Why I Think Mosley Has A Real Chance

[$Bullsfam$]

Shane Mosley gonna do this *****!

[The Gambler1981]

To me it all boils down to the jab, if he had a nice long strong jab he could keep Manny at the end of that right and keep Manny off balance.

I can't see him doing that with his jab though because against Floyd (a very different fight I know) if he had a jab of that caliber he could have been a lot more successful.

[Reloaded]

I found myself thinking in a very similar way before Mosley fought Margarito...and just like then, I don't have the balls to pick Mosley as I think the most likely scenario is Pac just out working him.

However....there are a few things....

Mosley is freaking bomb proof. Is there a harder guy to hurt in the sport? When you can take a punch like he can, you are always in the fight.

Mosley will have some success....lets not fool ourselves here. The reason Mosley got so discouraged against Mayweather and looked so bad is because he couldn't land, not cause he was getting hit. Against Pac, yea he's gonna get hit a lot, but he's gonna land enough to not get discouraged. And a Mosley with any semblance of confidence is going be dangerous throught the whole fight.

Mosley can punch, and like I said, he won't get too discouraged which makes him dangerous. Pac has proved he can take a good shot at this weight which is why I'm still picking him but I really do think Mosley is getting criminally underrated. People have been predicting Mosley to finally get stopped for years and it just hasn't happened yet. He hasn't been so much as buzzed since the first Forrest fight.

If Pac stops Mosley.....and I mean stops as in hurts, not overwhelms him to where ****m stops the fight.......he deserves MAJOR props, I don't care how shot people think Mosley is.

Only IF that Mosley shows up ,,,, oh no the dreaded IF , its IF only he wasnt 39 looking like a bag , IF he wasnt coming of 2 dismal showings where the first was a bigger fight for him than this one and he looked like crap ,I dont believe in too many last hurrahs , Mosley already had his in Margo .

IF Manny fights Floyd I will be very happy

[savorduhflavor]

Only IF that Mosley shows up ,,,, oh no the dreaded IF , its IF only he wasnt 39 looking like a bag , IF he wasnt coming of 2 dismal showings where the first was a bigger fight for him than this one and he looked like crap ,I dont believe in too many last hurrahs , Mosley already had his in Margo .

IF Manny fights Floyd I will be very happy

The Shane that fought Margarito was the exact same Shane that fought Floyd and Mora(maybe not Mora, Shane was never as good at 154). Margarito is just not that difficult of a guy to fight for Shane. Shane knows how to deal with a pressure guy and he's impossible to hurt.

Shane looked like **** against Floyd cause Floyd made him look like ****, and Mosley basically threw his hands up in the air in disbelief when he had so much trouble finding him.

That will NOT happen with Pac. Shane is live in this fight.

[ny123]

I found myself thinking in a very similar way before Mosley fought Margarito...and just like then, I don't have the balls to pick Mosley as I think the most likely scenario is Pac just out working him.

However....there are a few things....

Mosley is freaking bomb proof. Is there a harder guy to hurt in the sport? When you can take a punch like he can, you are always in the fight.

Mosley will have some success....lets not fool ourselves here. The reason Mosley got so discouraged against Mayweather and looked so bad is because he couldn't land, not cause he was getting hit. Against Pac, yea he's gonna get hit a lot, but he's gonna land enough to not get discouraged. And a Mosley with any semblance of confidence is going be dangerous throught the whole fight.

Mosley can punch, and like I said, he won't get too discouraged which makes him dangerous. Pac has proved he can take a good shot at this weight which is why I'm still picking him but I really do think Mosley is getting criminally underrated. People have been predicting Mosley to finally get stopped for years and it just hasn't happened yet. He hasn't been so much as buzzed since the first Forrest fight.

If Pac stops Mosley.....and I mean stops as in hurts, not overwhelms him to where ****m stops the fight.......he deserves MAJOR props, I don't care how shot people think Mosley is.

I do the same thing before every big fight where one guy is given little to no chance to win. I go through all the ways the upset can be pulled off but in this case i think we are just going to get what everyone expects and thats an ass whooping. I hope im wrong and Mosley makes this interesting.

[Walt Liquor]

The 2nd half of the Mayweather fight is still fresh on my mind, where Floyd brought the heat and Mosley wanted none of it by excessively clinching. Margarito at the very least was willing to walk through Pacquiao's punches and honestly, Mosley isn't that kind of guy, at least not anymore.

Great call dominicano.

I hope that everyone recognizes after the fight. Lots of Floyd fans (the respected ones) feeling you savor.

I don't think there's enough respect for the buzzsaw that is PAC. He let's himself get hit a lot too....that's all I'm gonna say now about that.

[Pullcounter]

If Pac stops Mosley.....and I mean stops as in hurts, not overwhelms him to where ****m stops the fight.......he deserves MAJOR props, I don't care how shot people think Mosley is.

Even if ****m throws in the towel, pac should still get major props... cuz that other guy couldn't stop mosley

[savorduhflavor]

Great call dominicano.

I hope that everyone recognizes after the fight. Lots of Floyd fans (the respected ones) feeling you savor.

I don't think there's enough respect for the buzzsaw that is PAC. He let's himself get hit a lot too....that's all I'm gonna say now about that.

Right but mentally that can keep Shane in the fight ya know? I'm just a firm believer in the Floyd fight not being a physical thing with Shane....I don't think it was him being physically shot, I think Mayweather just mentally beat him and made him think he couldn't touch him.

That's really what I'm basing on so if someone doesn't agree with that they're gonna disagree with my whole point haha.

[Reloaded]

The Shane that fought Margarito was the exact same Shane that fought Floyd and Mora(maybe not Mora, Shane was never as good at 154). Margarito is just not that difficult of a guy to fight for Shane. Shane knows how to deal with a pressure guy and he's impossible to hurt.

Shane looked like **** against Floyd cause Floyd made him look like ****, and Mosley basically threw his hands up in the air in disbelief when he had so much trouble finding him.

That will NOT happen with Pac. Shane is live in this fight.

I agree with you too an extent , Floyd had a lot to do with how bad Mosley looked and Mosley beat Margo because Margo is really nothing more than a slow robot , thing is , this aint Margo and Mosley is at his careers lowest ability phase , Pac will kill him with speed just like Floyd did , Floyd is stronger physically than Pac and a lot stronger than people give him credit for , his style just covers it up , non the less Manny will not out muscle Shane early I think Manny will box and feel Mosley out , if Mosley is strong Manny will box much like he did with Dias , people think Manny is just a slugger thats bull**** he can box , I dont think Manny will open up on Shane for a couple of rounds , if Shane does not gas and is tight and snappy the whole fight then Manny will out box him to win a UD oon work rate alone , if Shane starts feel 40 he will get beat up , Shane has a punchers chance but lets face it every fighter has that .

[S.I.L.V.A]

That's a good assessment. At this point he has nothing to lose and the title to gain. He's been savoring this moment for the longest. Problem with his last fight is he had to chase Mora around the ring the whole time. Manny will be stopping and firing back.

I agree on this. If we wil based Shane's performance from his last 2 fights, the only way he can beat Pacquiao is via devastating single punch.