Mosley thinks he can stop Mayweather if he gets him hurt – News
March 8th, 2010
By Chris Williams: World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley would prefer to win by a knockout over unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. and thinks he can take him out if he gets hurt when they go at it in their May 1st mega fight at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. In an article at RingTV.com, Mosley says “I’d love to win by knockout [against Mayweather], so if I can catch him with a good shot and he wobbles, we’ll see a knockout, but if that doesn’t happen, I’ll have to do whatever it takes to beat Floyd round by round.”
Mayweather tends to move latterly for much of his fights and when he does stop, he covers up well to the head. He can be hit with single shots if the punch is thrown fast enough. In his fight with lightweight Juan Manuel Marquez last September, Marquez was able to land a huge right hand in 2nd round that caught Mayweather flush to the head.
If a fighter as slow as Marquez is able to find a small degree of success landing an occasional shot against Mayweather, then there’s a better than average chance that Mosley, a very fast puncher, will be able to land his shots as well and maybe hurt Mayweather in the process. The one factor in Mosley’s favor in this fight is that Mayweather has habit of retreating to the ropes and covering up from time to time.
Mayweather gets away with doing this with his ability to roll with the punches and make himself small by ducking and standing sideways to his opponents. He seems to be able to move just enough to make most shots either miss or glance of his head and gloves. However, Mosley does really well against opponents that try to cover up on the ropes.
In his last fight against Antonio Margarito last year in January, Mosley blasted away at Margarito when he tried to fight off the ropes. Mosley landed well against Margarito, and was able to drop him and take him out in the 9th round. Mayweather might want to make sure he stays clear of the ropes at all time, because the last thing he needs is to get trapped on the ropes and take punishment.
But if Mayweather does get hurt by Mosley, he could find himself in big trouble. Mosley has short arms, throws fast combinations and is very difficult to tie up in a clinch. Mayweather would have serious problems trying to get his arms around Mosley if he gets hurt by one of his shots. Mosley would be teeing off on Mayweather with fast combinations, making it extremely difficult for Mayweather to wrap his arms around Mosley to get him to stop punching.
As it is, this is going to be a hard enough fight for Mayweather because of Mosley’s size advantage in the fight. As we saw recently in the press conference scuffle between Mayweather and Mosley, Floyd is the smaller fighter and won’t be able to count on his size and reach to be able to help him in this fight. Mayweather has been bigger than all but one of his opponents in the past six years.
Maybe that’s by accident or planned. But whatever the case, Mayweather won’t be the bigger fighter on May 1st, and he’s not going to be able to pick Mosley off from the outside like he’s done recently against his shorter opponents.
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@Don,
I stand corrected. Thanks.
@ cam
Because he is part of GBP so if he gets paid to lose he gets paid twice for fighting once. (He’s gets a cut for the May-Pac fight as well)
@ yeah yeah
Your comments are so one sided they’re blinding. 1st off KFC didn’t even want to fight Margarito, 2nd he has never even gotten into the ring with anyone Shane lost to. All he wants to do is fight blown up light weights. He’s got you guys hood winked. I already know this fight is set up but if it wasn’t, Shane would kick his @ss
@ Big Lo
Actually, at the time of the De La Hoya v Mayweather fight Amir Khan was trained by a relatively unknown trainer called Oliver Harrison and was only a teenage prospect trained in britain so had no interest whatsoever in De La Hoya being the winner. He’d already met Floyd at the time and said what a great guy he was. Like i said before, people read fights differently and maybe once he got home and watched it back he may have judged it differently himself. You know what it’s like watching a fight live!
@Don,
Amir Khan? Do you think that could have had something to do with the fact that the same person who trained DLH for that fight also trained Khan? Even Floyd Sr. insinuated that DLH won the fight afterwards.
I am sensing a pattern here: Hopkins was a partner. Khan was trained by the same trainer. Floyd Sr. wanted the big money that training Oscar would provide. It seems that the people who thought DLH won all had an interest in supporting him.
Mosley won’t be knocking Mayweather out though.
The punch stats from the Dela Hoya vs Mayweather fight tell the story of who really won that fight. Numbers don’t lie, but the people that had Dela Hoya winning that fight do. Someone on here was trying to descredit Shanes victory over Margarito. Even if Margarito didn’t have his loaded gloves you still have to take in account that before Mosley no one had ever stopped Margarito. When you go back and look at the Margaritto vs Cotto fight with the amount of punches hard hitting Cotto landed he still couldn’t really hurt Margarito. That’s a testament to how much power Shane Mosley has.
@ Big Lo
The toilet comment was just to highlight the fact that Floyd is only human mate! I agree too that Castillo 2 Floyd won easily so won’t argue there and as for the De La Hoya fight i also believed Floyd just edged it on punches landed but there were a few boxers ringside that thought De La Hoya nicked it, Amir Khan was one of them! I think i probably watched a different channels coverage of that fight than you did. All i was pointing out was while although Floyd is undoubtedly extremely talented there is always someone who’s style is capable of beating you, i think Pacquaio of late would be a nightmare for Floyd as i also think if Pacquaio fought Marquez again the outcome would be very different.
@Don,
I’m not sure where you are going with your toilet comment. I never said anything about Floyd being superhuman (in fact, I agree that his fight with Castillo was close for whatever reason, but the judges scored that fight more in favor of Floyd than the rematch, where I think Floyd won even easier).
And, we can absolutely agree to disagree. However, how can you tell me that a fighter who lands an average of 10 punches per round wins a fight. Doesn’t that sound ridiculous? Floyd averaged almost twice that.
Finally, I’m not sure where you’re getting your info about the fighters at ringside. As far as I remember, Hopkins was the only ringside fighter who claimed DLH won and that’s because he’s a partner.
@ Big Lo
Floyd still sits on the toilet you know!
He’s a very clever fighter, don’t get me wrong and has a great ability to change tactics mid fight if things aren’t going his way! But he’s still a human being and i disagree, i think the De La Hoya fight was very close and i also disagree and thought the Castillo fight was definitely Floyds first loss. You’ve got your opinion and i’ve got mine but hey that’s the good thing about boxing, people read fights differently, most boxers watching from ringside had De La Hoya edging their fight!
@Don@London,
You say Floyd doesn’t do well against pressure fighters? That’s ridiculous. Very much like Pac, Floyd is best against pressure fighters (most fast, stick and move fighters are).
First, Zab didn’t pressure Floyd. It was the other way around, and that’s the reason Zab was able to get off in the 1st 3 or 4 rounds (Floyd purposely fought that type of fight because he knew it would tire Zab in the 2nd half).
Second, the fight with Castillo was relatively close, but it was only Lederman who thought Floyd lost (not the other announcers). And, all 3 ringside judges gave the fight to Floyd.
Third, that fight with Oscar was a joke! That judge SHOULD NOT have given that fight to Oscar (completely ridiculous). Oscar landed an average of 10 punches per round. Floyd should have one that fight 9-3 (it was a fairly dominant performance).
Lastly, everyone who fights Floyd has the same strategy (pressure him, go the body, throw a lot of punches). I think it’s time to change the tune…
I have Mayweather by a late round stoppage.
don@london have you seen all floyds fights if not watch floyd against jesus chavez or hatton etc. pressure fighters its all been tried before without sucess. who,s floyd beat 12 or 14 world champions.roach is talking bout pacman retireing soon cuz times running out as floyd bradley alexander mosley etc all fighters that can move and box well,, not flat footed come forward statues that pacman beats. the above guys all would whoop pacmans punk ass…lol
@ironman says:
March 8, 2010 at 10:11 pm
Hi to all floyd fans,could anybody answer why money “trash talk” mayweather is very quiet right now. he hasnt mention manny to all his tour at all. I wonder why? his mouth finally been ZIPPED! looks like somebody will lose million of dollars to manny’s defamation case LOL
LOL..you are a joke just like all the other Pacman fans. Do you think he is really worrying about the Defamation Law Suit, if he did, he would have stopped talking about it when Pacmna threaten to sue him if he didn’t stop saying it. Floyd didn’t have to say Manny Name everytime he is doing a press conference. Manny isn’t important to him he has a fight come May 1. Manny hasn’t been saying much as of late either because i am pretty sure he is focusing on his fight come this weekend. Quit be childish with the he aint talkin about PacMan now garbage.
This is for anyone who are trying to say Floyd has dodged or ducked any fighter or that he has fought the best competition he could have in his career. I want you to go and care Floyd career based on years. When i say years, i mean look at the fights he has fought and the fighter he fought durin that year and where the fighter was when he fought them. what i think some people do it look at where a fighter is now compared to where they were before Floyd fought them. Let take DeMarcus Corley, Baldimoir, D. Corrales, Carlos Hernandez, J L Castillo, and Zab Judah were the best in the weight class at the time. If you look at them no you can say oh they are washed up or over the hill. But when he fought them they were the creme of the Crop. Give the man his fair do because of what he has done.
@Ryan says:
March 8, 2010 at 3:12 pm
Floyd is the biggest hype in boxing of our generation. He hasn’t fought a true P4P fighter like Mosley and he made the biggest mistake of his life singing on the dotted line. Floyd’s delusional vision of his own grandeur will all come crashing down on is silly, pathetic face comes May 1.
Read what you just post: Then go to BoxRec or any other boxing page and pull up Floyd fight resume then go to Manny and pull up his fight resume. Compare the two based on the years and the fighter he fought during those years and do the same for Manny. You will see that Floyd has fought tougher and better competetion than Manny Hands down.
@King Kong:
“As much as i want to see the fight i will not buy this PPV due to my disgust with Oscar and Schaefer’s hypocritical attitude. They are the worst of the worst, worst than a bottom-feeding organism.”
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Bullsh@t Kong!! You will sitting in front of a 50 inch plasma (which you will have purchased the same day for this illustrious occasion), with a frosty Tecate in 1 hand and a f*ckin power tool in the other!! Stop Lying!! Trying to protest…YOU ain’t Ghandi!!!
Friends,
It’s nice to want to see Floyd in a competitive and threatening fight, but he will win against Mosley fairly easily. Contrary to what most believe, Mosley IS NOT much bigger than Floyd. In fact, very often it appears that Floyd is as tall as Mosley and has larger shoulders and a larger frame.
I was at the Mayweather-Marquez fight with very close seats (not quite on the floor, but in the first row on the next level up), and when Mosley approached Floyd in the ring after the fight, the very first thing that struck me was how close in size they were. To top it off, Floyd started putting his finger in Mosley’s face saying “don’t disrespect me, don’t take my shine away, etc” and Mosley kind of backed up a bit.
This showed me that Floyd was not only confident, but would be at least the same size as Mosley…
Strangely enough, I think that Floyd will lose the first couple of rounds, and then turn it on. Instead of Mosely KO-ing Floyd, I can see Mayweather stopping Mosely in the 9th or 10th. mark my words.
If Mosley does KO Floyd “Manny’s on PED” Mayweather Jr. Only thing Mosley will have to say during post fight press is that “Floyd Done Fugged Up, Now I want the big Money with Pacquaio”. To think that Floyd would have lost to Manny and taken a bigger payday was a no brainer. No he will lose for chump change. Man Floyd, Mother Nature has palyed a nasty role on your downfall.
I just watched both Shane and Winky fights. People who think Floyd can’t take punch will witness a boxing clinic come May 1st…. Great Match up. Much respect to them for testing. That deserves praise.
mayweather will never be ko’d it’s hard enough to land punches on him let alone a killer hayemaker
I can tell that the majority of bloggers responding here are Pinoys hiding behind American names. Should Mayweather only throw 25 blows per round, he will still beat Mosely. Mayweathers output is contingent upon the opponent facing him in the ring. Remember, Mayweather has an air tight defence.
A perfect contrast would be Judah and Marquez. Different fighters, different requirements, contrastingly different output levels.
Just as Mosely was not able to respond to Vernon Forest, he will have the same issues with Mayweather.
I’ve watched pratically all of both boxers fights throughout their careers…in saying that I dont see Shane winning many rounds. People are putting way too much weight on Shane’s last fight against Margarito. Margarito is a partcially a moving punching bag that doesnt move laterally. Mayweather wont allow Shane to continue to hit him with the name right hand straight Margarito did. All fights are subject to upsets but I dont see this being one of them. Floyd is a master boxer on top of his game. Shane on the other hand hasnt fought in 16 months. Prediction – Mayweather by unanomous decision
Mayweather is going to make Mosley look slow and old….
Of course Marquez hit Floyd a few times… it’s boxing… even the best get hit now and then… but you are missing the overall picture… and to compare Floyd to Margacheato is silly. Margacheato just kept coming forward towards Mosley. That is the total opposite of Floyd.
Just because Mosley was able to break Margaritto down does not mean he can beat Mayweather.
If Mosley hurts Mayweather, he very well could stop him. Thats the risk you take when you fight the best. However, hurting Mayweather is no easy task. I see both fighters landing some good punches, and think Mayweather will get Mosley’s timing down and start hitting him with some good shots, catching Shane when he jumps in. Still, Mosley is considered the top welterweight for a reason, and will give Money May all he can handle. Thank goodness we have two greats who are willing to fight each other.
donnie love that was also when floyd was fighting as a brawler not a defense fighter so more opening for mistakes floyd is a lot better now then back then..and mosley i think was much better whenhe fought odh then he is now he just had a perfect fighter for his style infront of him and did what he did to them that he should….and floyd style does the most dammage to mosley so i cant see mosley winning theres nothing wrong with you thinking he can win thats what amkes this fight great si fans can throw manny tdifferent reasons how they think their fighter can win so i think this si good for the sport now and even bettter for the sport if the two winners win and face off to be the best
I already know this writer hasn’t watch or follow floyd. Demarcus Corley rocked floyd in the 3rd round, and a second time in the 4th round. That second time had floyd dazed and on the ropes. He was hurt but Corley just leaned on him and let floyd recover. Thats lack of exp, but if mosley was to rock floyd. He’d go down. I dont want this fight to go to a decision cause it may favor floyd. Even if ita a close one, floyd/pac is a money maker and that may effect the judges decisions. Mosley by KO in the 10th.
Fmj can not win this fight only averaging 30 punches a round. He will have to be more offensive minded and throw more punches. When he throws more punches it leaves him open to get hit that’s why his punch average is low. That is a big part of his defense. He will be forced to throw many more punches than he is used to, to try and keep Mosley off him, which in turn Fmj will leave himself open to get hit by Mosley. If Forrest was so easy to beat, then why did Fmj not accept the Viper’s challenge when Vernon called him out on more than 1 ocassion?
Okay folks, we all know Mosley is a hard puncher. But please, lets stop making him out to be Mike Tyson. Yeah Mosley can punch, but so can Floyd. And whatever punching power that Floyd lacks when compared to Mosley, he more than makes up for it with his boxing ability….
First of all, Shane lost to ODLH while he was on steriods. He did not beat Oscar the second time. Oscar got ROBBED!! What the the fight and listen to the commentators (Forman, Lampley) They enough thought it was clear and cut for Oscar. Bad Decision!!! Shane lost. Shane will lose this fight too. Floyd will not stand in front of him too long. I think we may see Lightweight PBF for this fight. He keeps saying its going to be exciting. I think PBF wants to prove clearly what he tried to do 10 years ago and that is beat Shane up.
@ ALI——–SHANE HAS UPPED HIS GAME AGAINST WHO MARGARITO? SHANE OVERRATED,HE WAS CHEATING THATS A FACT…SHANE BELONGS IN THE SAME CLASS AS THE OTHER CHEATERS..
MOSLEY COULD KO A 147lbs ANIMAL, BECAUSE ANIMALS DONT HAVE DEFENSE OR HITS BACK,,SHANE YOUR FIGHTING THE BEST NOT MARGARITO,MAYORGA OR YOUR JUICED UP PARTNER VARGAS….
@Haku313
Some say this fight is rigged ie Mayweather has paid off Mosley, some say this fight is predictable ie Mayweathewr wins hands down – but what most fail to see is that this fight – will make history – Sugar Shane will drop Money May in the fifth – a prediction that IS rigged!
@ALI
Keep believing that! Whatever floats your boat bruh! Like i said, youre kidding yourself if you think Mosley beats Mayweather.
@Haku313 and any other doubters – Mosley in not the same boxer he was against Cotto and certainly not the same boxer he was against Margerito – Shane has upped his game at the twilight of his career – something not many other boxers have been able to do – you can blame the training regimes or human growth hormones, but Mosley is a much tougher, agile and more cunning specimen than he was before – how do I know this? …I work in the lab that developed the human growth hormones for him specifically – they were created from his own semen which is why they are undetectable – come fight night….Floyd will not know what hit him!
I can’t see Shane Mosely winning any more than 3 of the 12 rounds vs. Mayweather. Vernon Forest beat the crap out of a YOUNGER Mosely because of SPEED. Mayweather is MUCH faster than Vernon Forest was. (RIP)
The result will be the same…
As interesting as the article seems I don’t see Mosley winning this. He’s a good challenge for Floyd, all be it a better challenge 4+ years ago, but even if he can land I don’t see a win. He’d have to let Mayweather kiss the mat a couple of times, and let’s face it, that’s never happened. Mayweather will not KO Mosley, not in a million years, but he’ll win by UD.
BEFORE FREDDIE ROACH FORGE A FIGHT BETWEEN MAYWEATHER AND PACQUIAO, HE SHOULD SEE TO IT FIRST THAT THEY DEFEAT THEIR CURRENT BOXING OPPONENTS, MOSLEY AND CLOTTEY. OTHERWISE IF EITHER PACQUIAO OR MAYWEATHER IS DEFEATED, THERE WILL NEVER BE BOXING BOUT BETWEEN THEM NEITHER THERE WILL BE THRILL AT ALL. PLEASE TAKE A NOTE OF IT. THANKS.
JACK FLORES
BOXING ANALYST
i think the fight of mayweather vs.castillo 1 couldve went either way..just because a fighter is coming forward does not mean he wins the round !! yes it was close and maybe castillo coulda got the win but floyd prepared even better next time !! people say floyd fights little guys, castillo walks around alot bigger than floyd !! i for the life of me dont understand most of the critisisim of little floyd..he didnt have to rematch w the bigger man..the majority of the guys floyd has fought are bigger than he !! im old enuff to have seen some of mohamed ali’s last fights and he would get ripped apart and bad mouthed in the press cause he was a black man speaking his mind !! mayweather will be a legend like ali in 30 years so enjoy him now !!
IN ALL PROBABILITY I CAN SEE MOSLEY WINNING EITHER BY DECISION, KNOCKOUT OR TKO. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MAYWEATHER BOXING CAREER WILL TASTE A DEFEAT HE CANNOT FORGET. REMEMBERING HIS PRIMIER DEFEAT DAY AND NIGHT FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
JACK FLORES
BOXING ANALYST
I hate Floyd.. N as much as I like Shane… Floyd is too much of evrythang.. Skills wise.. He just 2 good… This is 12round dcsion 4 Floyd..
@Don, everyone needs time to figure out SPEED. Zab Judah is very fast, only not as fast as Floyd Mayweather. Zab is much faster than Mosely, Pacquiao, Clottey or any other WW today.
As reference, Pacquiao would probably take Judah in the late rounds after Judah tires. But I would bet Pacquiao’s face would look worse than it did at the end of either Maerquez fight.
@Cleveland, has anyone in the past ever hurt Mayweather or had him even in a precarious situation? Vernon Forest made Mosely look like a scared child and he wasn’t as fast as Mayweather. Mayweather will make Mosely look old, slow, and past his prime.
Then everybody will say Mosely was just old. Old or not, Mosely CANNOT beat Mayweather but I bet Mosely will beat Pacquiao!!!
I know people are probably going to think this sounds ridiculous but i think Mayweather is very beatable! Watch him v Castillo 1, Zab Judah and the De La Hoya fight. Castillo won that fight clearly and even the commentators ringside were shocked that he (Mayweather) got the decision, Judah gave him plenty of problems for the first half of the fight but then ran out of steam and the De La Hoya fight well that was close and could have gone either way! Floyd struggles with pressure fighters, it throws him off his game!
@RYAN
Floyd will not lose to Mosley. I’m sure you know this already. Lets not be silly ….
Mosley will win if he forces Mayweather to fight. All he needs is to engage him for most of each round to win the judges and poosibly hurt Mayweather with some good shots. Mayweathers defense is superb but against a faster stronger guy like Shane I think it will neaturalize some of the movement Mayweather will have to fight he cant run for 12 rounds unlike Oscar and Zab Shane has stamina. If Shane can connect often he will make him pay unless Mayweather shows something other than what we have seen in the past I dont think he will win and the people will get a better fight with Shane vs Pac Man than Mayweather vs Pacman
I have been reading that Pacquiao, or (Freddie Roach) is saying that he wants Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the worst way, and that he will KO him in the ring….
OK…Pacquiao, give just 1 tablespoon of blood and kick his ass! (If you can)
Pacquiao, extend that arm out there and LET’S GET IT ON!!!
There is no chance Mosely winns and i dont say this because i like Floyd.
Nothing would make me more happy than a knockout by shane.
I say mayweather win by boring decision match.
Anybody that thinks Mosely will beat Mayweather are either hoping with their hearts or have never watched Mayweather fight. Every fight he has had, he has made his opponent look average. Every pre-fight hype including Baldomir, Delahoya, Judah, and Marquez were supposed to be the ones to take out Mayweather. Every single one of them were in the top 5 ranking, and every single one of them looked like a class D fighter in the ring with Mayweather.
Mosely and Pacquiao will look very average in the ring with Mayweather. I’m no mindless Mayweather fan, I am just revisiting what I have witnessed in the past.
And You Know I’m Right!!!!!
Don’t forget Hatton was able to hurt Mayweather in the first round of there fight. Hatton stunned Floyd with a short hook to the chin an made Floyd fall unto the ropes. Shane and Floyd will have a little ring rust in the beginning due to the long layoff. I can see one of them scoring a flash knockdown in the early rounds but I think Mayweather is to good defensively to be KO by Shane. I also believe Shane has the better chin and Floyd won’t be able to KO him either. At the end I see a close decision in a uneventful fight.
I would like nothing more than for Shane to smack the 6 tonnes of sh*t out of Floyd. My heart says Shane by KO, but my head is far more realistic and I think Floyd is too smooth for Mosley. Floyd is really focused for this fight, that crap at the press conference was the same for the Hatton fight. The man that stepped into that ring though, was not the brash talking Floyd at the press conference.
Mosley knows this is probably it for him, and hopefully he will give it even more with that knowledge. I agree with all of you who think Floyd has this. Floyd wants to make a statement here, that he is ready for Manny. I think come May 1st, he will make that statement.
Hey Haku, if people are killing you ‘with this Nazeem Richardson crap’ how come you ain’t already dead? I’ll tell you why, because you’re still alive and Shane Mosley will KO Floyd – it’s that simple. The same reason you believe you are being killed is the same reason you believe Floyd will win – and that reason is ….wait for it….you are deluded.
People kill me with this Nazeem Richardson crap. Come May 1, 2010 it wont matter whos training Mosley, hes not beating Mayweather. As if Floyd doesnt have a great trainer himself. Come on people, floyd is gonna beat the SH%T outta Shane.
So Mosley gets his ass kicked by Cotto. Then, beats Margarito who was sloppy when he faught before he got caught cheating. And just a plain BUM without the loaded gloves. Now, he thinks hes going to beat Mayweather!? LOL…. Man Please! haahahahahahahahaaaaaaa
Sorry Bri – I am afraid I have to burst your bubble instead – I did not say DLH won, I said it was a Split Decision (for Mayweather. You are right in terms of compubox the numbers were in favour of Floyd, but that was because (and you wrote it yourself) DLH was a lot heavier (and slower). Shane will not be making this mistake, and Shane is a lot faster than DLH was. Under Naazim Richardson’s training regime, Shane is now more competent than ever in executing lateral movements whilst moving forward and backwards, and side to side – I see him posing all sorts of problems for Floyd.
Cotto was a different figher when he fought Mosley – after the Margerito fight Cotto was not the same – he has lost his heart – which is why Manny destroyed him with relative ease. Cotto would not even dare to step foot inside a ring against Mosley now, because he has no heart.
The biggest mistake anyone can make is to undersestimate the new skills sets of Shane. I feel Shane will KO Floyd however, if Floyd ups his game then I see Shane Mosley winning by Decision.
ali hait to burst you bubble but delahoya did not win against floyd. most of his shot didnt even land. all on gloves no face or body. thats why he got killed on compubox comparsion. and unlike delahoya mosley wont have a 16 pound advantage against floyd. floyd fought delahoya at 154. day of the fight floyd only weighted 147. delahoya gained weight and was 16 pounds heavier then floyd on fight night. that is a crazy differance in weight in boxing. mosley wont have that edvantage. floyd will be faster then mosley and will be as strong. mosley couldnt beat cotto. floyd can box way better then cotto and has better defance then anyone in the game. floyd wins by decision. but dont be surprised if he wins by ko.
@ Bob…
Also Mosley is 5’9, Winky is 5’10.5 and Forrest was 6’0, not the 4-5 inches you were referring to, they just happened to fight tall where as Mosley doesn’t
Solini. !st of all, there are, have been some very tough, and great fighters produced by Mexico. It seems like you comment in a way that takes away from that. Here’s a list of some of Shanes fights
Willy Wise 24-6
Adrian Stone 30-0
Shannan Taylor 28-0
Jonjon Molina 45-5
Philip Holiday 31-0
Luis Collazo 27-2
These are not Mexicans. Also. One of Mayweather’s biggest accomplishments , is the recent defeat of a smaller, slower, outmatched JMM. Mayweather is notorious for cherry picking. At least Shane has the stones to take dangerous fights. Win or lose, that’s something to be remembered for. Not taking easy fights, which Pacquiao AND Floyd have done.
@ Bob, I’ll give you bigger but not stronger go to boxrec.com and pull up Roland Wright and tell me how many KO’s he has. Winky jabbed Mosley to death like he did Trinidad
looked at mosley cotto and mosley margarito matches to see if mosley was doing something different that made him so affective in the margartio fight.i saw the same fighter in both matches its just that margartio just stands there and lets himself get hit. he did the same thing against cotto, cotto just could not hurt him. this is gona be a one sided fight. mosley will loose by decision. lobsided decision. and no way floyd manny happens unless manny does blood test and now agrees to 60/40 split. no way he gets 50/50 after the ppv comparisons come in
Floyd has never fought anyone with a 74″ reach. De la Hoya came the closest with a 73″ reach and that was a split decision which many thought DLH won. Marquez has a 68″ reach which is why his fight looked so bad for him.
If I were a betting man, I would say there is a high connect percentage in favour of Mosley – with this in mind, I cannot see how Floyd will spend the entire match ducking and diving because if he does – sooner or later he will get caught…..
Solini Wright and Forrest were about 4 to 5 inches taller than Mosley that is what gave him problems. They were bigger stronger men something Mayweather is not.
Mosley has probably been watching the Castillo robbery on tapes and came to his senses that he has to knock out this loud mouth Clown.
At Fighter, I disagree with the nod you’re giving Mosley over Zab. Zab’s a/was a fast southpaw and Mayweather has only been rocked by southpaws so I think he was respectful of Zabs power and speed early on. Plus didn’t he break or tear his rotator cup going into that fight.
I respect your opinion @fighter.
No. Shane does’nt think he can beat Floyd. He’s just taking the fight so he can help Mayweather get his shine on. That’s it. We should all bow down to MONEY MAYWEATHER. How dare anybody aspire to defeat him. They should all enter the ring with the knowledge that they cannot win. What a joker.
@ tamod….
His two losses to Wright and the late Forrest were against technically sound boxers, neither man was known for speed more or less power. Fact is Shane made his career beating Mexican fighters, Mayweather is no Mexican, If Shane were a more technical boxer I would give him a better chance but just because he ko’d Margarito who mentally wasn’t in the fight doesn’t mean much. Oh i’m not bailing Margarito out but Pacquaio defenders mention how the doesn’t have a problem with blood but it’s the whole mental thing, hell is fitness guy just said it, so shouldn’t the same rule apply to Margarito finding out he wasn’t going to be able to use he iron fist. Emmanuel Steward mentioned Margarito eyes and body language was off walking into the ring, just something to consider since everyone is on the Mosley bandwagon
I’m not banking on anyone, but I would love to see both these guys at their best. It’s gonna be historical. I personally would love to see Shane bring it to Mayweather, as I think Floyd is an arrogant, immature guy. More importantly, I like Shane because he’s fearless. You’ll never hear about him ducking difficult to fight guys, or guys who he can beat, but risk looking ugly doing it. These are unfortunately the clouds that have covered Mayweather’s carreer. Shane has no fear. Well, if he does, he sure faces it the way a man should.
I think Shanes problem with Winky, and Vernon, was that they were tall, long armed, lanky guys. These are difficult styles to fight, if you’re the shorter man. Not impossible, but very difficult to beat a skilled taller man. Which is evident because people tend to duck these fighters,and they end up chasing big fights, or going to Europe (Winky, Vernon, P. Williams, Margarito, etc). I beleive the hight and length was more evident than these two being a pure boxer, and that being the issue. Floyd may be a pure boxer, which Mosley has proven he can handle, but he’s not a taller guy, who can impose his will on Shane, the way he could with Marquez, Hatton, or possibly Pacquiao. Shane’s as mobile a target as Zab (and as quick, and has a better defense and ring intelligence than Zab. I mention Zab because he gave Floyd a little trouble in the early goings.
Good luck to both fighters, I’m not banking on any one.
Shane…. we are banking on you. Knock out Floyd! You can do it… you can do it and you can do it!!! We are behind you.
Too much at stake for Floyd.
He will do all he can to win this fight…even to pay Mosley to
lose.
40-0 record means a lot to Floyd…perhaps 5M.
Vernon Forrest (R.I.P) was not known for his speed either. He knew how to use his height and reach very well, he was a good boxer, and he had decent power, and he also defeated Shane.
@tamod
Winky Wright isn’t really known for his power and speed, and he beat Shane Mosley. Shane has a problem with pure boxers.
I think Mosley will stop Floyd.
There is no way this fight is staged for Mosley to lose. Why would GBP let that happen? If Mosley were to win this fight then a fight with Pac Man is all but signed, which would be a $15 million payday minimum. There is ZERO reason for Mosley to throw the fight.
Mosley lost to fast boxers with speed and power. I do not see that in Fraud Mayweather…. May 1st will be Mayweathers’ 1st loss and ko.
Style wise any aggressive fighter fits into Floyd’s style, but Shane can also box aswell. Floyd will win this fight, but the constant pressure and speed from Shane is going to ensure this fight is not like his fight with Dela Hoya.
I thought Mosley had a 74 inch reach. That’s not short compared to the average welter weight.
I don’t see how it would be in Shane’s interest to stage a fight where he losses if a victory can lead to another huge pay day with Pacquiao.
Out of Floyd’s entire career out of 40 fights he’s only came in the bigger man agianst 2 fighters so this is familiar ground for him coming in the smaller man. Juan Manuel Marquez did land some punches in their fight, but it was at a terrible connect percentage of 12% I believe, so it was even less than occasional that he landed, but it was a boxing match so he did land something.