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Look i like Berto and i agree with Teath think he is something special. I dont agree with what you say about Mosley though he was pound for pound number one at one point by ring mag at least and be many others. He was unbeatable in my eyes at LW kinda like Roy Jones Jr was at SWM. But unlike Roy i thought Sugar Shane Mosley has fought harder competion.
Are you kidding me ? Shane Mosley's opposition at Lightweight was weak.
Kind of like Roy's was at LHW? Agreed that Shane was best at LW, and it was a relatively weak era. Roy was best at SMW, but he moved up anyway to a safer division. Every notice that that other than James Toney, Roy mostly managed (by luck or by pricing himself) out to avoid the biggest fights out there? It's sad, because he would have beaten Benn or Eubank, but they would have been real challenges and we never got to see it. Too bad Michael Nunn was an idiot and Steve Little had the night of his life. Hmmm. A tall southpaw who can punch...it still upsets me that fight never happened.

Shane moved up in weight to fight bigger names for bigger money and bigger challenge. He was also a true champion and defended belts in high risk fights - Forrest and more significantly, Winky Wright. Fighting Wright was a terrible business decision. At that time, he was coming off beating Oscar and he could have done what people do today, vacate the belts and made a bigger, safer fight. Taking his career as a whole, Shane took more risks and fought better competition.