Mosley is a only a borderline great fighter to me.

[Bastian Loc]

Jab is pure garbage, can't believe he hasn't fixed it. He doesn't adapt and when he's far behind on the scorecard he resorts to looking for that one big shot. Neither can he cut off the ring. Of course, I wouldn't say he's SHOT, more like you need to put him in there against Kirkland, Angulo, a come foward opponent, there he'll look like a million bucks. In his prime none of that really mattered because he was such a speed demon.

His prime pretty much ended around 2003.

[Iceta Lives]

Shane was never a great technical fighter, but what he did was hard to handle. Plus, to say he came up short when it mattered isn't true. He beat Oscar in one of the biggest fights of the 00's

That fight was an exception and even there that fight was close. He's never dominated or knocked out a great opponent and that hurts his legacy in my view.

[Low_ki]

I know I sound like I'm kicking when he's down, but he has just never been able to come through when it mattered. He deserves consideration for the HOF, but that's where it ends. I don't think he's overrated or underrated, but I wouldn't rank him over a lot of the other fellow great fighters that boxed during his era. I think Oscar beat him in the second fight and got robbed. He struggled with guys like Sergio Mora and Raul Marquez. And his resume reads like a who's who of fighters who were good but turned out to be gate keepers at some point.

so mamarito got KO'd by a borderline great fighter?

[MACAQUEINBLACK]

He deserves consideration for the HOF, but that's where it ends.

Deserves consideration? Mosley is a lock for the Hall.



You guys bewilder me at times.

[Doctor_Tenma]

His prime pretty much ended around 2003.

Of course he isn't in his prime, but he's still very good; especially against Margarito/ Angulo-style opponents. Just put him in there with your typical come foward fighter and he's sure to deliver atleast 9 times out of 10.

[savorduhflavor]

The standard you hold guys too is ridiculous.

[Iceta Lives]

Deserves consideration? Mosley is a lock for the Hall.



You guys bewilder me at times.

The steroid thing is the reason why he's not a lock.

[theflyest]

I hate to pick apart a fighter's resume, because you can do that with almost any fighter really, but for the last 8 years no one has been impressed with Mosley (with the exception of the Margarito fight), but yet boxing fans have a certain fondness for him.

[Gino Ros]

he's one of the greatest 135 pounders of all time, imo.

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to be the best you have to beat the best right.

who were the great lw that shane beat.

[-EX-]

He was a very good fighter but his defense was always bad...in his prime he could get away with it but now it shows up...

He doesn't seem to have the same stamina and we already knew he had problems with boxers...

Bascially, bad style matchup, Shane is OLD, and he doesn't have the reflexes and ability to overcome disadvantages anymore...

But the PED fiasco hurts his legacy...he hasn't beat any elite fighters outside of De La Hoya...and the PEDS cloud over that may be remembered...he has beat a lotta good-very good opponents tho...