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Saturday night's ESPN fight night features two intriguing bouts. The David Estrada-Shane Mosley co-feature on the surface looks like a mismatch. Mosley is the more experienced fighter and one of the boxing elites, even at this stage of his career. Estrada is an up and coming welterweight but there is a feeling that he is overmatched in this meeting.
Mosley is returning to the welterweight division and this fight is a crucial one for him. Win and he puts himself in position to challenge for a championship. He has lost four of his last six fights, and the one win was a close controversial victory over De La Hoya. Throw in one no-contest and you apparently have a fighter on the wane. Despite those losses, Mosley is still a dangerous fighter and he only hit the canvas in one fight during this streak. As Welterweight, he should have the power advantage.
Estrada has fought three undefeated fighters in his last four fights and he defeated two of them. Estrada’s game is to overwhelm his opponents with output and his goal is to out hustle his opponent. I will admit that I am one of those who believe that Mosley will overpower the youngster but Angelo Dundee, who as the old cliché goes, knows more about boxing than most of us will ever learn, trains the kid.
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Mosley is returning to the welterweight division and this fight is a crucial one for him. Win and he puts himself in position to challenge for a championship. He has lost four of his last six fights, and the one win was a close controversial victory over De La Hoya. Throw in one no-contest and you apparently have a fighter on the wane. Despite those losses, Mosley is still a dangerous fighter and he only hit the canvas in one fight during this streak. As Welterweight, he should have the power advantage.
Estrada has fought three undefeated fighters in his last four fights and he defeated two of them. Estrada’s game is to overwhelm his opponents with output and his goal is to out hustle his opponent. I will admit that I am one of those who believe that Mosley will overpower the youngster but Angelo Dundee, who as the old cliché goes, knows more about boxing than most of us will ever learn, trains the kid.
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