Was Shane Mosely the greatest Lightweight ever?

[AntonTheMeh]

Mosley is definitily top 3 LW, because of speed and power combined which many of the guys in that division didn't have at the moment, but his most recognized weight is WW because of his great fights he had with De La Hoya two times, Vargas two times, Wright two times, Frost two times, he was facing the best of the best at WW no question, but also excellent at LW

the vargas and wright fights where at junior middle.

[robjr]

I couldn't choose any fighter to beat a LW Mosley.

me neither.

[Don Corleone]

my bad, when I was typing I forgot to seperate Vargas and Wright from the other two, but the point is he was a great fighter and IMO and his only losses came as decisions and one NC, some controversial, but was never knocked out

[!! Shawn]

wilfredo gomez is the most universally recognised best of a certain weightclass....superbantamweight....the way chava sanchez handled him just a little up at feather may be an indicator that maybe he didnt face men as talented as to trouble him at that weight class though(that being said, wilfredo did fight the best the division had to offer at the time...)


but at lw duran is the best...mosely just doesnt have the resume.....though in a fantasy match up, id have problems picking either guy...

Wrong, Ricardo Lopez.

[supermandathoe]

4-0 (1 KO) with one of the decisions being pretty questionable is NOT enough to make you the greatest of all-time at that weight. Sorry.

Mosley didn't fight Johnston which is a big dent in his claim of lightweight supremacy.

Castillo has a better resume at 135 than Mosley IMO.

Duran is universally recognized as the best of all time at that weight.

Honestly, Duran is probably the most universally recognized best of a certain weight class. In other words, he is head and shoulders above the rest of the historical lightweights than say, Hagler was compared to other middleweights, or Robinson was compared to other welterweights. Holyfield's dominance at cruiserweight might compare, but idk.

Duran definately.

HELL TO THE NO. Whitaker would beat Duran at LW, IMO.

[Roque_sevilla]

the guy in my avatar and roberto duran are the best lightweights of all time....IMO

[Roque_sevilla]

im impressed....with the fact that nobody has mentioned my boy aaron the hawk pryor....u gotta watch more boxing e-buddies

[supermandathoe]

im impressed....with the fact that nobody has mentioned my boy aaron the hawk pryor....u gotta watch more boxing e-buddies

He didn't, or rather I say couldn't fight anyone at LW due to everyone ducking him.

[Silencers]

Roberto Duran is the greatest lightweight of all time.

[Silencers]

im impressed....with the fact that nobody has mentioned my boy aaron the hawk pryor....u gotta watch more boxing e-buddies

Pryor never fought at 135, he was a light welterweight. 140 pounds.