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the evidence I saw is that style wise Mayweather and Mora were both 1,000% wrong for Shane, slick Boxers whom don't ever really get into trading shots with you, they work behind the jab and have a box out approach to fights and that's been Shane's kryptonite since Vernon Forrest 1st beat him (R.I.P Viper). styles make fights whether you believe it or not, it's just the name of the game.
he COULDN'T stand there and trade with Manny like he normally would do, his body and everything else let him know that once he got dropped, once he felt the power he knew he couldn't trade, he felt Manny's fire and couldn't return the blaze.
one thing is to see a fight from a distance and another thing is to be in the fight and to have the task on your head of responding to the punches, receiving the punches and figuring out the opponent.
you can speculate all you want about what he could or should do but in reality it's just like Mayweather says "it's not the same when you in there", you can plan all you want but when you get popped by that first hard shot your psyche in the fight can be broken, in Shane's case it was shattered to pieces and he didn't know how to win anymore in the fight it became a survival thing which had ALL to do with Manny and nothing to do with Shane being "shot" or old
Manny was too strong, fast and explosive, his punch arsenal and physical ability didn't allow Shane much of a chance to impose himself aside from a few good shots here and there.
Floyd's intelligence alone was enough to defeat Mosley, the way he neutralized Shane's best punch was a thing of beauty and those long arms didn't help at all, the only thing worst than a tall fighter with long arms is a short fighter with long arms especially one with Floyd's Boxing I.Q.
Mora was just too damn tall, big and lanky. he couldn't really catch him flush and when he did Mora, a natural Middleweight, was able to take Shane's best punches.
Mora's style is built for taking punishment, he's what I call a distance fighter so he's used to passing off rounds and letting shots pounce off of him and countering, he has a smothering type of style and he was too big for Shane to handle and even too slick.
watch that fight and you'll see he didn't give Shane much of an avenue of landing anything big he was always either leaning on Shane smothering him or moving around which is worst for Shane than smothering him. even still Shane got a DRAW not a LOSS
all other recent Shane opponents besides the 3 who happen to have the perfect style to beat Shane as proven in Shane's prior losses were knocked out, that isn't the mark of a shot fighter. a beaten fighter? yes but shot? hell no. people are too quick to call someone shot without even taking time out to evaluate
he COULDN'T stand there and trade with Manny like he normally would do, his body and everything else let him know that once he got dropped, once he felt the power he knew he couldn't trade, he felt Manny's fire and couldn't return the blaze.
one thing is to see a fight from a distance and another thing is to be in the fight and to have the task on your head of responding to the punches, receiving the punches and figuring out the opponent.
you can speculate all you want about what he could or should do but in reality it's just like Mayweather says "it's not the same when you in there", you can plan all you want but when you get popped by that first hard shot your psyche in the fight can be broken, in Shane's case it was shattered to pieces and he didn't know how to win anymore in the fight it became a survival thing which had ALL to do with Manny and nothing to do with Shane being "shot" or old
Manny was too strong, fast and explosive, his punch arsenal and physical ability didn't allow Shane much of a chance to impose himself aside from a few good shots here and there.
Floyd's intelligence alone was enough to defeat Mosley, the way he neutralized Shane's best punch was a thing of beauty and those long arms didn't help at all, the only thing worst than a tall fighter with long arms is a short fighter with long arms especially one with Floyd's Boxing I.Q.
Mora was just too damn tall, big and lanky. he couldn't really catch him flush and when he did Mora, a natural Middleweight, was able to take Shane's best punches.
Mora's style is built for taking punishment, he's what I call a distance fighter so he's used to passing off rounds and letting shots pounce off of him and countering, he has a smothering type of style and he was too big for Shane to handle and even too slick.
watch that fight and you'll see he didn't give Shane much of an avenue of landing anything big he was always either leaning on Shane smothering him or moving around which is worst for Shane than smothering him. even still Shane got a DRAW not a LOSS
all other recent Shane opponents besides the 3 who happen to have the perfect style to beat Shane as proven in Shane's prior losses were knocked out, that isn't the mark of a shot fighter. a beaten fighter? yes but shot? hell no. people are too quick to call someone shot without even taking time out to evaluate
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