Mosley vs. Mora on September 18th – News
June 30th, 2010
By Jim Dower: Recently defeated Shane Mosley (46-6, 39 KO’s) will be making his ring return on September 18th against former World Boxing Council light middleweight champion Sergio Mora (22-1-1, 6 KO’s), according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. The fight will be taking place at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. Exciting unbeaten Saul Alvarez will also be fighting on the same card against a still to be determined opponent. It’s curious that the 38-year-old Mosley has selected Mora to fight, because Mosley hasn’t always looked good when facing bigger light middleweight fighters.
Mora isn’t a stationary fighter like the kinds that Mosley typically does well against. Mora likes to hit and run, and make his opponents look bad by making them miss. Mosley, who will be 39 by the time he steps in the ring with Mora, could end up regretting that he chose a fighter like Mora to fight instead of someone smaller like him and more of slugger.
Mosley was dominated by Floyd Mayweather Jr. in May, losing almost every round of the fight except for the 2nd. It wasn’t at all a good performance by Mosley and it calls into question whether Mosley still has it. He looked exhausted by the 3rd round, and it was all he could do to throw a half dozen punches per round. Overall, Mosley just looked tired and old against Mayweather. If I was to choose the worst possible opponent for Mosley to fight in his first fight coming off the Mayweather loss, I would pick Mora.
He is a very difficult fighter to beat because of his movement and slick style. Mosley has made mistakes in the past when choosing opponents, and this could very well be another mistake on his part. At the very least, it’s not an exciting fighter that will bring a lot of attention for Mosley. Coming off a loss, Mosley would be perhaps better off taking on someone like Andre Berto, Mike Jones, Joshua Clottey, or even a top light welterweight like Timothy Bradley or Devon Alexander.
Picking Mora is could be the equivalent of Mosley facing a track star. If Mosley wasn’t about to turn 39, I would feel a little better about it, but not much. Mora is a tough fighter to face at point of one’s career because of his movement. By taking on Mora, Mosley could be positioning himself to get a big money fight against WBA light middleweight champion Miguel Cotto or maybe even Manny Pacquiao, if he destroys Cotto again in a rematch. I seriously doubt Cotto will want to fight Mosley again, but you never know.
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Awful fight!
This is going to be a big ol stinker!
Does anyone want to pay to see Sergio The Latin fake fight?
I would rather see my mom and dad having sex on PPV then to see Mora fight anyone!
Mora is already 30 and has yet to do anything aside beating an old Forrest who came back and whipped his ass the second time around!
I think there is a good chance this fight is cancelled once GBP sees all the negative remarks.
mosley might take it but andre berto would be better if not test chavez or saul alverez
.Jesus. you must be out of you mind.sergio mora doesn’t have above average hand speed but elite level hand speed.and is a pure boxer.isn’t a big puncher tho.I love shane.he’s my dog.but sergio mora uniamous decision.mosley will get outboxed.
mora please, that guy has no power and no speed compare to sugar shane, mosley, are you giving more a paycheck, ok then thats fine
mosely got arse well and trully spanked
WHY NOBODY CALLING OUT PAUL WILLIAMS?
its just a pay day for him pinheads but at the same time he has got a very good shot at winning even at 39 mosely is still a contender..he packs a punch and will punch up..i can see mosely causing an upset,i wanna see pacman mosely after money skoolz pac lol
Mosely is clearly following the foot steps of Roy Jones and DeLahoya fighting way beyond their times. For what? Shane is a future hall of famer, like the other two. He should now retire and enjoy the millions that he made out of his brilliant career. Had he fought Mayweather 3-5 years ago, fight result would have been different. If you look at Shane before his fight with Floyde, he already had that look of an old man and a beaten fighter…look so tired, haggard, and spoke slowly and lazily. Time to hang your gloves Shane. You have had your wonderful years. Sayonara, gentleman!
mosley can win it but he aint fightin a bum moras a great fighta he beat forrest in de first fight his been the world champion and he is a great challenger but mosley is a great fighter.
I beleive this is a fight Mosley can win, I haven’t seen a great deal of Mora since he won the “Contender Series” other than bits and peices on you tube so he may have improved a lot since then but from what I have seen he is a slick boxer but isn’t that difficult to hit, elusive yes but not a defensive genius by any means and if Mosley is a little over the hill the last thing you lose is your power and Shane Mosley hits as hard as anyone so I predict a KO at around round 8.
I hope sugar shane dont end up punch drunk.
Like some of the other guys on here, I don’t believe Mosley’s defeat to Floyd showed that he is tired or old necessarily. He was frustrated by Floyd and had no answer to Floyd and by round 4, he knew it and was fighting a losing demoralising battle. I think, if you put Mosley in with any other welterweight then he’s liable to knock out whoever you put in front of him, Pacquiao included. Shane is a gladiator and no mistake. I don’t like this match up with Mora though. Mora is a rangy guy who’s alot bigger than Shane. He is fast, long and sharp and he likes to hit and run. This isn’t cut and dry by any means for either fighter but hey, that’s why we love Shane, he gives himself a real challenge every time he gets in the ring. If he beats Mora, he’s right back up on top as one of the premiere P4P fighters, if he loses, he’ll go out fighting and hopefully call it a day.
I think SSM will look better in this fight, than he did against Floyd. That’s been the trend with him, since he moved up in weight. After he loses, he defeats (and sometimes dominates) his next opponents. I disagree he was just gassed after the 2nd round against Floyd. He threw about the same amount of punches as Floyd did, overall. SSM threw 452 to Floyd’s 477. The difference was he could not land very many of them and took quite a few of them in return. SSM landed 92 (20%) to Floyd’s 208 (44%). That’s of course nothing new with opponents of Floyd. SSM just fell into line with all the others. Hell, JMM only landed 12% of about 583 punches, while Floyd landed 59% of 493. So, at least the ‘old man’ topped that.
He’s still a special fighter though, IMO. And, as I mentioned, he has been known to bounce back in spectacular fashion after losses like this (particularly against lesser opposition).
Good takes. We will see what magic is left in the old dog. He should get a strap for either 154 of 160.
Mosley is not done. Mayweather makes everyone look bad and Mosley has been training too long. We will see the good SSM in this fight and he will win convincingly.
I think he’s just trying to rebuild his confidence. If he wins convincingly he could challenge Cotto. That would be an awesome fight if Mosley still has something left in the tank. If Mosley loses to Mora, he’ll probably hang up his gloves and call an end to his hall of fame career.
I am glad it is done only because Mosley state active. He can win and win bug if he employs the power box style he did well with years ago. He could lose also for staying too long. I do not think Gilden Biy would throw him to the wolves without money fights like Martinez, Berto, Cotto, and Williams out there. He is a legend no matter what. All future wins can only he’ll instead if hurt his hall of fame.
omg! common mosley…
Hang the gloves mosley !
DAMM MOSLEY RETIRE ALREADY DUDE!
mora is no floyd mosley will win this bout easily and could knock mora out, mora people probably believe mosley is done on sep 18th they will see this is not the case.
Mora is a little less riskier than Martinez. It’s a winable fight for Mosley. Let’s hope his loss to Mayweather had more to do with Mayweather, than it did with Shane’s physical abilities declining.
Mosley needs to stay at WW or retire. JMW doesn’t really suit him (Mora is a tough nut and very elusive, even if not a big puncher).
This will be a good match up it will test Mosley to see what he as left to offer will also send a message out to them that say Mayweather beat him cos he’s over the hill.