Mosley has something in common with Sugar Ray Leonard that I just thought of. In the early part of Mosley's career he used great speed both with his hands and on his feet, and rarely fought on the inside, often preferring to clinch or turn an opponent and get back to outside boxing. Leonard was quite similar in his early years although he was a bit bigger. As Leonard got older and slowed down he gradually began to fight more on the inside, and threw the best body shots that I ever saw him use in his loss to Terry Norris. In Leonard's case, it was rather a shame that he only began to really set down on his punches when he was over the hill, but in Mosley's case he seems to be still in his prime. Mosley surprised me a lot by how he fought De La Hoya, moving forward and forcing the fight on both occasions. This was a total change from his earlier years. I missed his fight with Fernando Vargas but I'm guessing that he stood his ground quite a bit and didn't do a lot of holding.

Anyway, I don't think that Mosley is past his prime quite yet. His losses to Forrest were more a case of a limitation being exposed rather than being over the hill. Mosley just didn't match up well with a taller outside boxer with a big right hand.