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[xxxxxx]

make the fukin fight.

[The Original MrF...]

I see people comparing Cotto/Mosley to what Mosley/Mayweather would look like. If Mosley couldnt beat Cotto, then he cant beat a faster better boxer in Mayweather... Bullshit he cant!! Mosley had to respect Cottos power. He wont have to respect Mayweathers power. Mosley can be as offensive as he wants and will outwork mayweather who'll be retreating all night. If mayweather eventuall stands his ground, which is uncharacteristic of him, he will get blasted out.

[PR316]

I see people comparing Cotto/Mosley to what Mosley/Mayweather would look like. If Mosley couldnt beat Cotto, then he cant beat a faster better boxer in Mayweather... Bullshit he cant!! Mosley had to respect Cottos power. He wont have to respect Mayweathers power. Mosley can be as offensive as he wants and will outwork mayweather who'll be retreating all night. If mayweather eventuall stands his ground, which is uncharacteristic of him, he will get blasted out.

I won't deny Mosley has a chance, but there are some things your overlooking here.


Mosley for all his hand speed and athleticism, is a bit slow of foot. He needs to have his feet PLANTED in order to punch, whereas PBF can punch on the move, going backwards even. Mosley is a guy who if you stand in front of and slug away against(Like De La Hoya did in their first fight), then he shines because thats the style of fighting he's been used to growing up in California sparring all those Mexican fighters. Now if you stick a jab in his face and show him some movement, then his rhythm is broken. Its what Cotto did. Wright and Forrest also made their jabs the key weapon against Mosley and he couldn't get into his groove as a result.


I don't think Mayweather KOs Mosley. But Shane would find himself very frustrated in trying to find him. I think Mayweather would fight similar to how he did against Oscar. Cautious approach, fast jabs, quick counters(potshots,basically), lots of movement, and tying up Mosley inside if he gets too close. Shane would attempt to make it rough in there and he'll probably have PBF bitching and moaning to the ref about those tactics. But in terms of clean punching, ring generalship, and defense, I think Mayweather takes the UD in a relativily tedious affair.

This post has been edited by PR316: Sep 24 2009, 05:22 PM

[Keith]

Mosley for all his hand speed and athleticism, is a bit slow of foot.

I think Mayweather would fight similar to how he did against Oscar.

Shane would attempt to make it rough in there and he'll probably have PBF bitching and moaning to the ref about those tactics.

Is he slower then DLH?

The DLH fight was a close to a loss I have seen for PBF since Castillo. At the point when PBF fought DLH, it was pretty clear DLH was on the downside. Even when they were in their respective primes, Shane was better then DLH... and even more so now. I was far from impressed with PBFs performance against DLH. IF an old and weak DLH had some success ruffing up Floyd and playing the bigger man...... whats Shane going to do to him when thats HIS game?

This post has been edited by Keith: Sep 24 2009, 05:46 PM

[PR316]

Is he slower then DLH?

The DLH fight was a close to a loss I have seen for PBF since Castillo. At the point when PBF fought DLH, it was pretty clear DLH was on the downside. Even when they were in their respective primes, Shane was better then DLH... and even more so now. I was far from impressed with PBFs performance against DLH. IF an old and weak DLH had some success ruffing up Floyd and playing the bigger man...... whats Shane going to do to him when thats HIS game?

The styles are different. Oscar has a solid jab whenever he throws it and he some success with Floyd because of it, but not a whole lot. Not enough.


Shane doesn't have that. His jab is more of a flick than anything, and he squares up alot when he comes forward. And his rhythm is easily disrupted when he's shown a jab or movement.


Shane would try to rough him up and because he's stronger he'd have some success but it wouldn't be enough. He'd have a hard time landing cleanly on a CONSISTENT basis and Floyd would land accurate counters on him all night.

[Keith]

The styles are different. Oscar has a solid jab whenever he throws it and he some success with Floyd because of it, but not a whole lot. Not enough.


Shane doesn't have that. His jab is more of a flick than anything, and he squares up alot when he comes forward. And his rhythm is easily disrupted when he's shown a jab or movement.


Shane would try to rough him up and because he's stronger he'd have some success but it wouldn't be enough. He'd have a hard time landing cleanly on a CONSISTENT basis and Floyd would land accurate counters on him all night.

You could say the same about Shane. He has a solid jab when he wants to use it. He used it against Margs and Collazo pretty well.