By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr. did a number on 38-year-old Shane Mosley (46-6, 39 KOs) in their fight on May 1st, beating Shane worse than he had ever been beaten in his career. It wasn’t the first time that Mosley had lost a fight, of course. Mosley had already been beaten in the past by Vernon Forrest and Winky Wright, and some say Oscar De La Hoya in his second fight with Mosley.

But the way that Mayweather beat Mosley was much different than the way that Mosley had been beaten before in the past. Mayweather totally schooled Mosley, beating him to the punch and making him look like an old man and a fighter that was way of his league. The fight was so one-sided after the 2nd round that I almost completely lost interest in watching it.

The only thing I got out of the fight after the 2nd was an appreciation for Mayweather’s incredible boxing skills. He was like Picasso the way that he painted Mosley’s face with hooks, jabs and straight rights. It was a masterful performance. Since the defeat, there hasn’t been hardly a peep out of Mosley.

I’m not hearing anything from him and this just doesn’t seem natural for Mosley. He’s usually talking about his next planned fight and what he’s going to do in the future. I wonder if Mayweather’s win has got in Mosley’s head and is making him question himself and his ability. I wouldn’t be surprised. Mosley is going to be 39-years-old in September, and that is downright ancient for a welterweight.

Most fighters are well out of the game by that age. It’s a credit to Mosley’s good genes that he’s been able to carry on this long and still more or less be fighting at the top of his game. But you can’t ignore his age. Mosley looked great only a year ago in stopping Antonio Margarito in the 9th round of a one-sided fight in January 2009.

But Mosley looked nothing like the same fighter he was then in his fight with Mayweather. I’m not precisely sure it’s age or just the extreme talent of Mayweather that made Mosley look so horrible in that fight. It could be age. Some people age really well for a number of years but then suddenly they age like seven years in one year.

It can happen so fast. And when you see them, you notice how badly they look and how old they’ve gotten. It could be that Mosley aged dramatically in that one year off from boxing and we’re no longer seeing a young fighter.

I imagine that Mosley will come out of hiding sooner or later and announce what he’s going to do next. I’d like to see him fight WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto next. I think that would be a great fight. Berto is a good fighter, but clearly not in the same league as Mayweather. Mosley could give Berto a lot of problems if he can handle Berto’s hand speed and power. Just by staying close to him and fighting him on the inside, Mosley would have a real chance of reversing time.