Prime Mosley - Prime Cotto

[Tam Seddon]

Who would win

[ruthless rocco]

mosely destroys cotto. too much hand speed with too much power.

[FinitoElDinamita]

I would say Cotto.. Mosley was never the brightest fighter out there as he wasn't capable of making adjustments, had no plan B, got frustrated etc...

He looked good in the first Oscar fight ... what else did he ever do?

Cotto beats any version of mosley..

[bzkfn]

Are we really saying Mosley was well past his prime when he fought Cotto? Considering what Mosley did to Margo afterwards I would say Mosley was still prime when they fought.

[erics44]

Are we really saying Mosley was well past his prime when he fought Cotto? Considering what Mosley did to Margo afterwards I would say Mosley was still prime when they fought.

i agree with this, margo was one of his best wins

having said that mosley could well be cottos best win

[FinitoElDinamita]

It's kind of tricky to determine when Mosley's prime ended because he turned into a different fighter as he moved up in weight. One might argue that he fell in love with his power and started throwing one punch at a time but some could say that he changed his style because he lost a step due to age.

I think he was past his prime against Cotto but was still a formidable opponent.. A good win for cotto regardless.

And regarding Margarito.. Margo couldn't have been all there mentally after getting caught up and i believe he was tailor made for Mosley..

[g3org3]

A prime juiced up Mosley wins pretty easy

[jon09]

On steroids Mosley. Without Cotto

[bradlee180]

Considering what Mosley did to Margo afterwards I would say Mosley was still prime when they fought.

No he wasn't.

When a top guy ain't what he used to be, there's a saying that all Great fighters have one last Great fight in them, and for a past it Mosely, the Margarito fight was his.
For $#!t's sake, before Margarito, Mosely was clearly outboxed by Mayorga until scoring the hail mary KO right near the final bell. Outboxed by Ricardo Mayorga, for $#!t's sake!!! Mosley was a bit past it when he fought Cotto.

[beenKOed]

Mosley wins.

[Ron Swanson]

mosely destroys cotto. too much hand speed with too much power.

Haha, every time Shane said he was going to win because he's fast and he hits hard I knew he would lose. I can't fathom how someone can be in the sport his entire life, be able to mimmick every style, and still have no clue how the sport works. Shane is impressively dumb.

[J_Undisputed]

Prime for prime, Mosely was a bit refined for Cotto. Cotto would have to make it a dirty fight to stand a chance. Moselys done well over his career, but Vernon exposed jack moselys "power boxing" schtick for what it was. A shallow boxer/ puncher game plan that exposes the fighter to counters and has no plan for fighting off the back foot. Vernon always had moselys number too.

Shanes loses focus and has these mental blocks since those fights too. If you want him go life and death with someone. He gets this like tick where hes constantly trying to make friends (touching gloves, complaining to the ref) and he's not hearing his corners instructions because hes panicking inside and wishing he was somewhere else. He's already giving up mentally.

The question in can cotto put mosely in that that state. I personally dont feel cotto makes enough use of the jab and timing to panic mosely and gets cut up coming forward. Cotto takes a good punch but I see him getting cut to ribbons as he stalks mosely and tries to cut off the ring. He'll get tied up before he can do much damage on the inside. I think it might time more than one of those infamous cotto cup shots to put shane in panic mode, but who knows.

[Scott22]

Cotto is one of my favorite fighters. But he caught Mosley at just the right time in his career. I think the Mosley who beat Oscar in there first fight beats Cotto.

[Master]

Mosley at lightweight was awesome and if he fought a prime Cotto at light-welter he would have beat him in a classic. Shane was the better welterweight and light middle too.

[zhubin]

I am not going into how great Shane was or wasn't...but there is absolutely no way Mosley was still in his prime when he fought Cotto or Margo. He still gave Cotto a very tough fight. As some others have mentioned...his prime was without question when he dominated lightweight (the only exception was his performance going up against Oscar...but the drug cloud hangs over that).