Current Mosley V Margarito

Hopefully the Poll worked. Who do you think wins and why.

Everytime a new man of the moment comes along, the debate begins about who could beat him. Read on some articles which suggest Shane is the guy to do it. IMO Margarito wears him down and stops him late (this version of Shane), SM looked desperately tired and there for the taking in the mid rounds against Cotto, and a more relentless approach may have finished the job.

Margarito can be outboxed, but IMO Shane isn't the guy to do it, he seems to be standing down on his punches a little more recentlky as his speed is leaving him, but power is the one way not to beat Marg.

I'm very defensive of my Shane, but he's well past his prime.

I think he could eke out a decision against Margarito, but it would end him.

I've always been a fan of Moseley, and feel the 2001 version would be able to decision Marg, but I doubt his competitiveness nowadays.

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Originally Posted by Bomp

I've always been a fan of Moseley, and feel the 2001 version would be able to decision Marg, but I doubt his competitiveness nowadays.

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Its incredibly hard to really judge, my head says no way; Mosley would tire himself out trying to keep Margarito at bay, but my heart says he's been an underdog his entire career and he'll never be stopped.

It's what I'd be worried about, Mosely stopped, I'd like to see him finish his career on his feet.

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Originally Posted by Bomp

It's what I'd be worried about, Mosely stopped, I'd like to see him finish his career on his feet.

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I genuinely feel that Mosley will never be stopped by anyone south of 160.
I truely believe that

Doubt Mosley will be in a hurry to make this fight.

It seems a bit cruel for an old boy to face someone as fiercely relentless as Margarito. Would be a bad fight for Mosley at this stage.
He quits (corner stops him on the stool) late-ish.

heart says sugar shane
head says marg

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Originally Posted by hattonthehammer

heart says sugar shane
head says marg

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Same.

I could say that this fight we would see Experience , speed , technical boxing and stronger vs younger and stronger with lot of Stamina , i really would like to go with Margaro , but IMO Mosley by his experience could handle in how to decrease Margaros Stamina through the fight........

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Originally Posted by hitmandonny

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Originally Posted by Bomp

It's what I'd be worried about, Mosely stopped, I'd like to see him finish his career on his feet.

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I genuinely feel that Mosley will never be stopped by anyone south of 160.
I truely believe that

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When I say stopped Ireckon out of exhaustion rather than his chin giving up, can't get over how tired he looked at some points in the Cotto fight, and Tony wouldn'tm give him a breather.

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Originally Posted by hitmandonny

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Originally Posted by Bomp

It's what I'd be worried about, Mosely stopped, I'd like to see him finish his career on his feet.

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I genuinely feel that Mosley will never be stopped by anyone south of 160.
I truely believe that

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When I say stopped Ireckon out of exhaustion rather than his chin giving up, can't get over how tired he looked at some points in the Cotto fight, and Tony wouldn'tm give him a breather.

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That is true, but with his expierience and movement I think he could scrape by if he got in trouble.

We might see this fight.

Outta sheer blind faith, i voted Mosley.

Nice to see im with the majority :cool:

Shane wouldnt get stopped IMO Im pretty certain of that but keeping Tony off and doing enough to win is a big ask at this stage. Obvioulsy a 2001 Shane completely skools Tony in a mismatch but now they are much more evenly matched.

Shane Mosley has always been strong in the later rounds of a fight even against Miguel Cotto he swept the last 2 rounds........

But im really not sure about this fight Shane Mosley is a bit too much of warrior at times and he never has been a pure boxer he has always been boxer/puncher.........

Even in Shane Mosley's greatest performances he has never been able to sustain just boxing for the full 12 rounds...........

And theres also another problem Shane Mosley does get discouraged easily just look at his fights with Ronald "Winky" Wright and Vernon Forrest..........

And Antonio Margarito is possibly the most discouraging boxer to fight in current boxing i just can't see Shane Mosley winning this he doesn't hit as hard as Miguel Cotto and his speed as diminished and so has his footwork i see Shane Mosley getting stopped for the first time in his career late on.

Mosley has way too good of a chin, and ability to take body shots for Margarito to stop him, but like we've seen in Calzaghe-Hopkins, Pavlik-Taylor II the person who throws more punches in a close fight usually gets the nod.

I personally saw Mosley walk through just as hard if not harder Cotto punches than Margarito did. Their chin is on the same level.

Margarito would kick Shane's ass! He would give him the first k.o. of his career. Sugar is a shell of what he use to be. Against Cotto he was fighting like someone who was afraid to get hit, and he couldn't handle the constant pressure. So just imagine if he was to fight an animal like Margarito. Shane just don't have it anymore and he needs to just retire before he ends up getting hurt.

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Originally Posted by straight down the pike

Margarito would kick Shane's ass! He would give him the first k.o. of his career. Sugar is a shell of what he use to be. Against Cotto he was fighting like someone who was afraid to get hit, and he couldn't handle the constant pressure. So just imagine if he was to fight an animal like Margarito. Shane just don't have it anymore and he needs to just retire before he ends up getting hurt.

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Shane was the one putting on the pressure???

Cotto was forced onto the backfoot by Shane.

now that mosley isnt in his prime its 50/50 for me just like the voting poll lol

i think it would be close but Margarito would win on workrate.

It's funny how little respect Shane gets from some people for his performance against Cotto. The 36 year "old man" nearly won that fight (i personally had it a draw) against the younger champion. Shane was far from his best that night...his speed had noticably declined...but Shane should his great heart and conditioning. A prime Shane would box circles around Tony...Mosley was much faster and better conditioned in his prime than Cotto. That being said...the Shane of today could be in trouble against Tony. He doesn't have the speed to outslick him...and he definitely doesn't have the power to hurt him. But I still think Shane's great heart, conditioning, and skill would still make it a competitive and exciting fight. But i think Tony's relentless energy and granite chin would prove too much for him.

I'll go for a mosely split decision victory.
like others have said I would think Mosely is too experienced to get taken to the corners and worked on, I would think he would find a way out and pump that jab til the end.

I also have not seen that many Margarito fights, does he always fight like the Cotto fight? was that the best performance of his career? and can he pull out a effort like that again?

Mosely could win this he's not going to box like Cotto he'd be fighting Margo in the pocket thus making Margo ineffective; no way this ends in a TKO Margo may out work him whilst not landing anything meaningful.

I would go for mosley SD12 on movement and speed.