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Will Mayweather get any credit if he beats Mosley?
Will Mayweather get any credit if he beats Mosley?
February 9th, 2010
By Sean McDaniel
In case you have noticed, World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley is 38-years-old and is getting kind of long in the tooth. And to add to that, Mosley hasn’t fought in over a year and by the time he steps foot in the ring against unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) he will have been out of boxing for 16 months. Mosley turns 39 in October, which is positively ancient for a welterweight. Given Mosley’s age, I don’t know how Mayweather can get any credit if he winds up beating Shane.
This is a fight that Mosley will be coming out smelling like a rose in even if he ends up getting beaten. If Mayweather defeats him and struggles, then people will use that to indicate that Mosley in his prime would have beaten Mayweather. And if Mayweather goes out and totally destroys Mosley without any problems, it won’t matter much because Mosley is almost 39-years-old. Boxing fans will be like, ‘so what?’
This may be the best available fight for Mayweather, short of a fight against Manny Pacquiao, but he’s really in a no win situation for this fight. It reminds me a lot of when George Foreman made a comeback in his 40s. He didn’t take too much heat for losing to fighters like Evander Holyfield, because Holyfield was in his prime, and had to struggle a little bit in beating Foreman.
It must be hard for Mayweather to get motivated for the Mosley fight knowing that he’ll likely get no credit if he wins. If Mayweather loses to Mosley, it will cause people to question all of the previous wins that Mayweather has put together during his 14-year pro career. Some boxing fans will be opened minded about it, and just think that Mayweather came up against a fighter who had the right style to beat him, whereas other fans will think that Mayweather would have been beaten earlier in his career had he faced someone like Mosley.
A loss to Mosley would do huge damage to Mayweather’s career. He’d still remain a very popular fighter, of course, but it cause of boxing fans to see him in a different light after this. That’s why Mayweather has to train as hard as he can for this fight and try to look as good as he possibly can under the circumstances. Mayweather should focus on trying to beat Mosley without movement and to try and not get hit by him. If Mosley can make the fight difficult for Mayweather, then he will look good in the end no matter what happens in the fight.
It’s unfortunate that Mayweather couldn’t have fought Mosley 10 years ago when Mosley was a lot younger. There would have been no excuses then if Mayweather beat Shane. Now there almost certainly will.
February 9th, 2010
By Sean McDaniel
In case you have noticed, World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley is 38-years-old and is getting kind of long in the tooth. And to add to that, Mosley hasn’t fought in over a year and by the time he steps foot in the ring against unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) he will have been out of boxing for 16 months. Mosley turns 39 in October, which is positively ancient for a welterweight. Given Mosley’s age, I don’t know how Mayweather can get any credit if he winds up beating Shane.
This is a fight that Mosley will be coming out smelling like a rose in even if he ends up getting beaten. If Mayweather defeats him and struggles, then people will use that to indicate that Mosley in his prime would have beaten Mayweather. And if Mayweather goes out and totally destroys Mosley without any problems, it won’t matter much because Mosley is almost 39-years-old. Boxing fans will be like, ‘so what?’
This may be the best available fight for Mayweather, short of a fight against Manny Pacquiao, but he’s really in a no win situation for this fight. It reminds me a lot of when George Foreman made a comeback in his 40s. He didn’t take too much heat for losing to fighters like Evander Holyfield, because Holyfield was in his prime, and had to struggle a little bit in beating Foreman.
It must be hard for Mayweather to get motivated for the Mosley fight knowing that he’ll likely get no credit if he wins. If Mayweather loses to Mosley, it will cause people to question all of the previous wins that Mayweather has put together during his 14-year pro career. Some boxing fans will be opened minded about it, and just think that Mayweather came up against a fighter who had the right style to beat him, whereas other fans will think that Mayweather would have been beaten earlier in his career had he faced someone like Mosley.
A loss to Mosley would do huge damage to Mayweather’s career. He’d still remain a very popular fighter, of course, but it cause of boxing fans to see him in a different light after this. That’s why Mayweather has to train as hard as he can for this fight and try to look as good as he possibly can under the circumstances. Mayweather should focus on trying to beat Mosley without movement and to try and not get hit by him. If Mosley can make the fight difficult for Mayweather, then he will look good in the end no matter what happens in the fight.
It’s unfortunate that Mayweather couldn’t have fought Mosley 10 years ago when Mosley was a lot younger. There would have been no excuses then if Mayweather beat Shane. Now there almost certainly will.
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