Mosley being fed to Saul Alvarez on May 5th
February 12th, 2012
By Allan Fox: 40-year-old Shane Mosley (46-7-1, 39 KO’s) was one of the best fighters in boxing during his day back in the 90s and early 2000s. Unfortunately, Mosley has stuck around the game a little too long and will be little more than fodder for WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (39-0-1, 29 KO’s) to beat and look good again on May 5th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
It’s too bad that with boxing you need to pit a young fighter like Alvarez against an old fading fighter in order for boxing fans to recognize that the fighter has talent because it really doesn’t prove anything when you throw a shot fighter like Mosley in with a young guy. Mosley is too far gone for casual boxing fans to get a good gauge of how much talent Alvarez has going for him.
Alvarez needs a younger fighter at the top of his game for fans to know how good Alvarez is, not someone that arguably should have retired three years ago. Mosley would have done well to wrap up his career following his win over Antonio Margarito in 2009. Mosley obviously needed the money to pad his retirement, so we saw him come back for a loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr., a questionable draw against Sergio Mora and then a one-sided loss to Manny Pacquiao.
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Wow De la hoya is turning into a Bob Arum! were is de la hoya’s honesty, his honor? were is the kid that payed with food stamps so he would’t forget were he came from? Mosley fighting canelo is a mirror of de la hoya’s intensions for the future boxing world such a shame, I never thought money would corrupt de la hoya, i was wrong.
@Mexican Worrior “death before dishonor.” Do you actually believe what you’re writing? You mean to say that Mosley looking bad had nothing to do with his age and everything to do with Floyd and Manny. You must be kidding. Mosleys skills have deteriorated significantly and NO, FM and MP had nothing to do with that. Have you ever heard of a sub-par fighter by the name of Sergio Mora, it was the fight before Pac? Mosley lost that fight but was given a gift draw and Mora is nowhere near the “TOP” in this sport. Don’t diminish what a good fighter Mosley was in his prime by making seem like FM and MP where to good. It’s just that Mosley is too OLD.
Hope Mosely wins because this division is below par, Heavyweight is where it’s at
I WOULD LUV TO SEE CANELO KNOCK MOSLEY OUT.THAT WOULD GET MAYWETHERS ATTENTION AND HE WOULD HAVE TO FIGHT HIM NEXT. NO MORE EXCUSES THAT HES TOO GREEN. IT COULD HAPPEN FOLKS
@hey this fight will be way better than FMJR VS Cotto…Mosely still ranked in the top 10 and nobodys knocked him out and if Canelo does it will show what kinda of talent the KID has. We all know what the out of come of the main event is going to be jab…right hook some elbows and mayweather calling out manny and then thanking god for his talents….this fight should of happened 3 years ago but we all know FLOYD
Mosley has looked bad in his last fights . But that was against the top two guys in the sport FM MP.
I like this fight it a good test for Canelo . Mosley will still be a dangerous opponent even at 50 ! We get to
See if Canelo has what it takes to be in there with a real fighter someone who proved himself over the years ! We will see how he looks against one of the greats even tho he is old. Neither fighter in there prime! Great match I love it .
Shane still has some left. Ill wach this fight good fight for canelo then victor Ortiz and canelo would be a good fight.
Dela Hoya Promotions is worst than Arum. This fight is a joke. Who’s going to watch this fight? They need to put Ali vs Foreman 2 on the undercard so all people on the nursing home will watch this fight. Not worth spending a penny. lol
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I really hate to see Mosely just fight for a good farewell check…Damn Shame(For The Love Of Money)
this fight will only be intersting if mosley can land a punch .. other than that im bored with canelo .. put him in with kirkland theres a 50% chance hes getting ko’d !
Horrible fight. Would of liked Canelo vs Kirkland.
GBP have no pity, Canelo and Mosley is a big mismatch, Stop destroying Shane’s life, retire him now before he catch the Ali and roach disease (Parkinson disease)
@ kombat
you should s.o.s this floyd and pac
Mosley you have had a great lustrous carrier but you need step down. Have you now self respect or dignity? Look at your last fights. Don’t be greedy, you’ve had the limelight and made the millions that went along with it, even if you did win, big deal. You have worn out our welcome with many boxing fans, save face already. Aren’t you rich enough?
And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God (Mathew 19:24).
We’ll see canelo has to prove him self
Absolute disgrace that mosley is taking this fight. and still fighting. i would never pay to watch this fight. he has looked like s**t in his last few fights. look at his face lol he might be a fit in shape 40 year old but he dosent move like the 2001 version of shane mosley and should retire asap in my opinion.
Golden Boy is taking a page out of the book of Arum. Pacquiao has been feed a steady dose of Top Rank stablemates by Arum since forever. What’s good for one is good foot all. It’s all about fraud and the all mighty $$$$.
You have to use 1 strong jab to beat mosley following it up with right hands.Canelo wins this but not as easy.
@ fox u couldnt whip him if he used one hand he not that shot
mosely not that shot you could beat him if he used one hand