Mosley

[Njord777]

on the flip side think about margarito's mind state - he just got caught trying to load his gloves. And lets assume for second that margarito has been padding his gloves for some time. His confidence could have been destroyed because he knew he was without his "secret weapon."

So you have one guy who has people telling him he can't do it- he's too old- but he feels focused, ready and able. His wife has just left him and he's pissed at the world, needs a good fight to release his tension and anger.

On the other side, there's a guy who knows this is the first fight in a long time without his little 'edge'. Like you said, his confidence is faltering and- after a round or two with him seeing how determined Mosley is- he's not sure of himself at all.

The combination would, in practice, look quite a bit like what we saw; all this, of course, is just the mental aspect to- like ИATAS206 said- Mosley having the right game plan.

[El Jesus]

I think he was on that "I got away from that life sucking ***** ****". Or he put all his anger and aggression from the martial trouble into his preperation to the fight.

In that fight it looked like he put all his hatred for his ex-wife taking his hard earned cash into his right hand.

**** that broad, and i hope that ****rag comes in here too, yea i said it jin, 718 azz *****.

[The Gambler1981]

on the flip side think about margarito's mind state - he just got caught trying to load his gloves. And lets assume for second that margarito has been padding his gloves for some time. His confidence could have been destroyed because he knew he was without his "secret weapon."

That is part of it, I also think that Margarito expected Shane to be nothing but a speed bump (a homecomming game if you will), once Shane showed he was not going to be rolled over, without that possible edge he had nothing left to offer and caught an asswhipping.


I was kind of joking but Shane I think was supremely focused for this fight, and with the wrap thing messing with Margaritos's focus just minutes before the fight it sent things into the sprial of events that we saw that night.

It all goes hand in hand.

[Piper the Great]

he was on that im bout to **** margarito up juice

[El Jesus]

people forget how limited margarito is, has no jab, doesnt setup his punches, what was getting him by was his chin, not his limited skills. He was a guy getting by on heart and stamina, the guy wasnt chavez out there. Mosley just gave him movement and unloaded on him because hes always been an easy target, period.

[-Hyperion-]

it wasnt even about gameplans, it was about mosley having enough toughness to handle wahtever margarito dished out without getting worn down...and enough power to wear margarito down...

paul williams had the toughness(or the size) too...

if you survive margarito, on points he really is ****ed because of his no defense approach........mosley had the power and speed to just unload mercilessly on his ass though, thats why he ****ed him up so bad....

if cotto had as much toughness(note, im not sayig cotto is not tough, just saying msoley is tougher), he would have been able to unload on margarito's ass and not be worn down so badly(maybe the plaster made some difference too)...

[PAC-BOY]

you heard the man....No more feel out fights. Going for the KO in every fight. He knows his time is done. He wants nothing but big fights. The way to get them is Look good. Plus a divorce will light a fire under your ass like nothing else.

[Doctor_Tenma]

Does anybody here think he was on something in his last fight, he looked like a prime 23 year old,Shane has been accused of steroids before,just wondering if anyone else thought he might be juicing or doing hgh.

A ***** taking half your money is a serious boost, almost steroid-like, trust me

[MARKBNLV]

To me i thought Mosley had seen his best days a few years back and he looked to impressive as one of the posters here said .

[thebowtod]

he fought superb, but i do think margarito wasn't his best that night cause he was worried about getting in trouble for the hand wraps.