Shane Mosley's career is over, here's why

[Iceta]

I think Mosley is going to fight Clottey even though I don't like that fight for him. I think he stands a good chance of getting cut over his eye really bad like Cotto did and having to be on the shelf like the TS pointed out, and he will once again be frozen out of the big picture when it comes to the mega fights. I think he will beat Clottey a lot more convincingly than Cotto did. But I wouldn't be suprised to see him suffer a cut because of the way Clottey leads with his head.

[dans]

I told everyone Mosley would get left out again.

With Mayweather-Paquiao a done deal, what the hell is Shane gonna do if he beats Berto.

[RL_GMA]

Since beating Margarito in January, Shane Mosley has been at the top of the welterweight division and has made it once again to the P4P lists. The win got him a lot of credit and cemented his legacy to an extent. But after the fight, one thing was clear, Shane Mosley now only wanted big money fights.

He wanted Cotto, Pacquiao, Mayweather, or anyone that could bring huge sums of cash to the table. So he waited. He passed up a possible meeting with Paul Williams among other possible fights. Time kept ticking and Mosley remained on the shelf with no "next fight" in sight. Then came the announcements of Marquez-Mayweather and Cotto-Pacquiao, with Mosley being the fifth wheel. Still no "next fight", Mosley still wanted big money but he was running out of options.

Enter Andre Berto. A young, fast, talented welterweight with tons of upside and an already good reputation as a fighter with skill AND heart. Being that Mosley had no one else to go to, his people chose Berto as the "next fight".

So instead of getting a low risk/high reward or even high risk/high reward fight in the summer or the fall, Mosley is instead left with a high risk/low reward fight. Berto will not earn him nearly the money that the above mentioned fighters will, but he still represents a daunting challenge. In Andre Berto, Shane Mosley has chosen to fight someone younger, faster, and with quicker reflexes, for less money.

Okay no big deal right? Fight Berto in the fall, move on to one of the big dogs, right? Wrong. Because of HBO's budget problems this proposed fight has been pushed out to January. So that means, Shane Mosley will have been inactive for a full year and coming back in a high risk/low reward situation.

Even if Shane Mosley wins, like he is favored to do, what will be there for him?

Mayweather and Marquez will have moved on to bigger things and Pac and Cotto will too most likely. So again, Shane Mosley will be left as the odd man out, hoping to cash in before his career is over.

Let's also not forget that Shane will be 38 in September so if he fights Berto and waits around again, he will be nearly 40 years old. Now I know Hopkins has found the fountain of youth, but a guy like Shane Mosley does not fight like Hopkins and gets hit much more often. Shane has been in countless wars and already shows signs of speech problems. I mean, how much longer can he really go?

I see it like this:

IF Shane Mosley beats Berto, he will still not find that big money fight to cash in on.

IF Shane loses, he will either retire or fight once or twice more as a fairwell tour, because his days as an elite fighter will be over.

This is just my opinion. I'd like to mention that I'm a big Mosley fan. I wanted him to get big fights but he waited around too long and now he's stuck with Andre Berto, a daunting challenge that will earn him peanuts and gain him little additional respect.

Him beating Berto and Floyd beating Pacquiao makes for an interesting Fall 2010...

[r.burgundy]

Since beating Margarito in January, Shane Mosley has been at the top of the welterweight division and has made it once again to the P4P lists. The win got him a lot of credit and cemented his legacy to an extent. But after the fight, one thing was clear, Shane Mosley now only wanted big money fights.

He wanted Cotto, Pacquiao, Mayweather, or anyone that could bring huge sums of cash to the table. So he waited. He passed up a possible meeting with Paul Williams among other possible fights. Time kept ticking and Mosley remained on the shelf with no "next fight" in sight. Then came the announcements of Marquez-Mayweather and Cotto-Pacquiao, with Mosley being the fifth wheel. Still no "next fight", Mosley still wanted big money but he was running out of options.

Enter Andre Berto. A young, fast, talented welterweight with tons of upside and an already good reputation as a fighter with skill AND heart. Being that Mosley had no one else to go to, his people chose Berto as the "next fight".

So instead of getting a low risk/high reward or even high risk/high reward fight in the summer or the fall, Mosley is instead left with a high risk/low reward fight. Berto will not earn him nearly the money that the above mentioned fighters will, but he still represents a daunting challenge. In Andre Berto, Shane Mosley has chosen to fight someone younger, faster, and with quicker reflexes, for less money.

Okay no big deal right? Fight Berto in the fall, move on to one of the big dogs, right? Wrong. Because of HBO's budget problems this proposed fight has been pushed out to January. So that means, Shane Mosley will have been inactive for a full year and coming back in a high risk/low reward situation.

Even if Shane Mosley wins, like he is favored to do, what will be there for him?

Mayweather and Marquez will have moved on to bigger things and Pac and Cotto will too most likely. So again, Shane Mosley will be left as the odd man out, hoping to cash in before his career is over.

Let's also not forget that Shane will be 38 in September so if he fights Berto and waits around again, he will be nearly 40 years old. Now I know Hopkins has found the fountain of youth, but a guy like Shane Mosley does not fight like Hopkins and gets hit much more often. Shane has been in countless wars and already shows signs of speech problems. I mean, how much longer can he really go?

I see it like this:

IF Shane Mosley beats Berto, he will still not find that big money fight to cash in on.

IF Shane loses, he will either retire or fight once or twice more as a fairwell tour, because his days as an elite fighter will be over.

This is just my opinion. I'd like to mention that I'm a big Mosley fan. I wanted him to get big fights but he waited around too long and now he's stuck with Andre Berto, a daunting challenge that will earn him peanuts and gain him little additional respect.

been in countless wars lol?he's only really been beat up by vernon in fight 1 and oscar in fight 2.he hasnt taken much punishment his whole career,and arum said cotto was next for winner of berto/mosley

[dans]

Him beating Berto and Floyd beating Pacquiao makes for an interesting Fall 2010...

I think Mosley has a terrible style for Floyd.

I hope Mosley can get those fights, but I wouldn't bet on it.

[dans]

been in countless wars lol?he's only really been beat up by vernon in fight 1 and oscar in fight 2.he hasnt taken much punishment his whole career,and arum said cotto was next for winner of berto/mosley

Okay you're talking beatings, I'm talking wars.

Mosley's been in many wars.

[r.burgundy]

Okay you're talking beatings, I'm talking wars.

Mosley's been in many wars.

such as?ive seen majority of his fights and i wouldnt call any of them a war.closest thing to a war for him would be vargas 1 and oscar 2.castillo\corrales,williams\martinez,cotto\pacman are wars.what fight has shane been in that you would consider war?

[dans]

such as?ive seen majority of his fights and i wouldnt call any of them a war.closest thing to a war for him would be vargas 1 and oscar 2.castillo\corrales,williams\martinez,cotto\pacman are wars.what fight has shane been in that you would consider war?

Cotto, Forrest, Oscar, Vargas to name a few.

If you're that particular about the word we can just say, "tough fights". I'm not going to sit here debating about one word from a thread I made 4 months ago.

[r.burgundy]

Cotto, Forrest, Oscar, Vargas to name a few.

If you're that particular about the word we can just say, "tough fights". I'm not going to sit here debating about one word from a thread I made 4 months ago.

no need to get sensitive buddy.i was just curious as to what war he had been in.

[cleaner147]

I think Mosley is going to fight Clottey even though I don't like that fight for him. I think he stands a good chance of getting cut over his eye really bad like Cotto did and having to be on the shelf like the TS pointed out, and he will once again be frozen out of the big picture when it comes to the mega fights. I think he will beat Clottey a lot more convincingly than Cotto did. But I wouldn't be suprised to see him suffer a cut because of the way Clottey leads with his head.

Well, I also think, he is goin to fight Clottey. After he beats Berto hes going to fight him ,cuz if Clottey really gets the rematch with Margarito he will either lose or win doesnt matter cuz if he wins he wants Sugar himself to prove who is better him or Sugar cuz both beat Margoo just Sugars belts or if he lose he has no other oppertunity.

cotto beat Sugar and clottey so if he wants to reconstruct himself he hav to beat mosley cuz cotto wont fight him again.thank you.:P