Why was Forrest able to kick Shanes ass two times?

[ИATAS]

Never made much sense to me. Shane was 38-0, pound 4 pound #1 in the world. Forrest comes along, dominates the first fight, even knocking shane down, then in the rematch owns him again.

Opinions on why/how forrest had shanes number?

[savorduhflavor]

A good, long jab.

[Burner]

Never made much sense to me. Shane was 38-0, pound 4 pound #1 in the world. Forrest comes along, dominates the first fight, even knocking shane down, then in the rematch owns him again.

Opinions on why/how forrest had shanes number?

Shane struggles with TALL fighters...with good long jabs.

Which is why Forrest and Winky beat him twice...and the reason why he doesnt want to fight Williams.

It was just a bad style matchup....That version of Forrest beats Shane every time.

[warp1432]

Not sure if the rematch counts as an ass kicking, but Burner nailed it.

[Doctor_Tenma]

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The jab and the right straight. Lmao at Forrest being called the next Hearns

[MrFactor]

Forrest was a technical boxer who was very good in his own right. He was able to use his size advantage and keep Mosley at the end of the jab. He fought a very technical fight. It was like watching a Klitschko fight... Same type of situation. A very good Little man against a very good bigman. If the big man fights big, he should easily dominate the little man. Size matters...

[-EX-]

Add in the fact that Shane's defense isn't as good as it can be...he brawls a little too much

[Iceta]

The amateur loss that Mosley had with Forrest was well documented going into the fight. A lot of times that type of history doesn't translate into a professional victory for the amateur winner, but in that case it did. Just a bad style match up. Mosley is a better fighter than Forrest though. He struggled a little bit with Mayorga but he wouldn't have lost to Mora of all people. And he would've beaten Ike Quartey more handily than Forrest did. Barrera is also a better fighter than Junior Jones.

[robjr]

same reason he lost to winky twice. shane was the much smaller man against both of them. shane started his career at 135.. 154 was just for the money, he really shouldnt be fighting that high.

[ИATAS]

Shane struggles with TALL fighters...with good long jabs.

Which is why Forrest and Winky beat him twice...and the reason why he doesnt want to fight Williams.

It was just a bad style matchup....That version of Forrest beats Shane every time.

thanks, makes perfect sense.

After all these years I never got around to watching the fights, only clips. Never had the interest to.