Trinidad vs. Mosley: At 147 and 154lbs

[BigZigga]

Mosley by KO

[elgu]

Trinidad KO. Mosley gets hit flush way to often to survive against a guy like Tito. Hell Mosley's main defense against punches is rolling with them.

[Awesome-O]

I would pick Trinidad at 154. Mosley was never impressive there IMO.

At WW, it's a tougher call. Mosley is more of a slugger than a boxer, and would get hit hard. Shane could take a good shot but could shell up, like he did versus Forrest (and Winky and Floyd, although he was 9-10 years past his WW peak).

I wouldn't count out Mosley though. Needless to say, he's a better fighter than the likes of Carr, Campas, and a 1999 Whitaker.

I've seen mosley at times use angles and box more, I think he would have to fight in that manner.

[-Kev-]

In a super fight between two bombers with great chins, I would pick the guy with the superior handspeed and that is Shane Mosley. Plus I liked how in their primes, Mosley looked better against important common opponents like De La Hoya and Winky than Trinidad did. Especially the rematch of the Winky fight, that fight was competitive, Shane even hurt Winky because he got ****y with what his chin could take and paid for it.

[DARKSEID]

Considering how little success Mosley has had outside of 135, I'll take the bigger and more devastating north of 147 Trinidad.

[Awesome-O]

Considering how little success Mosley has had outside of 135, I'll take the bigger and more devastating north of 147 Trinidad.

Mosley's best success, or biggest wins, were at 147. His opposition was so-so at 135.

I'll give mosley a decent chance at 147, but definitely not at 154.

[DARKSEID]

Mosley's best success, or biggest wins, were at 147. His opposition was so-so at 135.

I'll give mosley a decent chance at 147, but definitely not at 154.

His only good win was against Oscar, and he was roiding for those fights. He admitted it himself.

He has more good losses than good wins at 147. Mosley was only dominant as a lightweight. He's one of the ATG lightweights.

[NearHypnos]

I think Shane could have made Tito look terrible at 147... But Shane was completely underwhelming at 154 compared to 147 and down.

Although Tito had power, Oscar took it fine and I have no reason to believe Shane wouldnt have done the same seeing as he had an atg chin.

If Shane had a less than stellar beard I could see Tito really keeping that agressive version of Shane at least temporarily off him. Lets not forget Shane has ******ed power too in addition to that rare athleticism.

IMO, I really feel Oscar and Shane were a small step above Tito. I loved Tito so it could be a try too hard to justify him winning but I cant think of a scenario where he beats Shane at 147... Tito could be tagged and dropped...i cant see how he'd go a whole fight vs Shane and not hit the canvas at least once and I dont see anyone stopping a 147 Shane...

Hell, I'm not sure there's more than a couple names who coulda stopped a 147 Shane EVER.

[punchr]

I believe Trinidad would have won, but Mosley doesn't go out without going for the gusto.

Damn I wish this fight happened! Probably better for Mosley's career that it didn't though.

[-Kev-]

His only good win was against Oscar, and he was roiding for those fights. He admitted it himself.

He has more good losses than good wins at 147. Mosley was only dominant as a lightweight. He's one of the ATG lightweights.

He was supposed to get killed against Margarito, how was that not a good win? How was prime Collazo not a good win?

Despite having more losses at 147 than good wins, those were against Forrest, Cotto(Draw IMO), Mayweather and Pacquiao. Trinidad wouldn't even dare step foot against Vernon Forrest. Mosley fought the much tougher opposition in their careers.

De La Hoya 2x
Forrest 2x
Winky 2x
Mayweather
Pacquiao
Cotto
Margarito
Canelo
Mora
Mayorga
Collazo
Vargas 2x
Molina
Leija

Sorry but that resume looks a lot tougher to get wins against than this:

Hopkins
Winky
De La Hoya
Vargas
Mayorga
Whitaker
Camacho
Joppy
Campas
Carr
Blocker