By Jim Dower: If Shane Mosley (45-5, 38 KOs) was in need of a big payday, he probably could have found a much easier way of doing it than facing World Boxing Association welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (37-5, 27 KOs), whom he’ll be facing in January, with the winner rumored to be fighting Miguel Cotto in the Summer. Mosley, 27, has already been beaten by Cotto in November 2007, and his chances of beating Margarito, a fighter that is coming off of an 11th-round TKO of Cotto in July.
However, for Mosley to go from Ricardo Mayorga into a fight with Margarito seems almost suicidal on his part. Mosley looked terrible against Mayorga, unable to pull the trigger for most of the bout, getting hit constantly and tiring out in the latter part of the fight. If not for the stoppage, I had Mayorga winning the fight handily. Given that Mayorga was considered by many boxing fans to be a shot fighter going into his fight with Mosley, it wasn’t exactly confidence instilling to see Mosley struggle for the entire bout.
By Aaron Klein: Although Shane Mosley may take comfort in the fact that he was able to stop Ricardo Mayorga with one second to go in the 12th round last Saturday night, I think he’s kidding himself if he believes that he can still be competitive against the best welterweights or light middleweights in the division. Mosley, 37, had been expected to wipe the deck with Mayorga going into his fight with him, and while that may have been a little bit too much to count on for a fighter who hadn’t set foot in the ring for almost a year, he was at least expected to be good enough to be leading the fight going into the 12th and final round. 
By Aaron Klein: Looking like only a shell of his former self, Shane Mosley (45-5, 38 KOs) stopped Ricardo Mayorga (28-7-1, 22 KOs) in the final second of the 12th round to win the WBA Inter-Continental light middleweight title on Saturday night at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. At the time of the fight, Mosley, 37, was ahead on the two of the three judges’ scorecards. However, don’t be fooled by that, because Mosley appeared to be well behind in the fight, perhaps as much as eight by my scorecard. 
By Jason Kim: I don’t know whether or not he’s deceiving himself or if he knows something that we don’t know, but the 37 year-old Shane Mosley (44-5, 37 KOs) believes that he’s going to be back among the top fighters in boxing if he defeats former welterweight champion Ricardo Mayorga (29-6-1, 23 KOs) tonight at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. This bout has war written all over, with neither fighter a guarantee lock to come out the victor at this point. It’ll be a case of whether Mosley’s speed and brilliance will match up well with Mayorga’s power and size, and youth. 
By Chris Williams: WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (22-0, 19 KOs) could have a big chance in the future for a potential but against Shane Mosley if Berto defeats challenger Steve Forbes (33-6, 9 KOs) tonight in a 12-round WBC title bout at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. However, Berto, 25, thought to be the weakest of the four welterweight champions by many boxing fans, may have his problems with the crafty, counter-punching Forbes, who looks like a weaker version of Floyd Mayweather Jr. 
By Manuel Perez: Four-time champion Shane Mosley (44-5, 37 KOs) tries to kick start his lagging career against former three-time champion Ricardo Mayorga (29-6-1, 23 KOs) who also hopes to reignite a failing career on Saturday night in a non-title bout at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. Mosley who’s been out of action licking his wounds since last being defeated by welterweight Miguel Cotto in November 2007, is counting on a victory over Mayorga so that Mosley can keep alive his goal of facing WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito at some point in the future. 
By Eric Thomas: it pays off sometimes to be ambitious, but in Mosley’s case it may turn out to hurt him. He wants a fight with World Boxing Association welterweight champion Antonio Margarito next, that is, if Mosley is successful in defeating former two-time champion Ricardo Mayorga (29-6-1, 23 KOs) this Saturday at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. A fight with the bigger, taller Margarito would almost be suicidal for the smaller Mosley no matter what at what point of his career, but now that he’s 37 and not as active in the ring that he used to be, it’s a move doomed for failure. 
By Jason Kim: The Oscar De La Hoya sweepstakes continue as the CEO of Golden Boy, Richard Schaefer, said yesterday that De La Hoya is now considering a fight with the following opponents, Ricky Hatton, Sergio Mora, Paul Williams, Roy Jones Jr. and Shane Mosley. De La Hoya, 35, was previously working on a fight with Manny Pacquiao, but that fight fell through when Pacquiao failed to accept Golden Boy’s offer of a 30% share of the PPV revenues for the fight. Pacquiao, however, was looking at getting at least 40%. 
By Tim Neilson: In a stay busy fight, former lightweight, welterweight and light middleweight champion Shane Mosley (44-5, 37 KOs) will be taking on former welterweight and light middleweight champion Ricardo Mayorga (29-6, 23 KOs) in a scheduled 12-round bout on September 27th, at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. Mosley, 36, is hoping to use a victory over the 34 year-old Mayorga as ammunition to get a fight with WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito after that. That seems more wishful thinking at this point for Mosley, who has done little is the past six years, losing six out of his last twelve fights during this stretch of time.