Mosley Stops Margarito In 9th Round!
January 24th, 2009
By Jim Dower: Using his faster hands and short, hard punches, Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KOs) pulled off a tremendous upset tonight, stopping WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (37-6, 27 KOs) in the 9th round at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. Mosley, 37, knocked Margarito down at the end of the 8th round with three right hands to the head. A badly hurt Margarito somehow made it to the feet and was saved by the bell. In the 9th round, Mosley finished Margarito off with a series of hard shots to the head as Margarito tried to cover up on the ropes. Margarito took a big right hand to the head and sunk to the canvas, at which point the referee stepped in and halted the fight.
Mosley jabbed frequently in the opening round, circling to his right and using movement to prevent Margarito from setting up his offense in front of him. Margarito tends to well when his opponent is directly in front of him. Mosley didn’t allow him to do this in the opening round, and stayed moving and jabbing. When Margarito came in close, Mosley hit him with fast combinations and immediately clinched.
In the 2nd round, Mosley continued clinching when Margarito would come in close. In the meantime, Mosley was giving him huge problems with his fast combinations to the head. Margarito seemed ill-prepared for Mosley’s fast hand speed and was constantly beaten to the punch in the round.
In rounds three and four, Mosley jabbed Margarito from the outside and nailing him with hard right hands whenever Margarito would try to get in close to setup his offense. That was a big problem for Margarito, because although he was the taller fighter at 5’11″ compared to the 5’9″ Mosley, Margarito likes to fight in close range and work the body and head with hooks and uppercuts. However, Mosley didn’t allow him to do that, hitting him with hard combinations every time he would try to get in close to land.
In the 5th and 6th rounds, Mosley used combinations to the head to dominate the action. Margarito seemed to have no defense for Mosley’s right hands. Mosley continued to clinch often, which had to have been frustrating for Margarito because he was unable to do much because of it.
In the 7th round, Margarito started connecting with big right hands and backing Mosley up. However, Mosley shut him down with consecutive clinches late in the round, causing the crowd to boo loudly. Margarito, however, finished strong landing a combination before the bell.
Margarito fount well in the opening stages of the 8th round, and seemed to stun Mosley with a big right hand. However, Mosley immediately fired back and hurt Margarito with a big left hand to the head. Margarito then retreated to the ropes and began to get really hammered by Mosley and was dropped by a right hand near the end of the round. Luckily for Margarito, the round ended shortly after he got to his feet, but he was badly hurt and it was clear he couldn’t go on for long. In between rounds, Margarito’s corner discussed stopping the fight but Margarito was having none of it and insisted on going out of the 9th.
In the 9th round, Mosley jumped all over Margarito, nailing him with big right hands and left crosses and Margarito tried to cover up helplessly against the ropes. Mosley quickly snowed him under with big shots, sending him to the canvas for the second time just as the referee was stepping in to halt the fight.
In the end, the clinching seemed to have a big effect on the fight. There needed to be a warning given to Mosley, as well as points taken away from him for this. It’s unclear whether that alone would have been enough for Margarito to win, because he just looked like he wasn’t sufficiently trained for this fight and not prepared for the speed, clinching and movement from Mosley.
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MARGARITO IS SO OVERATED ITS NOT FUNNY, MOSLEY IS A WAY BETTER FIGHTER THAN HIM the first big body shot was the winning blow for shane
Margarito looked slow and didnt get off. Not taken anythin away from Mosley thou he was too quick too strong and too accurate for Margarito. fair play to Mosley I wrote him off like most ppl did. Well done Sugar Man. Has he done Cotto and even Mayweather a favour by de-thronin Margo? I think he has. I see Cotto now avoidin Margo and goin straight for Mosley whereas I reckon Floyd will sit tight and fight the winner of Hatton/Pacman.
Margerito was never a proffessional boxer to begin with, it’s a shame he was given the opportunity over other great boxers waiting in line. He has no hand skills. It’s obvious how he can be beat. Proffesionalism in boxing requires knowledge of all legal and illegal tactics. Clinching is only part of the sport,plaster in gloves is not!
Mexicans are just upset that all their champions are getting beatin’, so they made Margerito out to be something that he’s not. So did the commentators for entertainment purposes. Mosley knew that. Cotto lost because he was trying to get the fight over with to fast. He is known for body shots and he did not do this during his fight with Margerito. Mosley did. Without the body your head gets week. Despite the “plaster in gloves,” fact, I strongly believe Cotto would have done more damage than Mosley did if he would have done what Mosley did; “work the body!” oh and by the way Collaso won that fight by points. Berto is at a higher class of “MONEY,” therefore, they took it from him. People need to stop hating on the Puerto Ricans already. One more thing Margerito should be disqualified from the world of boxing for ruining real proffesional Puerto Rican records. Thank u Mosley and his corner for prooving to the world that all the things I said are true.
Well, I have to say I’m stunned at the result. Shane Mosley must have really rolled back the years to pull this one off. Congratulations to him for it.
I guess all those of us who thought he was shot after the Mayorga fight have to concede that his opponent’s awkward style and ring-rust were to blame, that Sugar Shane does indeed still have it.
Adam, i think you may have to quit being a boxing fan, Nevahang em is right, collazo did beat berto
Adam you are great mate!! keep the posts coming!!!
mosley was at his best something alot of people had didint think was ever going to happen after mayorga but he proved alot of people wrong and has stuck himself right back where he belongs, AT THE TOP WIV THE BEST well done mosley excellent fight
It is very true apparently. Margarito bandaged his hands with no officials present, Somebody demanded to check and something was removed, bagged up and took away for investigation.
Margaritos camp claims it was just a build up of gauze and nothing illegal. But theres been problems before with Margarito and dodgy plaste of paris on the knuckles
The HBO comentator said that Margarito had some kind of material on his glove, and then mosley´s trainer told margaritos team to remove it and then it got remove.
If this is true, there is a lot of questions on the margarito´s victorys agians guys like Cotto or cintron.
i did not see this coming and thought margarito will beat him up and knock him out…mosley just showed he’s one of the best…i take a bow to him!!!
I do believe that all British fighters are brilliant especially Haye and Hatton, i’m very very sorry to anyone that was offended.
I just can’t believe what happened, Mosley said he would knock him out and he did. I still think it’s not the end of Margarito i still see him in with Cotto again in spring.
Adam your such an angry man.
up-a-cut.i know wtf he was sayin you fkin fool.I don’t need some moron like you telling me what poeple meant to say.Mind your business you fkn scrub.
WOW, a tremendous performance. Shane utilized ALL of his skills and fought the fight of his life. Have to give credit to the new trainer because I always liked Shane but thought he hasn’t fought to his full capabilities over the last 5 years.
Refarding this writer, the holding was not as overdone as he suggests. Margarito just did not get off as he wanted to, primarily because of Mosley’s jabs, body shots more importantly controlling the distance.
I’d like to see Margarito-Cotto next and winner take on Mosley.
both of them are so humble, i wanted to see an even fight but mosley was just too good. i think naseem richardson was spot on with his tactics , mosley looked a bit like a faster more active hopkins. maybe if cotto had listened to his uncle and hit as hard as he could in the opening rounds it would have been the same story.
Yet again this poor excuse of a website got it wrong
Come on Shane! Brilliant! I didn’t think he had a chance.
I too thought he was shot after watching his performance in the Mayorga fight but then I guess you can’t judge a peformance when he’s fighting a human windmill.
Now maybee we can have the fight we should hae had years ago – Mosley vs Mayweather!
I didnt see that performance or result coming. I think i was blinded by 2 things.
1 I was blinded by how well Margarito tore Cotto apart and i forgot about alot of his performances before that. I saw the Cotto fight and took it for granted thats how good Margarito always is.
2. I had a view in my head that Mosley was a shot fighter and thought he was as past it as Roy Jones is.
How wrong was i, Mosley walked Margarito back more than the other way round and his shots were just beutiful at times. Well done Sugar Shane.
It was a great fight with a great finish. And im glad i wasnt puttin money on it becuase id of lost it for sure.
Only Few Good Man in Boxing and the most well known of them is Manny Pacquiao. LOL
Play fair both of the fighters are now known for their cheating tactics. Mosley “Steroids” Margarito Plaster of Paris.
They don’t deserved to be called champions.
The way Mosley destroyed the most feared guy in 147 was “AMAZING”. well to break it down the style of Mosley is much like to Manny Pacquiao speed, but the only thing mosley cannot match is the power of pacquiao; anyway the style of Hatton is like Margarito straight up pressure and we all know what will happen.
try to figure it out dude.
if it’s true margarito had plaster under his handwraps, the guy should be banned.
i’m waiting to hear the full story, but if it’s true, screw him. and ban his cornermen too.
Oh so your excuse is the clinches. I was wondering what it would be
adam, you should read what people say before having a go at them!!!!!! nevahangemloe said ‘and if you know about boxing – you know that he won’ implying he was robbed!!! – looks like your the 1 that doesnt know sh~t, ‘idiot’!
WHAT A NIGHT FOR MOSLEY! i’m speechless.
mosley was amazing. beat margarito to the punch all night. wow. i could see mosley’s gameplan. right-cross, stay inside, left hooks, hold. awesome! body shots early. mosley’s hands are still fast.
margarito came in expecting to blow mosley’s house down. you need more than that. fight was over in the 8th.
hopkins/mosley -cut from the same cloth. why i love boxing.
after watching this, i think manny could handle margarito. dude’s gonna have brain damage if he keeps taking shots like this. he needs a vacation. cotto’s got a shot against him.
curious if this hand-wrap stuff has legs.
nevahangemloe,your an idiot.Collazo lost.You don’t know sh*t
excuses and more excuses. the referee let mosley clinch a lot, margarito did not trained sufficiently… if margarito did not trained that is his problem and mosley did not clinch that much to warned or for a point to be taken. the best man in this night won and that was mosley
LOl!!I, NevaHangEmLoe, told all of you!!!I was ridiculed, told i didnt know a thing about boxing, but tisk tisk, my fellow boxing mates!lol!!and i called collazo’s win over Berto, and if you know about boxing you know that he won, peace loosers!!!
Mosely absolutely destroyed Margarito!! Brilliant fight…