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[Imperius3]

It was just announced on FNF that Mayweather-Mosley is a done deal!

It's ON!!!


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[Mean Mister Must...]

Mayweather might not hit as hard as Cotto but his speed creates momentum and he is also much more accurate, which means he will be landing more often than Cotto was and thus be able to keep Mosley honest.

Very good fight for Mayweather to be taking and yes, Mosley is old but the majority of people here were picking him to destroy Berto so that means they still hold him in high regard.

[MarzB]

Mayweather might not hit as hard as Cotto but his speed creates momentum and he is also much more accurate, which means he will be landing more often than Cotto was and thus be able to keep Mosley honest.

Very good fight for Mayweather to be taking and yes, Mosley is old but the majority of people here were picking him to destroy Berto so that means they still hold him in high regard.

My take on the fight is this. There's a youtube interview of Bro Nazim. Here let me find it. Damn I can't find it but in the video he discussed this match up. He mentioned and I'll expound on it that it's going to be more of a boxing match because Floyd eats up overly aggressive fighters. He loves that.

Mosley is NOT a dumb fighter so he's definitely NOT going to recklessly attack Mayweather which would be his undoing completely. Mayweather is the better boxer and has the better defense by far. Most importantly, Mosley is often times too flat footed and should Floyd tease him with his jab, his rhythm and timing can be upsetted.

That said if I were Nazim, I'd work relentlessly on feints and draws because as good as Mayweather is, it's those little things that can throw him off but you have to be determined to stick with that. Which leads to my intangible, MENTAL/EMOTIONAL edge. Plenty of the "HATE FACTION" despise Mayweather primarily for his outside the ring antics. Which is funny to me because the dude is rock solid concentration wise in the ring. That said can ANYONE name me one time where you've seen Mayweather mentally shaken, rattled or bothered?? I know the answer "he's never been in there with anybody". Whatever to that.

On the other hand, Shane has often times as good as he is displayed visible frustration, poor body language, and just flat out frustration. Thats not something unless addressed (hint hint hint Mosley, Bro Nazim) that can be easily corrected and it does affect your performance.

Mayweather will be the favorite and if he gets cocky, takes Shane lightly or takes the approach of some bullschit about Shane being a "sparring partner" (which I'm certain he will say in the 24/7). Guess what, HE LOSES! But Roger is way too smart (the ONLY person I know of that CLEARLY and definitively called Shane's result over Margarito) to not prepare for that with his nephew.

One last thing outside of the footwork, Shane is bothered by a good jab and one thing I hate about Floyd that I also think is very unique with his "boxer" style is that he doesn't use the jab enough. Unless he HAS TO and he did in the Marquez fight (I know Marquez was a flyweight, bantam, blah, blah) . Shane is the only person IMO in the welterweight division that can force Floyd to fight outside of himself which is what folks want to see.