Cotto wrote the plan...Shane executed.

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Originally Posted by OumaFan

I totally disagree, Mosley did some very important things that Cotto did not do.

Cotto spent too much time on the move, Mosley moved some but Cotto wasted a lot of energy by moving as much as he did. Instead Mosley after he got off his shots stayed there and tied up, that conserved energy compared to what Cotto did.

Also Mosley above all was determined to stay off the ropes, totally unlike Cotto. Margo is at his best when he traps you on the ropes.

Plus by not moving as much he was able to physically impose himself more (partly this was just cause he's physically stronger than Cotto and as it turns out Margo too) and gain respect, moving away from Margo constantly just gets his blood moving. He likes that.

Even in prefight interviews you could hear Shane talking about conserving energy, he did that by staying in the pocket and strategically holding instead of throwing punches and then moving, retreating to the ropes like Cotto did which wasted a lot of energy.

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Completely agree OumaFan , Mosley did what Cotto needs to do in his fight with Margaro fighting more inside , lower punches and less lateral movements ........................

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Originally Posted by Julius Rain

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Originally Posted by OnixAA

Well everyone on here knows I am a huge Margarito fan, this could have been Tony's coming out party, in a sense it was only the wrong this came out.

I had my company book a suite at the Staples center, just so I could witness this grand event first hand. we got there early to watch all the fights. Guerrero looks pretty impressive! 1st round KO. Mat Olevay (Russian fighter) looked really good.

From the opening bell for the main event something was wrong, Tony was not firing shots, he was moving to slow. I wrote it off and said well lets wait till the 6th, thats when he gets started. Although, I also noticed that he was taking big big shots, while he kept on smiling in the early parts of the fight the difference was that he wasnt going forward, he was getting stopped by the shots and was not firing back. Mosley didnt seem to be moving around alot so the chances of him tiring out didnt look too good.

When the end came I was stunned, while I had reserved a prediction on this fight because I knew that it could happen, Mosley is a great fighter with alot of experiance so I knew that could ultimately lead to a decision victory, the manner in which it happened is what left me feeling like crap. I had a feeling that Mosley would be tougher fight than Cotto, Cotto showed everyone what you have to do to beat Margarito and Mosley's experiance let him execute the plan flawlessly.

My disappointment was double when I got home, allegations of cheating. No excuse for Margarito. I can understand why after many years of obscurity he wanted to make sure he got the win against anyone who this happened against, but its still unexcusable. I take back every compliment about his punching power I ever made.

The only thing that I will never take away from Margarito is his heart. While cheating is a dispicable act, it was brought on by a misplaced determination to win, and no amount of plaster, cement, or iron that was placed in his gloves made any difference when it came to the shots he took on the chin by the likes of Cotto, Cintron, and now Mosley.

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i completely disagree, the way cotto and mosley fought tony are very different. Cotto back up and tried to stay away but mosley bullied the bull.

None credit goes to cotto at all this is all shane mosley. cotto's punches didn't hurt tony but shanes punches completely took him a apart.

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Hey Julius is Obvious , Margaro felt Mosley punches because he exhausted him , something that Cotto didn't do my friend...................;)

Looks like jin mosely cashed out just a little bit too soon lol !! Great execution by shane, plain brilliant, cotto had more of a hit and run approach shane pretty much outsmarted him all together.

Great gameplan and execution by Shane. I just wanted to see a good fight, but honestly I was surprised that he knocked him out.

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Originally Posted by SmeelMainly

Great gameplan and execution by Shane. I just wanted to see a good fight, but honestly I was surprised that he knocked him out.

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:lol: Smeelmainly...Love the name...one of my favorite parts in Rocky 2 when he was reading the que cards...Have some rep and welcome to the forum

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Originally Posted by DaxxKahn

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Originally Posted by SmeelMainly

Great gameplan and execution by Shane. I just wanted to see a good fight, but honestly I was surprised that he knocked him out.

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:lol: Smeelmainly...Love the name...one of my favorite parts in Rocky 2 when he was reading the que cards...Have some rep and welcome to the forum

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Thanks DaxxKahn! Definitely one of the funnier moments in the movie wasn't it ;D

If Cotto had the speed Shane does and worked the body a little bit more, maybe things would have been more competitive last time.

I wonder if Margarito trusted his chin more on this one. I would be more concerned about Cotto's power than Shane's. What a surprise. Shane inflicted more damage with less punches.

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Originally Posted by Chino

If Cotto had the speed Shane does and worked the body a little bit more, maybe things would have been more competitive last time.

I wonder if Margarito trusted his chin more on this one. I would be more concerned about Cotto's power than Shane's. What a surprise. Shane inflicted more damage with less punches.

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I think that is possible.....He seemed content on just allowing Mosley to hit him and offered no defence at times like it did not exist..

Not a smart move on Tony's behalf