You know.. at first I thought this fight would be close. Shane is a hof fighter with great power, great chin, and heart. BUT, the more I think about it, the easier I think Floyd handles him on May 1. Why do I think this? Let me explain:
1. THE BIGGEST FACTOR- Shane has no defense. NONE. He hardly EVER puts his hands up. I mean you can go way back to the first DLH fight even. Watch the Cotto fight. Every time somebody lands a head shot on Mosley he just waves his hands in the air and tries to create distance without ever defending himself. Put your hands up Shane!!
2. One dimensional- I really like Shane. He's a nice guy and a good sport... well except the steroids shit but everybody makes mistakes. What's Shane got in his arsenal? A jab? Not really.. Shane throws a little pitty-pat jab out there with nothing behind it. Sometimes he abandons it altogether. When he does throw the jab, he only uses it to disguise his right hand (his bread and butter) which immediately follows it. He did show a decent hook in the Margarito fight but Marg was basically standing still. When else has he shown the ability to land a left hook with any consistency? What happens when Mayweather fights somebody with ONE weapon? He neutralizes it. What happened to Oscar's left hook? What happened with Hatton's "relentless body attack?" The same thing that will happen with Shane's right.
3. Only one way to win- Love him or hate him, Floyd is a master boxer. People say "Oh Floyd just runs all night" --C'mon man! I love it when people say just because Floyd back peddles and plays more defense than offense.. he's just a runner. That's ridiculous. Floyd plays chess when the rest of these guys are playing checkers. Shane's best chance is to land a lucky punch? Are you serious? Yeah, umm good luck with that Shane.
4. The verdict- I give Shane credit. You ain't gonna KO that dude. He's got a hellacious chin so I'm not gonna get all crazy and say Floyd's gonna knock him out etc. like some of these "Flomos", or whatever you guys call them, say. I do think Mayweather is going to have a field day on Shane. Lopsided UD win for Floyd. At first I was thinking maybe 8-4, but now I'm thinking along the lines of 10-2.
I know you guys are going to go crazy and tell me I'm stupid, etc. for thinking this, but please tell me where I'm wrong. Shane has never faced anybody like Floyd. In your responses, please give credible arguments without resorting to name calling. I don't believe civilized adults must do that to have an intelligent discussion.
-Enjoy The Fights
Didn't Floyd said that Mosley is C list fighter then I believe the Thread is True. Mosley can't beat Forrest and Wright even in a rematch the guy just can't handle slick and defensive fighters period. The only way he can win if Floyd is a real Fraud in the ring but that's not true at all. Floyd has great reflex and knows all the tricks in the book to win a fight. He fights to win not to entertain.
Would you consider Luis collazo slick and defensive?
Didn't Floyd said that Mosley is C list fighter then I believe the Thread is True. Mosley can't beat Forrest and Wright even in a rematch the guy just can't handle slick and defensive fighters period. The only way he can win if Floyd is a real Fraud in the ring but that's not true at all. Floyd has great reflex and knows all the tricks in the book to win a fight. He fights to win not to entertain.
are you saying forrest was a slick, defensive fighter?
Didn't Floyd said that Mosley is C list fighter then I believe the Thread is True. Mosley can't beat Forrest and Wright even in a rematch the guy just can't handle slick and defensive fighters period. The only way he can win if Floyd is a real Fraud in the ring but that's not true at all. Floyd has great reflex and knows all the tricks in the book to win a fight. He fights to win not to entertain.
Mayweather wishes it was a field so he can run more freely.
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In any case, we both agree that this will be a good fight! :boxing:
Yes we do! I can't wait and I appreciate having a normal convo with you about the fight.
I can digg it. I think it's a bit of stretch to say that the tandem of Bhop, Bro Naz, and Shane will figure out what floyd's adjustment is before it happens and will have a strategy to counteract it. I'm not knocking the immense knowledge between the trio but, I don't think even Floyd knows how he will adjust to Shane as yet. Floyd could be lying but, I believe him when he says he doesn't study tape. Just based on how is fights are it would appear that he feels out what his opponents has to offer, then he adjusts his strategy to negate their strengths as the fight goes on (hatton, ODLH, Judah, etc.).
You could very well be right here. I could be totally wrong, it's why I'm so excited about this fight.
I do agree that this will be Floyd's biggest and best WW challenge to date. Trust me I really wanted this fight. In fact I wanted this fight a little more than the pac fight because to this date floyd has never fought a highly ranked WW. This fight will legitimize his ww campaign IMO.
I think that this fight (if Floyd wins) and the fight against Manny (if he wins that) would legitimize Floyd post 135 in a big way. I will be heaping praise on him if he even fights both those guys (you never know). I will not be talking shi t about his victory V Shane if he gets it and even if he makes it look easy. If he doesn't engage at all and bores everyone to death I may reverse the last statement.
This is boxing so anything can happen. With that being said, I believe shane's punches are too telegraphed for someone like Floyd and I believe Floyd will make shane's aggressiveness work against him.
Do you think that floyd has been on easy street since 2002 or he just made his fights look easy? lol
Writers all over the nation picked Judah, Hatton, Oscar, and even Baldy (lol) to beat floyd, until he fought them of course.
In any case, we both agree that this will be a good fight! :boxing:
I worry about the italics as well.
I most certainly do not concur with that ridiculous statement about people picking those guys over Floyd. I know that I knew they were easy fights for Floyd. Especially baldo the slowest weakest puncher ever. Only a moron would pick Hatton after his prior WW showing, and since when did Zab beat anyone elite? Especially at WW. I'm going to pretend you didn't type that statement. Why don't you go check the Vegas odds for those fights. I don't care what the boxing guy for the Bismark Gazette in North Dakota picked. Floyd is -170 v Shane so Shane's not getting much props from Vegas on this fight either.
I'll answer this first, and thanks for answering my post.
I may be going on a hunch here, but I believe that between Nasam, Bernard, and Shane, they may be able to figure out what Floyd's adjustment will be and fight a different fight in the second half or adjust their offensive game plan.
We agreed on about half of my points, but to the others,
1) for the last time, there is a lot of history between these two guys as to he said she said and documents and call outs and whatnot. all of that is just talk. If you look at actions, not words. You know the answer to this ad nauseum conversation.
2) Floyd is definitely a master boxer, IMO only second in the game in boxing IQ, which is saying a lot. In recent years, like say the last 7, Floyd has run the show in the ring- However, I would challenge you in that Floyd hasn't faced a strong WW, that can put on intelligent pressure similiar to what happened 8 years ago in the fight you are talking about. Shane will catch up to floyd at some point in the fight and also closes the show very strong. Floyd has not dealt with this kind of force ever, or at least in about 8-9 years. Now with all that being said, if anyone wins an easy fight here, it would be floyd, so my pick is certainly well in the minority.
3) Shane will need a double jab or jab to the body in this fight.
People are always saying Shane has never fought anyone like Floyd, well the same holds true for Floyd. Floyd has been walking on easy street since 2002, he's crossing back over to the wrong side of the tracks for this fight.
I can digg it. I think it's a bit of stretch to say that the tandem of Bhop, Bro Naz, and Shane will figure out what floyd's adjustment is before it happens and will have a strategy to counteract it. I'm not knocking the immense knowledge between the trio but, I don't think even Floyd knows how he will adjust to Shane as yet. Floyd could be lying but, I believe him when he says he doesn't study tape. Just based on how is fights are it would appear that he feels out what his opponents has to offer, then he adjusts his strategy to negate their strengths as the fight goes on (hatton, ODLH, Judah, etc.).
I do agree that this will be Floyd's biggest and best WW challenge to date. Trust me I really wanted this fight. In fact I wanted this fight a little more than the pac fight because to this date floyd has never fought a universally highly ranked WW. This fight will legitimize his ww campaign IMO.
This is boxing so anything can happen. With that being said, I believe shane's punches are too telegraphed for someone like Floyd and I believe Floyd will make shane's aggressiveness work against him.
Do you think that floyd has been on easy street since 2002 or he just made his fights look easy? lol
Writers all over the nation picked Judah, Hatton, Oscar, and even Baldy (lol) to beat floyd, until he fought them of course.
In any case, we both agree that this will be a good fight! :boxing:
:rofl::rofl: this was funny!!!.....but at some point I expect Floyd to sit in the pocket and man up.....for some reason I think he'll stand and bang at some point!!....he'll skate MOST of the night, but at some time during the dance Floyd will stand and bang....I feel it!!!.....and thats when it'll happen....BOOM!!!......Shane puts him to sleep!!! :boxing:
Sek,
Between Brother Nas, Bhop, and Shane...I think they got something for Floyd.
Forget it. This is the reason why I don't come to this forum often. Impossible to talk to people like you. You think the sun rises and sets in Shane's ass and you have your head so far up it you can't see the truth. That's it.
Thank God,
I already didn't want to talk to you.
I found someone to have a rational conversation with in this thread. Please don't bother us.
Mayweather wishes it was a field so he can run more freely.
:rofl::rofl: this was funny!!!.....but at some point I expect Floyd to sit in the pocket and man up.....for some reason I think he'll stand and bang at some point!!....he'll skate MOST of the night, but at some time during the dance Floyd will stand and bang....I feel it!!!.....and thats when it'll happen....BOOM!!!......Shane puts him to sleep!!! :boxing:
Brother Nazeem is one of the best trainers out there and I know he's cooking up a plan, but brother Nazeem can't fight for Shane. What happens when floyd adjusts? What will he do then? My guess is he will probably revert to his brawling style. Floyd will definitely have to work hard on May 1st. Honestly though, my take is: after about the first 4 rds or so Floyd will adjust comfortably and Shane will not. UD Floyd
I'll answer this first, and thanks for answering my post.
I may be going on a hunch here, but I believe that between Nasam, Bernard, and Shane, they may be able to figure out what Floyd's adjustment will be and fight a different fight in the second half or adjust their offensive game plan.
We agreed on about half of my points, but to the others,
1) for the last time, there is a lot of history between these two guys as to he said she said and documents and call outs and whatnot. all of that is just talk. If you look at actions, not words. You know the answer to this ad nauseum conversation.
2) Floyd is definitely a master boxer, IMO only second in the game in boxing IQ, which is saying a lot. In recent years, like say the last 7, Floyd has run the show in the ring- However, I would challenge you in that Floyd hasn't faced a strong WW, that can put on intelligent pressure similiar to what happened 8 years ago in the fight you are talking about. Shane will catch up to floyd at some point in the fight and also closes the show very strong. Floyd has not dealt with this kind of force ever, or at least in about 8-9 years. Now with all that being said, if anyone wins an easy fight here, it would be floyd, so my pick is certainly well in the minority.
3) Shane will need a double jab or jab to the body in this fight.
People are always saying Shane has never fought anyone like Floyd, well the same holds true for Floyd. Floyd has been walking on easy street since 2002, he's crossing back over to the wrong side of the tracks for this fight.
If you were neutral, you would not be completely focused on one comment and ignore everything else that was said.
All I know is that Floyd and Shane should have fought long ago, and Shane has a proven rack record of fighting the best in their primes, Floyd has a much different track record. Therefore, Shane has more credibility in that regard.
I'm ecstatic floyd is fighting Shane, even now. If you will see my bets, you see I am betting on Shane, so obviously Floyd gets credit for taking a fight I think he has a chance of losing.
Forget it. This is the reason why I don't come to this forum often. Impossible to talk to people like you. You think the sun rises and sets in Shane's ass and you have your head so far up it you can't see the truth. That's it.
coming from the guy that compared baldomir's 9 losses to shane's 5 losses. look, don't blame me because I can tell you are waaaaay biased toward floyd.
I am not. I am a shane fan, but I'm not a shane fanboy.
you can look at everything you want, oscar was a much tougher fight for shane than floyd was at the time. it's such a ridiculous argument that you are making that it's not even worth talking about anymore. name one reason why shane should have taken on a lesser opponent for less money? there have been plenty of opportunities since, and shane does not have a resume that needs to be defended. floyd does.
I am not "waaaaay biased toward floyd." I have an opinion that this fight is a technical mismatch and I stand beside that opinion. How does that make me biased? I'm not defending Floyd's word that he called Shane out. I'm defending history.
coming from the guy that compared baldomir's 9 losses to shane's 5 losses. look, don't blame me because I can tell you are waaaaay biased toward floyd.
I am not. I am a shane fan, but I'm not a shane fanboy.
you can look at everything you want, oscar was a much tougher fight for shane than floyd was at the time. it's such a ridiculous argument that you are making that it's not even worth talking about anymore. name one reason why shane should have taken on a lesser opponent for less money? there have been plenty of opportunities since, and shane does not have a resume that needs to be defended. floyd does.
Go back and read my post about this subject. I said: I can't necessarily blame Shane for not fighting Floyd at that time for both financial reasons and legacy reasons, but don't say Floyd has been ducking Shane. I haven't said anybody has been "ducking" anybody. You have stated that Floyd "finally" wants to fight Shane. I don't know how to state my point any more clearly.
I think Mosley can make this a fight, which is all I really care about.
Hatton made Floyd fight and it brought out the best in Floyd. I'm hoping for the same here.
Now you are insinuating that you are more intelligent than me. And for the record, I'm not a "Floyd poster." I'm just a regular boxing fan. You guys assume that just because somebody picks Floyd to win, they are automatically "stans" etc. I don't like Floyd all that much personally. I don't know that man! The only thing I know is what he does in the ring. Disect people LIKE INSECTS.
If you were neutral, you would not be completely focused on one comment and ignore everything else that was said.
All I know is that Floyd and Shane should have fought long ago, and Shane has a proven rack record of fighting the best in their primes, Floyd has a much different track record. Therefore, Shane has more credibility in that regard.
I'm ecstatic floyd is fighting Shane, even now. If you will see my bets, you see I am betting on Shane, so obviously Floyd gets credit for taking a fight I think he has a chance of losing.
I can't tallk to the TS, cuz he's a moron, but you seem to be able to hold a good conversation. Let's start here.
right I am going to write some of Shanes flaws I challenge anyone to try and form a logical rebutal....
Shane's handspeed and footspeed have dimished since hes gotten older. True, i think that happens to every single human being alive if I"m not mistaken. perhaps this is why floyd finally decided to fight him. anyway, there are boxing strategies that can counteract this and don't forget that shane is the fastest guy floyd has fought since zab.
This subject has been beaten like a dead horse but Floyd did call Mosely out for a challenge on two different occassions. It's well documented that shane out priced himself the first time and didn't seem to want to fight Floyd the second time (the famous toothache excuse). With that being said, I believe Shane still has pretty good speed and I agree with your assessment that Shane is probably the fastest guy Floyd will be in the ring with since Zab.
Shane has very little head movement whenever he gets hit he doesn't even guard he just jingles his hands out to create distance. this may be true, however, it only affects shane when he's at a distance from floyd and I don't expect this fight to be at a distance all fight
Shane really doesn't have much head movement or defense. He's a fighter first, a boxer second. This fight has the potential to be whatever fight floyd wants quite frankly. Floyd is exceptionally good at making other fighters fight his kind of fight. There's only been 1 occassion in which one can reference in which floyd was "forced" to box in a manner in which he was uncomfortable. As someone mentioned earlier, Shane does not adjust well in fights.
Shane has become more of a 1,2 power puncher as he has aged he is no longer the combination puncher he used to be back in his 135 lb days.
not even close to as bad as floyd has since he's been at 147. advantage shane. see shanve v margs, shane v collazo
Activity definitely goes in the Shane column. He is far more active than floyd. That's not to say he will be more effective than floyd in the fight though
Shane has a subpar Jab, Shane simply uses his left jab as a range finder or as a disguise for his right hand. shane has a much better jab when he needs it.
Yea when he needs it, but really when was the last time we've seen Shane use the Jab effectively or as apart of his repertoire? Surely, Shane doesn't have a better Jab than Oscar and we saw what Floyd did to Oscar's Jab.
Miguel Cotto showed us movement and a jab can greatly fustrate Shane Mosley.....and I wouldn't even class Cotto as a master boxer.
cotto pre margs was a different fighter, i think we can all agree on that. cotto-shane was a very close to even fight, shane didn't have nazam in his corner for this fight either, i believe shane wil come with a much better game plan. shane came on late in that fight too, something to look for in this fight as floyd will have to actually work hard on may 1.
Brother Nazeem is one of the best trainers out there and I know he's cooking up a plan, but brother Nazeem can't fight for Shane. What happens when floyd adjusts? What will he do then? My guess is he will probably revert to his brawling style. Floyd will definitely have to work hard on May 1st. Honestly though, my take is: after about the first 4 rds or so Floyd will adjust comfortably and Shane will not. UD Floyd
Again with the name calling! "Floyd stans, sucker" you keep saying it sucks that nobody can have an intelligent conversation in nsb, but you are the one resorting to name-calling! No, I didn't ignore the other points in your post. You only posted that because you suspected that I would pick one thing out of your post and ignore the rest? The reason I decided to speak on that particular statement is because it's nonsense. If you don't want somebody to pick the nonsense out of your post, don't put any in there!
Who are you supposed to believe? I'm not asking you to believe anybody. All I'm asking is for you to go back and review the events leading up to De La Hoya vs Mosley 1, and judge for yourself. I don't have to go into detail discussing the dialogue. It's all there. Have a look.
coming from the guy that compared baldomir's 9 losses to shane's 5 losses. look, don't blame me because I can tell you are waaaaay biased toward floyd.
I am not. I am a shane fan, but I'm not a shane fanboy.
you can look at everything you want, oscar was a much tougher fight for shane than floyd was at the time. it's such a ridiculous argument that you are making that it's not even worth talking about anymore. name one reason why shane should have taken on a lesser opponent for less money? there have been plenty of opportunities since, and shane does not have a resume that needs to be defended. floyd does.