Mosley vs. Mora: Will Sergio finish Shane off and send him into retirement?
September 2nd, 2010
By Matt Stein: On September 18th, 38-year-old Shane Mosley (46-6, 39 KO’s) will be making his first appearance since losing a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision to Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 1st of this year when he takes on former WBC junior middleweight champion Sergio Mora (22-1, 6 KO’s) at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. Mosley, who turns 39 on September 7th, looked good for all of two rounds against Mayweather before fading badly and doing almost nothing for the remaining nine rounds of the fight. It looked like Mosley was just tired from having expended a lot of energy in trying to take Mayweather out in the 2nd.
This could go very badly for Mosley if he’s not able to handle Mora’s movement and fast pot shots. He brings a lot to the table in terms of skills. If Mosley is starting to show his age, he may lose this fight. At this point, Mosley can ill afford another loss on his record. It would really hurt his marketability. A loss to Mora and I think Mosley may need to consider hanging up the gloves for good. It’s nice that he’s taking a big test because it would be sad to see Mosley taking on 2nd tier fighters and thinking he’s better than he is and then getting dominated again when he steps it up against someone good.
The undercard of this fight by far overshadows the main event, as unbeaten welterweight prospect Saul Alvarez (33-0-1, 25 KO’s) takes on former World Boxing Council welterweight champion Carlos Baldomir (45-12-6, 14 KO’s) for the 20-year-old Alvarez’s Silver junior middleweight title. Former WBO super bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce De Leon (39-2, 32 KO’s) fights featherweight contender Antonio Escalante (24-2, 15 KO’s) in a WBO featherweight title eliminator bout. Light welterweight contender Victor Ortiz fights Vivian Harrison, and Frankie Gomez fights Cesar Holguin at light welterweight.
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Will Sergio finish Shane off and send him into retirement??
Should it not read “will Shane finish Sergio off?”
No one wants to see Mora, a reality Tv Show winner fight on PPV cards.
Well, maybe his family does, but true boxing fans do not.
So lets hope Shane is able to finish off Mora so we never have to see such an overated and no talent boxer.
Yep, a fighter’s performance against Mayweather is no indication of anything. Mayweather is the pinnacle and nobody looks good when they realise that no matter what they do for the next 12 rounds, defeat is certain. Shane’s still a great fighter. The size, speed and range of Mora could be a problem. He’s wirey and difficult to hit with good hand speed. He switches stance and holds alot. Mosley will need to be agressive. I don’t see Mosley knocking Mora out. I’m really not sure how this fight goes. If Mosley does win, great. I’d love to see him take another title against a bum like Chavez Junior or Paul Williams.
@Fla,
The undercard is going to be pretty stacked:
Saul Alvarez vs Carlos Baldomir
Victor Ortiz vs Vivian Harris
Daniel Ponce De Leon vs Antonion Escalante
Depending on how much they want, it could be worth it (it’s worth $29.99 or even $34.95, but not $49.99).
Big Lo
I’m excited to see it too but not to watch on PPV. Great points btw at 154. I considered them but I still think he wins comfortably.
Ryan’s going all out with the Mosley wins “easily” comment!
Big Lo
Well I meant Mosley was a “smarter” fighter than Mora IMO. I know his bad habits that result into exciting toe to toe matches we all love to see rather than a smart defensive fighter like Mayweather or Hopkins (who I’m not a big fan but respect his (Hopkins) (boring) game).
I still think Mosley is faster and more powerful and will look younger vs Mora than he did against Mayweather. Mosley was talking about how he knows Mayweather, mimics his style, and been around him long enough to understand him when contrialiy is was Mayweather that knew what to expect from him as Mosley couldn’t adjust and get any punches off out of fear of retaliation/counter punch.
Mora IMO will not have Mosley “thinking” which will keep him sharp and focused on “his” plan unlike vs Mayweather. The younger Mora will present him with problems but not enough to get him side tracked and off his game. I think Molsey wins, not easily but comfortably.
@boxing for dummies,
Yes,I noticed DLH jumping up and down in his seat. It was VERY funny, and also proves the fight wasn’t fixed, IMO!
@FLA,
I’m with you. Mosley is not shot, and he still has a lot left in the tank. I will NEVER use ANYONE’s fight against Floyd as a measure of how good they are, because Floyd is a different class altogether.
Mora is not great, but he’s bigger than Mosley (which is really what makes me lean towards him), and he’s fast, slick, much younger, and fairly aggressive.
Also, about Shane being a smart fighter, I’m not so sure. He fights when he should box, and he boxes when he should fight. If he was the smart, seasoned vet thta you claim, then he absolutely should have beaten Cotto & Winky, and he shouldn’t have struggled as he did against Mayorga.
It’s a bad style matchup for Shane. Ryan Dunn thinks Shane wins easily. I don’t see that AT ALL. It’s a good fight and it will be tough, but Mora is really no joke when it comes to fighting (he’s not as “seasoned” as Shane and hasn’t fought the same level of competition, but he can fight.
I’m curious to see who the underdog will be, but Mora will present an extremely difficult challenge for Shane.
The best thing about this fight is that we won’t be needlessly speculating (ala Mayweahter-Pac), because this fight is just a few weeks away…
@Bri
Watch it pal your hanging out of mayweather’s ass
people just refuse to let floyd have credit for anythin. bout happens with manny he dominates and knocks manny out excuses will start b4 manny hits the canves.
Mosley it looked to me like he did not want to win againsy FMjr…He could have KOd him..But he let up hmmmmm
well, MORA WILL BEAT HIM BUT HE WONT RETIRE
@Silky Smooth *** MANNY WILL NEVER FIGHT MOSLEY, WONT HAPPEN. AFTER THIS FIGHT MANNY WILL TAKE ON WINNER OF CHAVEZ JR. VS COTTO. THEN WE WILL PROBABLY SEE CLOTTEY 2 THE REDEMPTION FIGHT THEN MARGARITO MANNY TWO THEN MANNY VS. YURI FOREMAN. MANNY WILL NOT BE FIGHTING ANYONE OUT OF THE TOP RANK CAMP.
i agree shane was outclassed by mayweather hes got crazy skills mora is a joke shane by ko
Point blank mayweather outclassed mosley, who ever said that mayweather didn’t land a clean punch on mosley, is an idiot, Floyds power has always been underrated, he doesn’t have enough power for a one punch knockout,.but he has enough to keep opponents honest….if you think the fight was fixed, go watch round 2 again, but pay attention to de la hoya in the crowd, he was jumping up and down on his seat like a little kid….
Big Lo
You will be in for a big surprise man! Just because Mayweather looked like an “old” washed up fighter doesn’t mean anything. That’s Floyd’s style. He makes you look bad. Just like anyone fighting Bernard Hopkins.
Mosley will school Mora, he’s faster, stronger, more skilled and is just a smarter seasoned vet fighter. It will be a good one IMO BUT not for a PPV fight.
The question will be to the people doubting Mosley, If Mosley wins, will they realize Mosley isn’t as shot as they thought he was and look at Mayweather Mosley differently or will they just say Mora sucks?
Shane Mosley is a self admitted steriord user but at least he had the courage to admit to it, and I do admire him for that. Shane used drugs to defeat DeLahoya. Had Shane not cheated, Oscar DeLahoya may have gone on to bigger and better things. Then take a look at DeLahoyas and Hattons defeat by Pacquio, that are still clouded by the allegations of PED’s.
Olympic style drug testing is the only way to go in this sport.
A Mosley win here means a Mosely vs. Pacquiao SHOWDOWN!!!
But he needs to win!
@ rokko…. floyd is not signed to golden boy. he pays them a flat fee to negotiate his fights thats it. unlike other fighters no one gets a peace of floyds check. he gets his fight check a portion of the gate and ppv earnings thats why he is able to make 50 million like he did last fight. he has been his own man since buying out his contract with arum
Shane Mosely admitted to steroid use, and defeated DeLahoy by using them. There are allegations that both DeLahoya and Hatton were defeated by the same means.
Olympic style drug testing is the only way to go.
@FLA,
Sorry to be the one to tell you this, but Shane will lose this fight. It is NOT a good style matchup for him. He has always had trouble with bigger, taller, slicker, mobile, fast fighters. .
Mora is not a world beater, but he represents almost EVERYTHING that Mosley should not compete against at his advancing age. Plus, Mora is pretty d@mn tough.
mosley is floyds promoter .he is part owner of golden boy. he is managing partner in charge of west coast. he gets a percentage of pbfs winnings.he did his job as a promoter and made pbf look good.for those of you who say he had nothing to gain by throwing the fight think about it. when pbf fights manny, mosley will profit. sad but true you can google this info. if he kicks ass in this next fight it proves my suspicion
WHY MOSLEY LOST TO MAYWEATHER:
Mayweather did not beat Mosley because Mosley is a inferior boxer. Mayweather just took advantage of Mosley negligent mistakes. If Mosley listened to Nazim Richardson’s great advice between rounds, Mosley could have done better in the fight. Mosley’s age was not a factoe here. It’s because of his age he should have fought a wiser fight. He simply got to excited after rocking Floyd in the 2nd, and thought he could do it again!!!!
You know a victory here and Mosely may get the chance to fight pac man.Mosely can punch well and give the phillapino a real run for it.pac man may be in for a fight .Unlike his upcoming slaughter,.
Mr.Stein,put it perfecyly.If Mosely keeps pressure on Mora throughout the fight,and not spend himself,he should breeze to victory,alittle more patience by Shane will be in his favor,and he might just win.
i hope this is his last fight. he barely had the lift to punch mayweather. 8 punch thrown in round 3 and 7 punch in round 4. go to sleep old man. nap time.
kray said it again with his boxing knowledge.i love that guy
Mayweather may have not landed a big punch on Mosley but what I saw was Mosley being out classed. I never seen Mosley being beat that bad maybe when he first fought Forrest. Golden boy is just trying to get Mosley one last big pay day before he retires that’s why this fight is on PPV. Mosley said he wants Pacman next? He can’t be serious maybe before he fought mayweather this would be a good fight but now it would be ko loss for Mosley. I wouldn’t put pass Arum to make the match because Pacman seems to take Mayweathers’ left overs but first Mosley must get passed Mora (I don’t see this happening) and Pacman has a tough fight against Margarito. I think Pacman is to small for this weight class. There is only some times a fighter can go up in weight and win titles and I think this is it for Pacman!! Pacman better be carful in this fight. Magarito will going for the KO!!!!!!
If Mora is guna stand still all night for Mosley like Margarito did then Mosley is guna win, but i cant Mora staying static and when made to work and move like Mayweather did his energy soon fades.
I think Mosley can still tick along at a nice level if he wishes to, have some fun doing what he loves and make some money, he still has a shout against people like Cotto and maybe even Pacman but i think somebody like Martinez would tire him out pretty quickly.
Boxing is going down hill is because of weak fights like these. Mora vs Mosley? Mosley just fought Mayweather a few months ago and now he is fighting again. Goes to show how much power in Mayweather’s punch. 38 year old Mosley went through all 12 rounds without even getting tired. On top of that, the self proclaim best boxer (better than ali) couldnt even land a clean punch against an old man.
Mosley was a great champion but it’s time to hang them up. Mora my not be a great fighter but he is younger and has not took as many punches. Mora by decision.
kray
That is exactly why Pac wont throw as much and when he does he will be countered. Especially when he’s off balance, throws out of retaliation and throws a lot of punches that are not precise.
IMO Pac will look very bad because of his style that suits Mayweather. The fact that he is a southpaw makes it interesting. Roach has expressed that the fight wont be exciting and that Pac wouldn’t throw as much. He even went as far to say that the Clottey fight would be more exciting than Pac fighting Mayweather. I tend to agree. Pac wont be the exciting slugger vs Mayweather. If Clottey busted him up with just a few shots. Think of Mayweather’s connect percentage and think of how many times Pac will be open for shots…..
Total technical domination “IF” the fight ever take place.
I can’t believe people on here are saying he was scared of getting countered mayweather is’nt even a big puncher, the guy was shattered after the second round you can tell when sumone’s breathing out their ass its not hard to see. And mayweather dosnt have a large punch output counter punchers never do he’s that accurate he dosnt have to and he still threw more than mosley! The guy is finished he should chuck it
This will be another fixed fight. Both are from HBO goldenboy sh$thole stable. Mora will be paid off to help old man Mosley. Goldenboy and HBO are the biggest bunch of ripoffs. Who care right? Just a bunch of black people pay to see these suckers fight anyway.
Shane is so washed up. His next fight should be with Hopkin or Roy Jones Jr for the grandpa belt. Mayweather pretty much smashed this guy’s face like a roach. He has no chance with Mora. This is it for you old man. I hope you saved all of your money from Mayweather’s fight. You’ll need it for retirement.
@iwouldabeatkessler – SSM threw 452 punches to Floyd’s 477. Per round that was 37 punches to Floyd’s 39. SSM landed 7 per rd, while Floyd landed 17. Percentage wise, SSM landed 20% of 452 (92) and Floyd landed 44% of 477 (208). I’d say SSM was afraid of getting countered. I don’t think he was gassed either. I’ve listened to a number os SSM’s interviews, not once doea he say he was tired. He said he was STIFF, from having his head pushed down in grapples with Floyd, early in the fight. Other than that, he gave Floyd his due credit, for making the proper adjustments.
SSM fell in line with the trend of Floyd’s previous six opponents. They can’t hit him consistently. Now, with SSM, Floyd’s last seven opponents have landed only 17% of their shots, combined, against him. I bet SSM will look noticeably better, in his next fight, win or lose.
So is it that Pac is fighting a fierce un-destructible fighter of great threat in Margarito who Mosley already beat which in turn makes Mayweather’s victory great?
or did Mayweather fight an “old” Mosley who destroyed Margarito who was a washed up cheating bum who now Pac is “cherry picking” to fight?
@ Punchy Potorff
Why would Mosely take a pay-off to lose to Mayweahter, when at that time, he was the number 3 rated fighter in the world. A win over Mayweather, would have put him in line to fight Pacquiao where he would have made a lot more money. I don’t believe the fight was fixed, because the relationship between Mayweather and Golden Boy Productions is not that cozy. Have ever thought that the fighers in Arum’s stable (Clottey, Cotto, Margarita, etc.) might be getting paid to lose to Pacquiao?
People will see that Mosley isn’t as “old” as they want to beleieve. They will see Mosley outclass Mora and look very well. It will be an impressive fight and make Mayweather’s fight look like a fluke on Mosley’s part.
Mayweather’s style makes you look bad. Mosley will look different in this fight. I still edge Mosley on speed and on power. If he hits Mora with 2 solid punches that had Mayweather laughing in the center of the ring in rd 2 yet was only .5 seconds from going down both times, he would sure as hell knock Mora out or at least down. Mosley wins and I wouldnt be shocked if it was by KO.
@iwouldbeatkessler, I think it was just a huge fear of being countered by Mayweather. Imagine facing someone with the speed of Mayweather that could fire shots even before you could get set?
It took the life out of Mosely, the same as it will Pacquiao!!!
@Let’s get it on, Cheato was nothing when you removed his bricks. Pacquiao is nothing when you remove his juice.
Mayweather takes energy from anyone he faces…
Should Mosely win, I think this automatically forces a face off with Manny Pacquiao at Junior Middleweight. Pacquiao faces Cheato for the title yet never fought in that division. Mosely is fighting a contender without a catchweight in the LMW Division.
A Mosely win means = MOSELY VS. PACQUIAO!!!!!
Whilst I agree in one sense that Mosely should retire if he loses to Mora. In another though I don’t see Mora being a ‘big test’ as you’ve mentioned and you’re glad that he’s not taking on ’2nd tier fighters’. Mora is exactly that, a contender show winner with no punch or particaulr skill in my book.
If Mosely loses it’s all over, if he wins I don’t think it helps his marketability unless he wins emphatically by ko.
this fight we will see if mosley will punch or not.if he’ll punch and keeps attacking mora, it’s clear that the fight between mosley and floyd is fixed.
He didnt throw many punches against Floyd it would be interesting to compare how many punches he normaly throws and if this is a sign of aging or just scared of getting countered.
In the World of Boxing this becomes s a Christmas “stocking filler”. Mosely is a great fighter but now just testing the new breed. When a person has seen someone as good as Shane in memorable fights, De La Hoys for (2), it seems a shame to see him trying to extend his career by fighting simple because of a pay day or the fact that he is adicted to the sport. Nevertheless, he is a stern test for anyone in the top ten.
Mosley was probably paid off to lose to Mayweather, and that won’t be happening with Mora. And Mora isn’t a big puncher at all, so Mosley doesn’t need to worry about being all that cautious. He DOES, however, need to be concerned about Mora’s movement. AND he NEEDS to be aggressive the entire fight. If he can do those things, he wins. Otherwise, he needs to retire.
Mosley was terrible against mayweather after his small burst of energy in the 2nd he was gassed he threw 7 punches in the 3rd round and never connected with any, thats a sure sign that this guy is shot 2 pieces.
Mosely only lost to Mayweather because he didn’t take anything. When he beat Margarito he was full of energy for twelve rounds.
If Mosely had fought on drugs in the Mayweather fight, the fight would have been over in the third. He has the skills but strangely that night he could fight beyond the second round.
I don’t buy it!
Watch and you will see Shane’s got his energy back for this one!