Antonio Margarito vs. Shane Mosley Heads To January

[The Surgeon]

is the fight going to be at 147? whens the last time shane fought at 147?

Right before Mayorga

[Kobe Bryant]

This will be a hell of a fight. I doubt Mosley gets stopped.

[Chuckguy]

mayorga throws punches wide and sloppy,,margo is 10 times the fighter he is bad comparism

Sorry to burst your bubble buddy but Tony is not a great boxer. He just throws punches in bunches and is relentless with a granite chin. Anything that keeps coming and coming is gonna have the advantage. I think he is good but you all give Tony a little too much credit.

[cupcrazy01]

PPV would be an awful choice. This is a phenomenal regular HBO fight, but an average HBO PPV fight, and the buys will reflect that. Margarito is getting big, no doubt, but he and Cotto together couldn't put up decent PPV numbers, and Mosley has NEVER been a draw on PPV.

HBO needs to pony up here. I think Margarito will stop Shane late, via the ref stepping in.

[cupcrazy01]

Right before Mayorga

Correct. He fought Vargas twice at 154, then Collazo and Cotto at 147 before Mayorga.

[-Antonio-]

Mayorga was being extremely difficult with the clinching so maybe, maybe Shane will be able to pot shot and use the clinching tactic himself in order to get some early rounds in.

Mosely likes to use the clinching himself, I think when Mayorga kept coming in, it threw him off his game slightly. He still looked slow and unnable to pull the trigger though.

[DeTomaso]

PPV numbers would suck IMO...

But this would be a good match-up and might make Margarito look good by being the first to KO Shane Mosley..

I'll pay to watch it.

[Burner]

Im going to have to go with Shane in this one....Shane unlike Cotto..is faster...clinches..can fight going backwards and has a damn good chin....

Ill take Mosley in a very tough and cose fight.

[Kobe Bryant]

I wouldn't gage Mosley off of a fight with Mayorga. He's one of the most akward and wild fighters for someone to fight.

[FLY TY]

good, ggod fight. if margarito's plan is to fight mosely, cotto, then PW next year, then i wont say **** about margarito again.......

i guess its clear, he wanted a couple nice paydays over guys he had bigger chances to beat,, before he fought williams again, so i understand.

but it'd be a shame if he loses to shane in january, cotto in june, and STILL THINKS he'll get the PW fight..........