Just curious...Oscar vs Mayweather...does Mosley fit the bill as a fill in?

[gyrokai]

YES. But I'm not saying that Oscar will win, or saying that he will win because of him.

I'm just saying...

There is no other fighter on the planet as athletic, intelligent, and fast a Sparring Partner Shane will make in preparing for Floyd.

Shane will make for GREAT preparation for a Floyd Mayweather.
Is he going to "be Floyd in the ring" ? ... No.

But there is no other fighter that can imitate him as well as Mosley.

[Majesty]

As much as people hate him Zab Judah is better in terms of what style Oscar would be facing if he wants to spar(if you turn him around to orthodox) but I doubt he'd train in Puerto Rico at this moment

[shza]

Mosley is not as fast as Floyd. And I also disagree with what everyone seems to be saying: "Mosley's not as fast, but he's the closest thing to Floyd in terms of speed. This should be rephrased: Mosley's the closest thing to Floyd in terms of speed who is available to spar right now. Zab is undoubtedly faster than Mosley -- from the opening rounds of the Zab/PBF fight, it's possible that Zab's slightly faster than Floyd at 147.

Of course, Zab's not available to spar -- and would probably be a terrible person to have in your camp for numerous obvious reasons.

[shza]

As much as people hate him Zab Judah is better in terms of what style Oscar would be facing if he wants to spar(if you turn him around to orthodox) but I doubt he'd train in Puerto Rico at this moment

Haha. CC. I hadn't seen your post yet when I posted mine.

[TheBESTP4P]

As much as people hate him Zab Judah is better in terms of what style Oscar would be facing if he wants to spar(if you turn him around to orthodox) but I doubt he'd train in Puerto Rico at this moment

what u talking about zab said it himself....that he has more PR fans than cotto does

[ono]

While i agree that Mosley is a good choice of sparring partner i also don't think any sparring partner is going to be able to replacate what De La Hoya is going to experience in the ring. Sparring partners that are just helping De La Hoya deal with speed are only good for him to a certain extent. Mayweather does use his speed and elusiveness but that isn't the only thing that De La Hoya has to worry about. Mayweather manages to hit his oncoming opponent with enough power to make him think twice about launching another attack. De La Hoya cannot replacate that in sparring without engaging in full on boxing, which is obviously not going to happen building up to a fight. The big factor i feel is wether or not De La Hoya can mentally cope with Mayweather. Does Oscar have that positive mentally that will stop him from being discouraged everytime he is pot shotted by Mayweather? This very thing happened to Diego Corrales when he fought Mayweather. He was frequently pot shotted but with enough power and accuracy to discourage him. I can just see that happening to De La Hoya and as the fight moves into the middle to latter rounds i think we will see Mayweather putting together powerful combinations with a confused De La Hoya following him around the ring. I can just see the hunger disappearing after about 4 or 5 rounds. Might be wrong and i don't want to discredit De La Hoya, but that's just what i see happening.

[zhubin]

While i agree that Mosley is a good choice of sparring partner i also don't think any sparring partner is going to be able to replacate what De La Hoya is going to experience in the ring. Sparring partners that are just helping De La Hoya deal with speed are only good for him to a certain extent. Mayweather does use his speed and elusiveness but that isn't the only thing that De La Hoya has to worry about. Mayweather manages to hit his oncoming opponent with enough power to make him think twice about launching another attack. De La Hoya cannot replacate that in sparring without engaging in full on boxing, which is obviously not going to happen building up to a fight. The big factor i feel is wether or not De La Hoya can mentally cope with Mayweather. Does Oscar have that positive mentally that will stop him from being discouraged everytime he is pot shotted by Mayweather? This very thing happened to Diego Corrales when he fought Mayweather. He was frequently pot shotted but with enough power and accuracy to discourage him. I can just see that happening to De La Hoya and as the fight moves into the middle to latter rounds i think we will see Mayweather putting together powerful combinations with a confused De La Hoya following him around the ring. I can just see the hunger disappearing after about 4 or 5 rounds. Might be wrong and i don't want to discredit De La Hoya, but that's just what i see happening.

De La Hoya is a much more skilled fighter than Corrales. This whole sparring partner discussion is ridiculous. Whether Shane can truly imitate Floyd or not is beside the point people! He is a world class fighter. How many people can have this caliber of a fighter as a sparring partner?! Will it help Oscar win the fight...maybe. It certainly wont hurt his chances.

[josef4334]

a lot of people here discredit odlh's achievements.when we talk about pbf vs odlh, all pbf's fans talk about him giving odlh a beating as if odlh just started boxing yesterday.but im tire of ranting about this.. come may 5th maybe ill shut up or pbf homers will.

[ono]

a lot of people here discredit odlh's achievements.when we talk about pbf vs odlh, all pbf's fans talk about him giving odlh a beating as if odlh just started boxing yesterday.but im tire of ranting about this.. come may 5th maybe ill shut up or pbf homers will.

I'm not a mayweather fan, i'm a ricky hatton fan. I like De La Hoya but he's going to get beaten up.

[eclectic]

Mosley is as close as available (I agree with whoever said that above). I think speed wise they are comparable, but PBF is quicker. And Shane definitely hits harder.

[gyrokai]

Judah is a southpaw, you ignorant fans. haha