The Mystery of Shane Mosley

[Allucard]

Do you think he would have lost to Cotto if he was 7 years younger? (29)

[Scott9945]

Do you think he would have lost to Cotto if he was 7 years younger? (29)

No, at least not the Mosley who beat DLH in 2000. That's not really a knock on Cotto either. Shane was a hell of a fighter back then.

[Dorian]

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[Dorian]

Do you think he would have lost to Cotto if he was 7 years younger? (29)

If shane was 7 years younger he would've won by a one sided ud or possibly a late stoppage

[Knicksman20]

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Sick clips Dorian.

[-Hyperion-]

If shane was 7 years younger he would've won by a one sided ud or possibly a late stoppage

thats being generous to cotto...

[Fox McCloud]

Oh my god... I have had one of the most draining weeks of my life working 2 jobs and having mid terms in all my classes.

My first post made almost NO sense. I don't even remember writing most of it to be honest.

Sorry guys... this was a lapse in good posting that I am hoping that I won't revisit very often.

[robjr]

prime mosley ruins cotto... a weak performance by shane got him a sd loss...

[Vladimir303]

I could. In fact, on the ropes, I do.

The shoulder roll is not particular hard to do. What is hard about Floyd's style is the subtle little things he does to throw you off your game.
And the sharpness, coolness and smartness under fire.

I take it that when we talk about Floyd's style, we talk in general about the shoulder-roll defensive stuff!?

In that case, most good fighters can learn how to fight that way.

Alot of pretenders can get in the ring and act like Ali and do the shuffle or dance around ring but they can't do it as good as he does if they haven't practiced that style for years and years and aren't as naturally and athletically gifted as Ali was.

Same applies to Mayweather. You can try to copy what Floyd is doing but that doesn't mean that it's gonna work for you. He has worked on his defense since he was a lil kid. His style of fighting developed over decades of hard work and discipline.

In other words, you are wrong if you think you can do what he does.

[Vladimir303]

im talking about having an exciting style. what the general public perceives boring from Mayweather is his refusal to exchange for more than 3 punches. He gets in range, pops and backs out of danger causing his opponent to reset. You're telling me Mosley, Cotto, the Marquez Brothers cant do that? What do all of these dudes have in common? They arent exuberant or outspoken. If they were to fight as defensively as mayweather, they would as well known as Ivan Caldenron.

The above is not true for all of his fights. He has done alot more then that in many fights. That is why he is a multi-dimensional fighter as opposed to a Pauli Malinaggi or Cory Spinks or Sharmba Mitchell. These guys do what you described above 100% of the time in every fight.

Not the case with Floyd.

Now it's true that he is being more careful as he moved up in weight BUT that's because these guys are stronger then him. He uses what he has in the upper weights and that is Skill.

What worked for Mosley at lightweight isn't working as well at 147 or 154 because his opponents got bigger and he didn't adapt.

That's the difference between a Floyd and a Mosley.