Thread: Hypothetical: Mosley vs Marquez @ 147. Who wins?

Hi all, this will be my first thread and Im not sure if there has been topics about the same. I like boxing but I do not really know much about it... Tyson used to be my favorite just because of the Punch-out game on NES. Yes, I know I'm old, LOL. So this is just some sort of a poll minus the voting part... I just wanna know opinions. Thanks.

Mosley vs Marquez at 147, IMO, will be a KO win for Shane.... or at worst, a better than average UD.

Firstly, it is hard for me to envision Juan Manuel Marquez competetive at that weight, let alone going up against a very accomplished and a future HOF'er in Shane Mosley.

Secondly, JMM having little or no big weapons to keep Mosley "concerned", gunshy, nor at bay, will find the going against him too rough. Against Shane physically the larger and stronger man, the fight can surely turn into a toe to toe affair... hard to imagine Juan looking good in those. Add to that, recent developments have had Juan Manuel taking longer to get going in his last few outings and visibly, he easily gets bruised or damaged, a surefire sign of a fighter getting slowed down by father time.

Lastly, I believe his style of a "countering maestro", when pitted against a larger man, being under powered, will surely be less effective. In this scenario... it'd look more like Juan Manuel countering for safety than him countering by strategy. Winning rounds for JMM will be hard to come by.

Being smaller too forces him susceptible to over-reach at times, this renders him more off balanced on exchanges more than normally he would against a fighter his size. These unnatural fight for distance are the times when Juan had found himself dropped on more than a few occassions.

Shane has not lost that much quickness to be noticeably slower than JMM on exchanges nor in countering.

In summary, JMM's best weapons stylistically will not scare nor pose problems for Shane Mosley, and if so, I see a lot of harm coming JMM's way.

So, IMHO, Shane over JMM via stoppage or domination!

marquez is too small and doesnt carry the power & overall speed to gain mosleys respect imo

It seems its not interesteing @ 147? You guys think it will be the same @ 140?

I'm assuming your asking this question in present time.

JMM has never weighed in at 147 so I really couldn't tell you.
If I had to pick a winner I'd say SSM.

At 140 I'd favor JMM.
For starters I think the weight drop would effect SSM in a negative way.
Similar to when ODLH dropped to 147 to fight Pac just not natural and it would be too much. SSM hasn't weighed in at 140 in 11 years.
On top of that because I think SSM has completely lost it now.
His hands and feet just don't respond anymore.
I think with the right opponent he can score a win but as far as beating a current top 10 p4p fighter within his range of weight I don't see that happening.

Possible opponents whom I think SSM can beat.
Mike Jones
Luis Abregu
Isaac Hlatshwayo
Cornelius Bundrage
JCC Jr.
Carlos Quintana
Joel Julio

Mosley has enough in the tank to beat JMM IMO.


He should fight Berto Immediately.

How about SSM vs. Ortiz...

I don't know. But it'll be a mega-event that's for sure.