Comments Thread For: De La Hoya: Mosley Unloading on Sparring Partners

[Chief2ndzOnly!]

Everone of these boxers have had theyre primetime and fought more legit fighters then floyd ever would.Truth be told whether its defense,power whatever.


Could floyd consecutively beat P.williams,Margarito,cotto,shane,all legit 147's back to back?


And im saying BACK TO BACK


There is bound to be 1 loss.

To answer you question first before I address anything else. Yes. I DO think Floyd could beat ALL of the aforementioned fighters that you listed. And thats just taking in each fighters tendencies and "bad habits" that they display on a consistant basis(Floyd WOULD have a problem with Paul's work rate).

As far as the legit fighters that you are speaking of everybody with the exception of JMM was considered a very "live" opponent at the time of the bout. Even Gatti was considered "live" enough to beat floyd.

[1nonlymre]

Will there be an HBO replay and when?

HBO's scheduling currently goes up to the Floyd/Mosley fight. But even if they have no other fight to showcase off of, it's a sure bet that the fight will be televised the following week on HBO.

They did this with the Pacquiao/Cotto ppv fight. The main event was telecast the following week on regular HBO. I would expect the same treatment for a fight of this much anticipated hype, and hell, general anticipation.

I know i'm curious to see what will happen.

[Chief2ndzOnly!]

We are talking logistics here,facts are gathered by info.Why didnt floyd ko a former 135+ lber? (marquez).It makes me think,not discredit.

Ok Andyp. I understand your questioning of power from Mayweather by you looking at the Marquez fight as your point of reference.

FMJ

1). Wanted to get rds with an elite p4p fighter

2). Floyd wanted to display and showcase his "skills"(sometimes completely carrying a fighter for 12 rds is more of a statement than the KO)

3.) JMM is a "Dangerous" puncher as well as one of the best counter punchers in the game. (For power see J.Diaz and J.Casamayor scraps)

JMM wasn't no punk. Floyd made it look easy while not desrespecting JMM with reckless abandonment.

[ny123]

the problem with this article is i dont know if oscar is just promoting and being full of **** as usual or if shane is really looking that good in sparring. i hope shane is looking good so that we get a great fight to go along with the big hype.

[Iceta Lives]

I guess all this **** will be on 24/7 if he was owning all these guys and we'll know their names because Oscar sure as hell aint telling their names.

[Tweezy316]

I'm tired of hearing about Pacquiao destroying sparring partners and now I get to hear about Mosley destroying sparring partners. Unless he's sparring with Mayweather does it really matter? I mean come on people does it really matter. He's fighting Mayweather on May 1st not his sparring partners so big deal. 2nd it doesn't matter how strong you are if you can't hit your opponent. Noone is gonna argue that Mike Tyson didn't have more power than Buster Douglas or Holyfield and yet he lost both those fights. Oscar is just being a promoter and trying to get as many buys as he can. And I don't knock him for that. And saying he fought both fighters and he knows who's gonna win is just icing on the cake for dumb boxing fans who don't know how to think for themselves. If Oscar says that Mayweather's defense is too good and Shane wont be able to hit him everyone will say "oh this is gonna be a boring fight, another 12 round unanimous decision for Mayweather". But if he says I fought both of these fighters and Shane is gonna KO Mayweather than that will help the fight. Cause with all Mayweathers haters that wanna see him get KO'D they will buy the fight. And this means HUGE numbers Richard was right when he said 3,000,000 ppv buys. just watch.

[MidnightBliss]

Oscar is really annoying.

Does anyone else think that this bout could be fixed? I mean SSM is an old fighter, if Golden Boy Promotions offered him several million to throw the fight and retire comfortably, would he? This would ensure PBF stay undefeated and would still have the mega Pac v Floyd fight on the horizon given that Pac defeats Clottey.

[Chief2ndzOnly!]

Oscar is really annoying.

Does anyone else think that this bout could be fixed? I mean SSM is an old fighter, if Golden Boy Promotions offered him several million to throw the fight and retire comfortably, would he? This would ensure PBF stay undefeated and would still have the mega Pac v Floyd fight on the horizon given that Pac defeats Clottey.

Short answer..........NO.

[MidnightBliss]

Short answer..........NO.

Yeah im leaning more towards unlikely-hood.

But it did creep into my mind seeing as though Mayweather and GPP are promoting this fight and Mayweather is the main attraction, both of these guys are major shot callers in boxing.

But, most unlikely after seeing the hunger in Shane's eyes.

[Chief2ndzOnly!]

Yeah im leaning more towards unlikely-hood.

But it did creep into my mind seeing as though Mayweather and GPP are promoting this fight and Mayweather is the main attraction, both of these guys are major shot callers in boxing.

But, most unlikely after seeing the hunger in Shane's eyes.

Right. I got where you coming from, but I looked at it like this GBP is in a win/win situation here. If Floyd wins they can go after Manny or any of the other WW's out there, same thing if Shane wins. So to me there is no need for the "fix" to be put on. But I see where you are coming from though.