Was Sugar Shane Mosley's win over Margarito smoke and mirrors?

[Bushbaby]

Career wise,Mosley is head & shoulders above Cotto,but as of right now,Cotto should have the legs & youth advantage!!If Cotto fought a prime Mosley,that would be all she wrote for him!!

Roy beating Lacy,cannot be compared to Mosley-Margarito,because Margarito was the top welterweight & heavily favored to steamroll Mosley!!There was some steamrolling in that fight unfortunately for Margarito,he was the pavement!!Lacy,on the other hand wasn't on top of anything!!

[NachoMan]

It will be easier to judge after he fights sayyy clottey... I think ssm would beat berto with ease and clottey would be a much tougher fight for him.. plus we can compare it to cottos fight against clottey...

I see the reverse. I think Sugar Shane would look great against Clottey. I see nothing special in Clottey. Cotto fought like ass in their last fight. He made Clottey look much better than he truly is. Shane should take that fight, if for no other reason than to (further) show his superiority over Cotto.

I think Berto presents a much more difficult fight for Shane. Unless his chin fails him, I could see Berto giving Shane a very difficult fight. Can't see him beating Shane by KO ever, but I could definitely imagine him taking a close, competitive decision.

[NachoMan]

Career wise,Mosley is head & shoulders above Cotto,but as of right now,Cotto should have the legs & youth advantage!!If Cotto fought a prime Mosley,that would be all she wrote for him!!

Roy beating Lacy,cannot be compared to Mosley-Margarito,because Margarito was the top welterweight & heavily favored to steamroll Mosley!!There was some steamrolling in that fight unfortunately for Margarito,he was the pavement!!Lacy,on the other hand wasn't on top of anything!!

co-signed.

[Jone2ts]

You clearly misinterpreted my post. SSM had every right to challenge Mr boat buyer, but he shoulda known damn well dude wasn't gonna fight him. And to hell wit lil Pac. He's a JWW. I don't think Cotto or SSM are ever gettin Mr boat buyer, so they shoulda rematched for a new lineal title instead of sweatin lil Pac. Only option he got is Berto or Clottey, and I'd like Clottey more, but Berto is the easier fight. He's just bein stubborn.

Not you so much as people act like Shane should be expected to take the lesser fight and it's crazy. Shane is trying to make the best fights and is being basicly called a desperate obsessive broke washed up bum. Look at the thread title, Cotto gets more respect for quiting than Shane does for knocking him out. All i'm saying is that Mosley has very good reason for not taking the lesser fights and should not be expected to. He's gonna wait and I think it's a very good idea cause someone will have to face him at some point.

I don't blame Floyd at all for not fighting mosley coming off a basicly two year lay off , jesus Pac & Cotto been active and they won't go near the guy at any weight for any split and as any Cotto fan will tell you he has the W, what does that tell you about Mosleys rep amongst his peers now? Floyd was smart for taking another fight first, plus if he beat Marquez and pac wins theres a very small chance he will get Pac but with Arum involved it seems highly unlikely and that leaves Shane or a Cotto that Pac beat up.

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it was a stout performance!

great for him at this point....

[Pullcounter]

Was this really a sign that SSM is back or was it just a good night against an overrated fighter tailor made for him? I guess RJJ is in a similar position after his exciting performance vs Lacy.

are u kidding? margo was just coming off the cotto win.

Is that why SSM is so desperate to get a big payday with Floyd or Pac?

no ssm deserves a big payday

Is it because he knows that he could look poor in his next outing and end up losing that potential big payday?

mosley needed to cash in on that win. cause beating berto ain't as big as beating margo.

TBH I'd think the fight vs Pac/Floyd being on the line would motivate SSM to pull out his best against his next opponent but he's seemed all too desperate to only fight one of these guys.

like I said, mosley deserves to cash in on the margo win.

[S.G.]

How did Cotto prove that he is better than Mosley when he couldn't even out land him in punches when he got the narrow victory over him, and Mosley brutally destroyed the guy who has Cotto's number? People just see what they want to see I guess. Imagine what would've happened to Cotto if he had to fight a prime Mosley.

Cotto beat Mosley.

The Margarito triangle theory throws a spanner in the works but at the end of the day it doesn't undo the fact that Cotto beat Shane.

Of course prime Mosley beats Cotto, but I'm not talking about prime-for-prime, I'm talking right now

[sycomantz]

Marg has always been and will always be a C/D class fighter

[Animalistic 3.0]

First of all Margarito didn't have plaster vs Mosley. Second of all Margarito mind was probably not in the fight. In other words Mosley beat Margarito before they actually got in the ring.

People are overeating Mosley win over Margacheato.

[deevel79]

Smoke and mirrors? He beat the living **** out of him!