Shane Mosley: What happened?

So bottomline floyd would have wins anyway, but a better mosley (one who boxed, like a previous poster mentioned) was just nowhere to be found. I agree that both pressure and age got him but most importantly I feel his strength went to his head. Naseem said it himself....don't look for the knockout...than punch comes later.

Ring rust gone wild. Shane got really tight and the ring rust and anticipation for the fight got him. He wanted to knock Floyd out so bad.

I think Shane suffered from anxiety in the build up and spent a lot of energy before he even entered the ring. He looked tight and pensive even though he was trying to smile going into the ring. Although on very good money a win set him up for a monster payday with Pacman. He has just had an expensive divorce and other than Manny there are no other pension plan paydays out there. He was under a lot of pressure and had to face in my mind the best fighter in the division by far. Once he shot his load in the second he looked spent and inside knew he did not have the tools to get the job done. Every time he attacked he got countered hard to the point where he ran out of ideas of what to do. It is tough to keep going when you know the guy you are fighting is a class above you. add to that shane's age and the fact Mayweather makes everyone look bad and it is no surprise the wheels came off. I also think that was an on top of his game Mayweather he was fighting.

Floyd looked better than ever and Mosley looked like crap. You can't do 2 back to back training camps combined with almost a dozen blood tests when you're 38. I think that even if Mosley was at his best, Floyd still would've won but it wouldn't have been so one sided.

Yea i think mosley got blinded by the bright lights. which is strange because here's a guy who's been around the sport for years but then again when was the last time fought a " super fight "?? the margarito fight was big but compared to last night it was telemundo level. Shane was so nervous that by the 3rd round he was already gassing without throwing alot of punches.

Shane just could not get off at all last night after round 2. I think he was getting countered to the point where he stopped trying to throw. He was completely confused with Mayweather's speed, timing and accuracy. Dude gassed and folded under pressure. And what's with all the glove tapping he kept doing w Floyd? Didn't he get tagged once while trying to touch gloves. Fck all the glove tapping. Floyd had the right mentality going in Mosley didn't. Shane always taps gloves as a show of class. He was trying to tap gloves with Cotto after every round, but Cotto paid no attention and ignored him. Floyd did the right thing, because you always have to protect yourself. Although I was a little pissed :lol1:

He was outclassed. A lot of guys do well early against Floyd. Floyd was feeling him out and got caught. After that he realized he knew he had to stop playing, and it was as one sided as Mayweather/JMM from round 3 on.

I saw a weak blood drained Mosley in there. Mosley has never been weak like that before, OSDT does work.

Mosley has been trying for nothing but knockouts since probabaly Vargas. There is nothing that Mosley was doing different. The only thing that has changed that I saw tonight was he got gassed in the 3rd round. Normally Mosley gets gassed in the 6-7th round and has to resort to his champion will and desire to push through the last rounds. And again, I'm talking around the Wright/Vargas era of Mosley. You guys think he has changed so much but I didn't see a different Mosley at all in the ring. I used to be a fan of him but ever since he looks for nothing but the knockout, I've dropped off. Here is a post I made before the fight. If Mosley, and it's not even much of an if, comes out and actually boxes then has has a great shot. Sadly Mosley is a wannabe knockout artist and will throw everything he has into a punch. Mayweather can see power shots a mile away; there is no way they will be effective. Mosley has great in-and-out combination punching skills and usually displays them for a couple of rounds during a fight. Then he gets tired of boxing and goes for the knockout punch. As soon as Mosley looks for the knockout, Mayweather will take over the fight possibly knocking him down. Oh yeah, and I never even saw him try his combination punching. He was only looking for the big right for 12 rounds. You can't do that vs Mayweather, it just won't happen.

Dude gassed and folded under pressure. And what's with all the glove tapping he kept doing w Floyd? Didn't he get tagged once while trying to touch gloves. Fck all the glove tapping. Floyd had the right mentality going in Mosley didn't.

he couldnt figure floyd out and i think floyd confused him with precise aggression

I don't want to take away from Mayweather's Victory, but heres what I saw with Shane Mosley. He just fell in love with his power. He underestimated Floyd. He went in thinking about all the stuff he could do to Mayweather and once it couldn't happen it frustrated him. Mayweather wasn't Margorito relentless however he fought much different than Shane expected in my opinion. Shane also didn't think about Floyd hitting him back. Everyone has a plan until they get hit. He over exserted himself. Like Mayweather said, on the outside it looks rather easy until you're in the ring with that person.

he was outclassed, simple as that.

He was spent after his heroics in R2. He lost his composure and rhythm after that round. Looked edgy, tight and awkward from then on. Plus Mayweather adjusted his strategy and Mosley had no plan B or C. In fact I think his plan C was just hang in there to the final bell. It stopped being competitive after the first few rounds.