Why did SSM APPEAR to be gassed after 2-3 rounds against Floyd?

[BadNewz]

Because Floyd was too good for him. Floyd is simply a better athlete than Mosley ever was.

[boxing_pundit85]

Any ideas?

hatton looked **** against pac, cotto looked bad, oscar looked dying, clottey didnt try........yeah most fighters look bad when they lose and you are exaggerating his stamina issues completely.

[viperz007]

mosley was dried out of blood,

its blood that makes heart pump good,
if taken a little of blood even that little will affect the circulation of blood over ur heart
losing weight + losing blood = ****** mosley

[tibbar]

mosley is on the early stage of parkinsons disease, have you not noticed the spasms in his hands? the hands will shake first then the speech will be gone.

[Hiram Joel]

Mosley was very,very tense in the ring, and that builds up a little lactic acid, which makes it harder for muscles to contract, thats why Emanuel Stward was saying that his punches were "lazy" punches.

[peekabooboxing]

mosley was dried out of blood,

its blood that makes heart pump good,
if taken a little of blood even that little will affect the circulation of blood over ur heart
losing weight + losing blood = ****** mosley

I think you might be right. round 2 proved that mosley even at 39 could
beat mayweather but for some reason he completely stopped fighting
he basically bounced around for the next 10 rounds. mosley
was dumb though

[ILLuminato]

mosley is on the early stage of parkinsons disease, have you not noticed the spasms in his hands? the hands will shake first then the speech will be gone.

Ouch. Well the signs are there

[ADP02]

He's old...

I don't believe he was gased...Floyd turned him into(or Shane obliged to be) a counterpuncher and Shane isn't one...

The openings weren't there and Shane didn't know how to attack...

"Stop looking for the perfect shot, there isn't one!"

It looked like Mosley was waiting for the perfect shot but .......not just Floyd but good boxer tend to not show you openings if you hit them with one shot at a time, as Mosley did that night. So you need to create your openings. In the 2nd round, even when Mosley missed or hit gloves or was partially blocked by Floyd's gloves, it created an opening for Mosley to hit with another more potent shot and as you can see connected and had Floyd in trouble.

It's hard to get into Mosley's head and body but you need to take the obvious (age and ring rust) as PART of the reasons why. After the 2nd round it looked like Mosley was stuck in sparring mode. It's not like Floyd pressured Mosley with shots as some opponents do, ala Paul Williams, and if you take that 2nd round out for a second, its not like Floyd had to put his A game defensively either. Mosley just wasn't the Mosley we all knew and for good reason. Age, rust and I hate to say it because I like Mosley, possibly because he was not cheating.

A younger primed Mosley vs Floyd is what people were hoping to see but that Mosley has left the building. This is not to say he can't beat the "right" boxer but at his age he needs to pick his opponents now.

[copelahama]

i think he was just far too nervous

[PAKYO]

Fight could've been fixed...i was really wondering why shane stopped after only 2 rounds when he already wobbled floyd?????

I know he doesn't have the stamina to last the whole 12 rounds but after only 2 rounds??? something fishy there....