Margarito vs. Mosley

By Manuel Perez: Shane Mosley proved one thing last week on January 24th, namely that he can beat Antonio Margarito when he’s clinching him often from eight to ten times per round. When Mosley was draped all over Margarito, Shane proved that he’s a better fighter than him at that style of non-fighting. But Mosley’s [...]

By Manuel Perez: WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito looked like a beaten fighter even before the first punch was thrown last night against Shane Mosley at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles. Sometimes a fighter leaves it all behind in the training camp. In Margarito’s case, I think that’s exactly what happened to him. He [...]

HBO Sports rings in the new year with a red-hot welterweight championship showdown between two world-class performers on WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: ANTONIO MARGARITO VS. SHANE MOSLEY, presented live SATURDAY, JAN. 24 (10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT) from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, exclusively on HBO. The WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING team will be ringside for [...]

By Manuel Perez: Shane Mosley (45-5, 38 KOs) has been saying that he doesn’t plan on running from WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (37-5, 27 KOs) in their title bout on January 24th at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. For Mosley’s sake, I hope he’s joshing about this, because Shane is going to [...]

Cuban rising stars Yuriorkis Gamboa, Odlanier Solis and Erislandy Lara looked focused but also relaxed at the press conference for their fights on Friday at Terrible’s Primm Valley Casino Resorts in Primm, Nevada. “We had a great preparation, everything went according to plans”, stated “El Ciclon” Gamboa. “Of course, it is hard to work over [...]

By Manuel Perez: I’m not sure what Shane Mosley (45-5, 38 KOs) was thinking when he decided on fighting WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (37-5, 27 KOs) on January 24th, at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. Of all the potential opponents that Mosley could have chosen for a well-paying bout, he decided to [...]

By Manuel Perez: Let me start of by saying that I’ve always been a big fan of Shane Mosley (45-5, 38 KOs). I have an immense amount of respect for what he’s accomplished in his career, in particular his exciting battles against a prime Oscar De La Hoya, his domination in the lightweight division, as [...]

By William Mackay: Of all the opponents that World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (37-5, 27 KOs) could have chosen for his next fight, he settled for 37 year-old Shane Mosley (45-5, 38 KOs) in a 12-round bout scheduled to take place on January 24th at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in [...]