek and destroy mode that he uses against lesser opposition and I feel that Mosley did enought to at LEAST get a draw if not win by a point. This 116-112 Coto **** is out of line...

 

No chance? It could of easily been a draw or a decision for Mosley.

 

China_hand: what percentage do you give for Ricky Hatton winning on December 8th?

 

I agree that Mosley put on a very very good performance, and that I underestimated him to a slight degree. Cotto is still a great talent, and proved just how well rounded he is during the fight. Still, he didn't fight to his best during certain rounds for some reason, which against Mayweather simply will not be enough. He needs to bring his "a" game for the entire fight. Some part of me believes he may have tired at some stage, because this is what he did in the Ndou fight also. Might have been Nerves, or the body attack of Shane, or just the hard hard punches that were being traded at times.

 

Whom do you predict Joe will fight next?

 

Couple of points.

last time we discussed this, you indicated that Cotto definitely knew the scorecards. Now you've taken a step backwards on this.

Second: Mosley has not been at his prime for about five or six years. Cotto is prime now.

Prime Mosley SMOKES prime Cotto (And I like Cotto)

Final point, we don't know for sure if that wAs 2007 Mosley's best either.


On the great dragon, you are omniscient !

On other matters, quite persipacious, but mortal !

 

i never seen a bigger cotto nut hugger than china hand joe... a cotto vs. mosley graph? mosley in his prime would have beat cotto.. cotto is a good fighter but not what you make him out to be..

 

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