Mosley should be bigger star than Mayweather
December 17th, 2009
By Klaas Mabetlela: Floyd Mayweather fierce critics and most general boxing fans say that he avoids the best in the world, the best in the divisions he fights in, is boring to watch, cherry picks his opponent and lately fights smaller men.
I looked closely into Shane Mosley career and it seems that he is doing exactly what Mayweather critics says Money should be doing. I am surprised that critics are not talking about Mosley more and he is not all over the media the way Floyd is. Firstly, he cleaned up the lightweight division and skipped super-welterweight division to meet the bigger, undefeated and pound-for pounder in Oscar De La Hoya in 2000 for welterweight championship. The smaller Mosley came stronger in the second half and won a decision in a career- defining bout.
He tried to unify the division by meeting another undefeated champion in Vernon Forrest and lost 2 fights against the man. Shane went on to face De La Hoya again in Super welterweight fight and again won the decision albeit controversial this time around. As usual, he went after the best and tried to unify the super-welterweight division against Winky Wright and lost the decision as well the rematch.
Mosley went on to fight 2 men that Floyd’s critics always say he ducked; Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito. He lost against the then undefeated Cotto and was an underdog when he caused all sorts of upset when he stopped Margarito in 9 rounds. He produced the best performance of his career with his trademark ‘powerboxing’ and won in a scintillating fashion. True to the fashion, Mosley is scheduled to unify the welterweight division this February against WBC and WBA champion Andre Berto.
Shane goes for the biggest fights available, losses some wins some and is exciting to watch. He also beat De La Hoya in his prime and repeated the feat, becoming the only man to ever accomplish that. Floyd is criticized for preserving his undefeated record but Mosley is not adequately rewarded for taking more risks. If fierce critics and some general boxing fans are to be believed, Mosley should be the bigger star and we should be holding onto his talons more.
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LISTEN YOU FLOYD-HATING BRITS,YOU CLAIM CASTILLO DEFEATED FLOYD IN THEIR FIRST FIGHT(FLOYD WAS COMING UP FROM JR.LIGHT. AGAINST ONE OF THE BIGGEST LIGHTWEIGHTS EVER), BUT FLOYD GAVE HIM A RETURN AND WHIP HIS BUT PROPER. NOW COLLAZO WHIPPED YOUR BOY HATTON AND WAS ROBBED, YOU WOULD NEVER SEE HATTON IN THE RING WITH COLLAZO AGAIN.
The down fall to Mosely was a guy named Vernon Forrest.
Mayweather is a great fighter more than Mosley. So I have to disagree with this.
Mosley never knew he was giving steroids by Balco. You guys need to get your facts straight and stop listening to FMJ. Mosley took Balco to court about the steroid use and Balco admitted they gave Mosley steroids without him knowing what it was. Mosley won the court case. Also would FMJ ducked Forrest,Winky and took a short vacation when he was suppose to fight the winner of the Cotto/Mosley fight. Also FMJ called out Mosley when he lost to Forrest and wanted Mosley to drain down to 135lbs. That’s why Mosley never fought FMJ. Mosley and FMJ are at the same weight now why not get the fight set up.
good call sj, steroid users in other sports get no respect,why should mosley!
Thank you Reno, you got it right
After reaching the pinacle of his career, which was after the 1st DHL fight, Mosley became inconsistent losing to Forrest and Wright. It got to the point where you were not sure if he would win fights or not. This took away from his legacy. Now, after defeating Margarito, hopefully he can close out his career with some consistent wins. One thing is all his fights are action-packed.
i couldn’t agree more. mosley could be bigger than mayweather. unfortunately, mayweather has made his cherrypicking and arrongance his brand which the boxing business buys more than guts.
if pacquiao defeats floyd on welterweight then perhaps pacman will be 1st and mosley 2nd in welterweight.
however, if floyd decisioned pacquiao, i doubt that he will fight mosley due to money and cherrpicking concern. thus, floyd may remain bigger than mosley.
mosley was ducking margarito forever until margarito got the title and mosley had nothing to lose he had no choice but to fight margarito and then he rush into fighting in jan,mosley is very desperate and begging for a cash out fight cause he knows when a fast fighter comes around there going to snatch that belt from him thats y his been begging manny,and floyd i mean dam mosley is willing to do ANYTHING to get a cash fight
This article is full of cp. 1st Floyd wanted to fight Mosley long time ago he called him out after the N’dou fight Mosley didn’t want to fight Floyd cuz he didn’t have a big name. 2nd of all the only pple out there for Mosley to fight was winky and,forrest he lost to Cotto and that brought he stock down. 3rd Floyd came back and picked Marquez to show the world that he is a way better boxer than Marquez and Pac. 4th Mosley called out Pac and told him he would meet him at 143 and would take 30 giving Pac 70 but Pac camp chose a questionable Cotto. Bottom line is Mosley is fighting his way back to the top if he beat Berto he is back on top if he loose then his bad. Pac and Mayweather is the center of att. and that just
I would have to agreed with SJ he put it too perfectly. Floyd is childish and arrogant but is skilled so you can compare to anyone saying that this guys can beat but when he fight the biggest stars in boxing he wins. Pacquiao will just be the next and win floyd wins the next man will be “The Great White” of our generation. Plus how can we give a man credit for his great legacy when during his time of true greatness he was a cheater. I like Mosley but as cliche as it is what it is
YEA I AGREE FLOYD IS SMARTER!
Some of you didn’t understand the underlining meaning of this article. The article was to prove that by fighting everyone Shane is still not a big star even with his fan friendly style, and Floyd publically side-stepped certain fighters and is a defensive oriented fighter but yet he is a mega star. Had Floyd fought all comers the same way Shane did its quite possible he wouldn’t be as rich and popular as he is today. Would hardcore fans like Floyd more if he was more like Shane (humble taking on all comers)? Probably. But will the casual fans appreciate Floyd? Probably not.
MOSELY IS FUN TO WATCH BE HE IS NOT ALWAYS 100%
ya shane fought greats but what happen when Merchant asked mosley to fight floyd in 06 ? youtube the post fight interview of mosley vargas II. Shane didnt want floyd that year for some reason (besides his “tooth being loose”), and refused to fight him in 99. just facts people. think shane is a great fighter but he did refuse to fight floyd.
Sugar Shane would give a much tougher fight vs Mayweather than Pacman… Shane opted to fight DLH at 147 and not SHane because it was a riskier fight, Shane was a lightweight at the time. Sugar Shane right now could probably beat PBF and pacman
SJ, shut your mouth. He has fought lineal champs?baldomir?who else?Mosley reams mayfeathers anyday and at any weight, by far one of the greatest of all time (at least top 25)the name is SUGAR SHANE MOSLEY homies….
Floyd is only popular cause of his s@#t talking! Mosley has fought the greatest unlike floyd cherry picks them! If anybody saw Jose Luis Castillo Vs Floyd Mayweather I , can tell you floyd got his a#@ kicked but since he was hometown they gave him not a SD but UD. Also Floyd fought hatton who was never that great fought Judah who they call a Half boxer cause he stop doing everything once round 7,8,9,10,11,12 come and well past his prime Delahoya!
First, Floyd tried to fight Mosley before the De La Hoya fight, but Mosley refused to fight him. That was actually the second time Mosley refused to fight Floyd. Secondly, Mosley has gotten his butt kicked many times, while Floyd is undefeated. That is why Mosley is not as big a star as Floyd.
Just because Mosley is willing to fight everyone doesn’t make him a star. Now if he beat everyone, then you’d have an argument.
What critics are you refering to exactly?
I think Mayweather is an excellent fighter who’s fought some really tough boxers.
Just look at some of the opponents he’s faced and tell me that’s not an impressive resume – Castillo, Corralles, Judah, De la Hoya, Hatton, Marquez…they’re just the ones off the top of my head.
This is simply just a ‘dressed up’ Mayweather hating article.
I honestly think Sugar Shane beat Cotto.
Have to disagree. Floyd fought lineal champs, and really wanted the WBC title in each class. Neither Cotto nor Margarito could have given Floyd much trouble. Floyd also fought Oscar at 154 and weighed in at 150. On the night of the fight floyd was 148 and oscar 165lbs. He easily handled someone so much heavier (despite the ridiculous “split” decision). Floyd is annoying and often childish, but the man has skills and he destroyed a lot of unbelievable fighters in their primes. Corrales, Phillip N’dou, and Ricky Hatton were all damaged goods after their fights with Floyd. Mosley is also a proven steroid user.
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Shane mosley is without doubt one of the greatest fighters the world has ever seen,Not only do i think he would beat both mayweather and pacquiao you could mention his name in the same breath as the other 2 sugar’s(leonard,robinson).
Mosley needs more credit he has only lost one fight in his natural welterweight division and that was to cotto,which was a very close fight.
The other 4 losses came to just 2 other figther’s (forrest,winky)in heavier weight classes.
The man is special and its time the world stood up and pay some massive overdue respect that man is SUGAR SHANE MOSLEY….
no point criticising floyd…just praise mosley. he’s had a great career & deserves it. bringing floyd into it is a nonsense.
He would be if he had a personality,Top level boxing is entertainment aswell at the end of the day.
Agree, but unfortunately words are bigger than actions