Wow - look how spectacular Shane Mosley was at Lightweight

**Fox McCloud** · 08-22-2007, 02:25 AM

Originally posted by bishop2006

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bHY1A_KnnOA

What speed and power,nasty combo's,Shane was a BEAST at lightweight

Almost like the second coming of Roberto Duran... a very good fighter that wasn't the best at the higher weight classes, but was downright scary at lightweight.

**bishop2006** · 08-22-2007, 02:32 AM

Originally posted by DWiens421

Almost like the second coming of Roberto Duran... a very good fighter that wasn't the best at the higher weight classes, but was downright scary at lightweight.

I was thinking the same,imagine a lightweight Mosley vs a lightweight Duran

**abdiel2k3** · 08-22-2007, 02:50 AM

ya
he truly coulda been great had he stayed there
lots of people at my work laugh when we start talkin boxing and i tell them that shane had a good chance of being a goat
everyones like why
cuz he beat DLH
nah pre DLH fame
he had more then his own thing goin for him
he was a beast at 135

**PRboxingfan** · 08-22-2007, 07:25 AM

I think it's funny how everyone says that Shane was a beast at 135 when, in reality, he didn't really fight anyone worth bragging about. Who'd he fight? Yes, he won the title from a good fighter and then went on to fight a bunch of nobodies, an OLD and battered John John Molina, and a less than stelar Jesse James Leija. Other than that, it was tomato cans and more tomato cans.

Yes, he had speed and power at lightweight, that's true, but he never really faced that many good opponents so it's really more of a "coulda woulda shoulda" than anything else.

**DIOS DOMINICANO** · 08-22-2007, 07:45 AM

[QUOTE=PRboxingfan;2609593]I think it's funny how everyone says that Shane was a beast at 135 when, in reality, he didn't really fight anyone worth bragging about. Who'd he fight? Yes, he won the title from a good fighter and then went on to fight a bunch of nobodies, an OLD and battered John John Molina, and a less than stellar Jesse James Leija. Other than that, it was tomato cans and more tomato cans.

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Agreed.

Shane accomplished almost nothing at lightweight.

**badnewsbrown** · 08-22-2007, 09:32 AM

shane was a devastating fighter back then no doubt. mosley at lightweight beats mayweather imo

**-Hyperion-** · 08-22-2007, 09:35 AM

Originally posted by badnewsbrown

shane was a devastating fighter back then no doubt. mosley at lightweight beats mayweather imo

agreed, notice its usually mayweather fans who always critcize lw mosley for not fighting anyone.....im still waiting to bhear those names he couldve fought that really showed interest in the fight.....

**DIOS DOMINICANO** · 08-22-2007, 09:40 AM

Originally posted by -Hyperion-

agreed, notice its usually mayweather fans who always critcize lw mosley for not fighting anyone.....im still waiting to bhear those names he couldve fought that really showed interest in the fight.....

Funny that you should bring that up. Mayweather offered Mosley a fight at 135.

I was/am a SSM fan. But you can't give somebody credit for something they did not do. SSM didn't fight anyone. His rep exceeds his accomplishments at 135.

**tredh** · 08-22-2007, 10:01 AM

Originally posted by badnewsbrown

shane was a devastating fighter back then no doubt. mosley at lightweight beats mayweather imo

I disagree with SSM beating PBF at lightweight. SSM has always been sloppy and him being over zealous makes him get out of position and causes him to miss to many punches. SSM making that many mistakes against someone the caliber of PBF is not good because PBF would have made him pay. PBF has always been the more technically sound fighter. The mental aspect of everytime SSM gets hit with a big shot he wants to fire a big shot back immediately. That gets into trouble and that is part of the reason why he lost to Forrest.

Wow - look how spectacular Shane Mosley was at Lightweight