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The thing with Mosley is…he never beats his conquerors in a rematch. Infact, he perform poorly in rematches…but he somehow manages to exact somewhat of a revenge on his conquerors via proxy wins over their conquerors.
For example, chronologically speaking…
Vernon Forrest beats him twice / Mayorga got to Forrest / Mosley took out Mayorga
Cotto trumps him / Cotto falls to Margarito / Mosley demolishes Margarito
The only loose end now is defeating Winky’s conqueror(s), seeing as how Winky whipped him twice…Therefore, Mosley may have to take on Hopkins to keep with his trend. Oh but wait!. Didn’t Vargas beat Winky many years ago? And Mosley beat Vargas. That should satisfy the equation, no?
Well maybe it does…to some, but that depends on how you view the Mosley trend. Chronologically, no? Figuratively, yes?...The former is more in-tune with the trend, and more palatable to genuine boxing fans. For the Mosley trend to be satisfied in that case, Mosley had to have been defeated first in the timeline, and then Vargas would conquer Winky and finally, Mosley would then dispose of Vargas (1-2-3). As we all know, the Winky-Vargas fight happen light years before the Mosley-Winky affair, which was then followed by the Vargas’s defeat at the hands of Mosley (2-1-3)..so to jump back in time for the cause of satisfying this trend might be seen as trying to accommodate Mosley’s legacy. Not that his legacy isn’t already secure as a 5-time world champion. But for folks who would like to argue that Mosley, in a way, defeat his conquerors via proxy wins…yes, he did!..2/3rds of the time. Therefore, to argue a 100% proxy win ratio over his conquerors, he needs to whup either Hopkins (not likely since they are business partners, friends and fight in far too different weight divisions), tackle Paul Williams (which Mosley ain’t tryin to do. I don’t blame him, it’s high risk/low reward for a guy on his way out) or beat a one Julio Caesar Vasquez who handed Winky a loss over 15 years ago. 2 more Winky losses are unaccounted for here. So Mose, Good luck!
Nonetheless, Sugar Shane remains a great champ regardless of his losses in the ring, or the drugs scandal that continually plagues him. But his proxy win trend should never include theVargas win…never Vargas.
For example, chronologically speaking…
Vernon Forrest beats him twice / Mayorga got to Forrest / Mosley took out Mayorga
Cotto trumps him / Cotto falls to Margarito / Mosley demolishes Margarito
The only loose end now is defeating Winky’s conqueror(s), seeing as how Winky whipped him twice…Therefore, Mosley may have to take on Hopkins to keep with his trend. Oh but wait!. Didn’t Vargas beat Winky many years ago? And Mosley beat Vargas. That should satisfy the equation, no?
Well maybe it does…to some, but that depends on how you view the Mosley trend. Chronologically, no? Figuratively, yes?...The former is more in-tune with the trend, and more palatable to genuine boxing fans. For the Mosley trend to be satisfied in that case, Mosley had to have been defeated first in the timeline, and then Vargas would conquer Winky and finally, Mosley would then dispose of Vargas (1-2-3). As we all know, the Winky-Vargas fight happen light years before the Mosley-Winky affair, which was then followed by the Vargas’s defeat at the hands of Mosley (2-1-3)..so to jump back in time for the cause of satisfying this trend might be seen as trying to accommodate Mosley’s legacy. Not that his legacy isn’t already secure as a 5-time world champion. But for folks who would like to argue that Mosley, in a way, defeat his conquerors via proxy wins…yes, he did!..2/3rds of the time. Therefore, to argue a 100% proxy win ratio over his conquerors, he needs to whup either Hopkins (not likely since they are business partners, friends and fight in far too different weight divisions), tackle Paul Williams (which Mosley ain’t tryin to do. I don’t blame him, it’s high risk/low reward for a guy on his way out) or beat a one Julio Caesar Vasquez who handed Winky a loss over 15 years ago. 2 more Winky losses are unaccounted for here. So Mose, Good luck!
Nonetheless, Sugar Shane remains a great champ regardless of his losses in the ring, or the drugs scandal that continually plagues him. But his proxy win trend should never include theVargas win…never Vargas.