Thread: Is Mosley too old to beat Floyd?

Just a straight up question guys, is Mosley too old to beat Floyd?

Heck, could a younger Mosley beat Floyd?

It's a good question. 18 months is a bloody long time to be out of the ring and to do it and be coming back at 38. I don't know why Mosley did that TBH. He could have had 3 more fights in that time

He might be too old to do it, but I also thought the same thing about the Margarito fight. Then like now, I am hoping that he can pull something special out the bag, but really it's anyones guess where Mosley is at right now. Fingers crossed.

Originally Posted by Themantonio

Just a straight up question guys, is Mosley too old to beat Floyd?

Yes

I don't think age has anything to do with it. Mayweather is a bad style matchup for Mosley in general/

Originally Posted by miles

It's a good question. 18 months is a bloody long time to be out of the ring and to do it and be coming back at 38. I don't know why Mosley did that TBH. He could have had 3 more fights in that time

He might be too old to do it, but I also thought the same thing about the Margarito fight. Then like now, I am hoping that he can pull something special out the bag, but really it's anyones guess where Mosley is at right now. Fingers crossed.

he's at the botox clinic topping up.

Well, it depends if he beats him or not

At this point yes I think Mosley is too old for Mayweather. A younger, fresher Mosley I think takes Mayweather to school by simply landing way more combinations. Hell he would probably stop him back then. Now it is too little too late and Mayweather knows that. That's why he has taken this fight.

Mosley has some great ring smarts that will help him a lot against Floyd, he can adjust very well. That being said his age is likely going to catch up with him and be the difference.

Was Hopkins to old to beat Tito, De La Hoya and Pavlik?

After the performance against Margarito, Mosley showed that he is taking care of himself and is dedicated to the gym and studying his opponents. I guess he should be close to the end of his career, but my guess is that he should be in a good shape.

I've been watching a lot of MOsley lately and I honestly don't think he's slowed down very much. Maybe against bigger guys where he is trying to put more mustard on his punches he looks slower and doesn't throw combinations the same way(like against Vargas I or Mayorga), but you watch him against Collazo or Margario or Vargas II and he still looks almost the same speed as when he was in his prime.

The biggest problem IMO for Mosley is his style. I just don't think in his progression as a fighter he ever needed to develop a jab, and its so hard to beat movement or bigger guys without a jab and/or movement. Shane was way too strong and fast for anyone in the lightweight division and for almost anyone at WW, but we've seen him have problems with guys who box well on the outside and who nurf his offensive by being quick enough to react to his hooks coming in.

not for me

This will be a 12round chess match, had he of fought berto he would of up against a far younger and fitter guy who would of wanted to trade whenever possible.

Floyd wont do that, mosley is fast enough to deal with floyds counter left something that particularly bothered marquez last time out, the power will be with shane and i fully expect a very close tough encounter

By heart, anobody has the tales from the tape from both guy (excluding weight for the moment, of course) ? I am especially curious about the reach difference.

Mayweather is 5'8 has a 72" inch reach with 26" arms
Mosley is 5'9 has a 74" inch reach with 25" arms

I think it will depend on how much of a lost he gets from Floyd. If Mosley loses by a close decision, then he will still be "old". If he loses by domination, then he is "very old". If he gets knocked out after a domination, then he is "very, very old" and "has no business fighting with Mayweather."

But if Shane wins, they'll still say that he's "old" and that Floyd got beaten by an "old man".

Originally Posted by Taeth

Mayweather is 5'8 has a 72" inch reach with 26" arms
Mosley is 5'9 has a 74" inch reach with 25" arms

Ok, so Basically Shane has a 2 inches advantage over Mayweather as for the reach... if he jabs damn well, I think he can pull it out, especially after the DLH-Mayweather fight where Oscar did cause him load of troubles while he used his jab... and left it down in the meantime.