Mosley-Margarito
TeleFutura to show Mosley vs. Margarito and Saul Alvarez feature on September 3rd
LOS ANGELES, September 2 – One of the biggest fight cards of 2010 is a little over two weeks away, but this Friday night, fight fans can start getting ready for the September 18 “200: CELEBRATE AND DOMINATE” Mosley vs. Mora event at Los Angeles’ STAPLES Center, with the September 3 special edition of TeleFutura’s [...]
Review of the year: A look at the good and bad of 2009 in boxing Part 1
By Michael Taylor: This year has been an up and down year, with plenty of complications and drama, it has also had tragedy and the making of many new champions, spectacular knockouts and terrible decisions, justice has been served but some not. After a hectic year I am going to review the year month my [...]
Margarito Temporarily Suspended
By Jim Dower: In a bit of bad news for Antonio Margarito (37-6, 27 KOs), the word is that his license to fight has been suspended by the California State Athletic Commission as of Wednesday due to a plaster-like substance was found on his hand wraps just prior to his fight with Shane Mosley on [...]
The Welterweight Division: Confused?
By Peter Howells: On the back of an amazing display from ‘Sugar’ Shane Mosley to topple Antonio Margarito from the top of the Welterweight mountain, I’m left wondering.. Is anyone else confused about who the best in the division truly is? Anyone who believed Light-heavyweight king Joe Calzaghe’s words when he said that boxing is [...]
Sugar Shane So Sweet as Margarito Slips The Ring Climbing To The Top
By Simon Hirst: So ‘Sugar’ Shane Mosley rolled back the years and told Father Time he isn’t ready to retire just yet in an emphatic win over Antonio Margarito. Mosley dominated the first in almost every aspect and fully deserved the knockout victory after coming out of the shadow that fought Ricardo Mayorga. It does [...]
Mosley’s On Top Right Now: Can He Stay There?
By Dan Ambrose: Right now, Shane Mosley is sitting pretty having just beaten Antonio Margarito to win his WBA welterweight title with a 9th round TKO on Saturday night, and that’s got to feel good for the 37-year-old Mosley, who many boxing experts felt was on the downside of his career. Mosley showed his old [...]
What Could Have Margarito Done Differently To Defeat Mosley?
By Matt Stein: Getting beaten is one thing, but the way that Antonio Margarito lost to Shane Mosley, losing by a 9th round stoppage and losing every round, was far worse. There’s no question that Margarito used the wrong game plan against Mosley, and lacked a plan B to use when he discovered early on [...]
Why Mosley Beat Margarito
By William Mackay: “Sugar” Shane Mosley fought would many people could consider to be the best fight of his long 16-year career in battering World Boxing Association welterweight champion Antonio Margarito and stopping him in the 9th round. Mosley’s hands were like lightning proving to be much too fast for the ponderous Margarito to handle [...]
Is Margarito Shot?
By Jason Kim: Antonio Margarito may have left more behind than he realizes in defeating Miguel Cotto last July in a 11th round TKO victory. Much has been said of Margarito’s incredible pain tolerance to be able to walk through ten rounds of devastating shots from Cotto, the type of punches that would have dropped [...]
Mosley Stops Margarito In 9th Round!
By Jim Dower: Using his faster hands and short, hard punches, Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KOs) pulled off a tremendous upset tonight, stopping WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (37-6, 27 KOs) in the 9th round at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. Mosley, 37, knocked Margarito down at the end of the 8th round [...]
Weigh-In: Mosley 147.2 Margarito 145.8
By Eric Thomas: WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito weighed in at 145.8 for today’s weigh-in while challenger Shane Mosley came in at 147.2 and had to come back later to be reweighed after shedding the extra weight. In the second try, he came right in at 147. Mosley, 37, is facing a difficult task in [...]
Is Mosley Deluded About His Chances Against Margarito?
By William Mackay: Having a lot of confidence is a good thing, although income cases it can go a little overboard when a fighter deceives himself about his faded ability. That is never more the case in three-division champion Shane Mosley (45-5, 38 KOs), who will be seeking yet another title on January 24th against [...]
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