Shane Mosley vs Floyd Mayweather *at 147*

[deliveryman]

hmm....the thread is overwhelmingly pro-Mayweather. The same was said about Margarito...

Your point being? Hopefully you aren't trying to draw any comparisons between the two.

[Don Corleone]

holy ****..did you compare margo-to floyd????

I knew you were going to say that honestly. The answer is no. Wow, I really see things coming on this site very well...

All I'm saying is to assess the match-up. Most people saw Mosley as a way past his prime old fighter who didn't have it left in him to win any big fights. They were wrong.

You have to assess the fight and compare styles of boxers. If you simply look at Mayweather's undefeated record and draw conclusions based on the fact that he's undefeated then you aren't really assessing the fight. I'm just using that as an example, because I'm sure that's not how you evaluate fighters and fights or atleast I'm hoping that is not the way you do. Overall, I believe Mosley has a better resume than does Floyd. Mosley never ran away from any fight. I mean even at his age he's fighting Prime fighters. Can Mayweather say the same?

[JHAVIS]

No one said Floyd is a bum. Even though he's no longer on my favourite boxer list, I would defend him if someone were to say that. However, the fact that he did not fight the best fighters before he left and instead went after the way past his prime De La Hoya and the natural junior welterweight in Hatton lost a lot of respect from many people. He refused to fight Cotto who was one of the top WW and hungry, at the time and still explosive and he refused to fight Margarito yet Mosley fought both of them willingly. Sure boxing is a a business, but the PBF fans are very loud for someone who did not clean out his division.

We all know he took the Hatton and De La Hoya fights for the money, that's why every boxer out ther was gunning for De La Hoya, for the big pay day! Anyone who had the opportunity to get that type of money and refused, would have been disowned by their family.
Many people were saying Hatton could beat him, that was a fight half world wanted to see and we see what happened. Now all of a sudden he was picking on a smaller guy but the truth is Mayweather isnt a natural welter himself.
Lets not forget the Cotto fight could have been made right after he destroyed Gatti but his handlers didnt want to risk it at the time. I dont blame Floyd for moving on. Let's not forget the sugar man could have fought him also but he had a toothach and decided to let his boss fight him. Now the man retires and people are saying he was scared into retirement, maybe he was actually tired of the sport and wanted to move onto other ventures.

[Don Corleone]

We all know he took the Hatton and De La Hoya fights for the money, that's why every boxer out ther was gunning for De La Hoya, for the big pay day! Anyone who had the opportunity to get that type of money and refused, would have been disowned by their family.
Many people were saying Hatton could beat him, that was a fight half world wanted to see and we see what happened. Now all of a sudden he was picking on a smaller guy but the truth is Mayweather isnt a natural welter himself.
Lets not forget the Cotto fight could have been made right after he destroyed Gatti but his handlers didnt want to risk it at the time. I dont blame Floyd for moving on. Let's not forget the sugar man could have fought him also but he had a toothach and decided to let his boss fight him. Now the man retires and people are saying he was scared into retirement, maybe he was actually tired of the sport and wanted to move onto other ventures.

To be honest, I wouldn't have minded him fighting De La Hoya and Hatton only had the Cotto fight not been on the table but it was and ultimately he didn't accept it. There's a difference. He took the money fight and that might've been a smarter move business wise but ultimately, Cotto was a much hungrier opponent and higher ranked.

The Hatton fight also had its advantages. Of course everyone wanted to see them both fight but in the end, we realized it was more of a mismatch then initially thought. People wanted to see it because they were both marketable fighters. However, Hatton is not a natural welterweight by any chance. He's a natural junior welterweight.

But a Cotto-Mayweather fight after the Gatti win for Mayweather wouldn't have been as exciting compared to the fight happening much later. But you can't deny that Mayweather refused to fight Cotto and Margarito. He had the offer on the table and he refused and used the "he's not a marketable fighter" excuse towards Cotto...Do you really think that was true or was it that Cotto was an explosive and rising welterweight and Mayweather did not want to risk his undefeated record? I would much rather say if had to do with the latter than it did the former...

[DiegoFuego]

There's a reason Mosley has turned down fights with Mayweather twice

Lightweight: Mayweather by decision
Welterweight: Mayweather by decision

Any weight, any point in their careers, it doesn't matter. Mayweather is better and wins this one all day. It'll be close and competitive, but the better man wins.

[boxaholic]

I have been wanting this fight for the last 5 years. Unfortunately it is too late. If it happened now it would go 12 rounds with a 116-112 decision for Mayweather Jr.

[revs1227]

Mayweather by KO

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no shot

[DiegoFuego]

hahahahhahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahhahaha
no shot

people said the same thing about Mosley's ability to KO Margarito

hell, you probably said Floyd wouldn't be able to KO Hatton

If you get hit enough, you go, simple as that

[Don Corleone]

people said the same thing about Mosley's ability to KO Margarito

hell, you probably said Floyd wouldn't be able to KO Hatton

If you get hit enough, you go, simple as that

Ye but Mosley's record tells us Mosley's never been knocked out before. If you assume he could, then people can easily assume Floyd can lose and get KO'd too.

[Silencers]

Right now, Mayweather would win IMO.