Why did Mosley not fight Tito at 147 in their primes?

why is shanes chin better than tito? tito was stoped once at middleweight. and getting flashed knocked down dont really mean anything. tito vs mosley would have been better than mosley vs oscar huge match i made this same topic a while back. but yeah at their best they were in different weight classes im sure if they wanted to really they could have met at 154 but one would win while the other would lose. so it was just bad timing. oscar fought everybody lmao

Trinidad's last fight at 147 was shortly before Mosley's 147 lb. debut against Rivera. At the end of 2000, Trinidad had beaten Reid and Vargas for 154 lb. titles, and Mosley had beaten DLH at 147 and later defended his belt against Diaz. Mosley publicly said he would like a fight with Trinidad, but Trinidad had already agreed to go to 160 to take part in Don King's Unification tournament. Tito "retired" in 2002 but there was already talk of him coming back by the end of 2003. Mosley fought Winky in 2004 @ 154 (where both had belts), there was originally talk of him fighting Mayorga, but Mayorga lost to Spinks at the end of 2003. There was talk of Shane fighting Tito had Shane beat Winky (I don't remember if it was supposed to be at 160 or a catchweight or something), but Winky won. So Trinidad fought Mayorga instead.

Was he not able to make 147 anymore? Trinidad had been fighting at Welterweight since he was 18 years old and had extreme difficulty making the weight and had planned on moving up on several occasions, but was never afforded a title shot, not even after he knocked out Troy Waters in a title eliminator. The only reason Trinidad stayed at welterweight was so that he could get the big fights that would catapult him to super stardom. De La Hoya knew this and much like the great yet egotistical Sugar Ray Leonard, Oscar has always used his star power and financial clout to induce opponents to fight under circumstance that were to his advantage. http://www.boxingscene.com/felix-trinidad-greatest-fighter-puerto-rican-history--1439

Shane traded and would have traded with Trinidad...I don't see Shane beating Tito at 147 at any point in their careers Co-sign, Tito’s Achilles heel was slick boxers with good lateral movement/footwork and a decent jab, Shane (as much as I like him) possessed neither.

Mosley's chin is granite. Definitely > Tito's chin (as much as i like Trinidad) i'm not sure how well Tito would have taken Shane's right hand :boxing: Shane traded and would have traded with Trinidad...I don't see Shane beating Tito at 147 at any point in their careers

Because Mosley was mostly unknown and Tito was going into bigger fights at higher weights. There was much more interest for Trinidad to move up and take over 154 instead of staying and beating a 147(would've been) contender

and he also isnt hard to hit and tito was the hardest puncher in boxing by then for that weight class Mosley's chin is granite. Definitely > Tito's chin (as much as i like Trinidad) i'm not sure how well Tito would have taken Shane's right hand :boxing:

Blame winky wright Why? He fought Winky @160lbs years after he was at 147lbs Winky beat Mosley at 154.

Why? He fought Winky @160lbs years after he was at 147lbs :thinking: :lol1::lol1: what a moron, Burner wass talking about when Winky beat Mosley, thats why the fight didnt happend roflmao

and he also isnt hard to hit and tito was the hardest puncher in boxing by then for that weight class Cosizzzign

Translation: Winky was better than Shane and kicked his ass. Twice. You propagandistic Ahole. Dont take it the wrong way haunting the holy, the fight should have happened for true boxing enthusiast. Dont be a prick by making up words. :beerchug:

Blame winky wright Tito vs Shane while both undefeated would have been huge. Winky is better then mosley as a technical fighter but he was also naturally much larger, meaning winky should have beat mosley at that weight. History shows mosley is not as successful over 147llbs

Blame winky wright They should have fought right after shane beat oscar the first time. Both were undefeated, would have been a war

I think Mosely had a good chance to beat Trinidad, He was so fast!!

I do know that if shane were to get by winky, tito was next in line. But shane was not at his peak Translation: Winky was better than Shane and kicked his ass. Twice. You propagandistic Ahole.

Blame winky wright

Was he not able to make 147 anymore? Not sure if it was that or just feeling he'd done what important work needed to be done there. He had a long run as IBF champ before Oscar so he may have outgrown the weight.

I do know that if shane were to get by winky, tito was next in line. But shane was not at his peak

After Tito beat Oscar he immediately moved up to 154. Was he not able to make 147 anymore?

After Tito beat Oscar he immediately moved up to 154.