Quote Originally Posted by greynotsoold
I've been seeing Moseley work out and fight since he was 9 years old- we grew up in the same area, though I'm a decade older. I always thought he was special, as did everybody around him. There was no mistaking it. As a lightweight he was incredible; he fought like a fighter from the 1930s or 1940s, the way he bobbed and weaved and worked the body as he went. But that changed once he moved up.
Yeah, he had flashes of his ability in the Rivera, Taylor, Wise and Diaz fights. But his 'greatness' was built on beating up guys that he had overmatched, size-wise or ability wise. When he fought DLH in the first fight, they fought like they were afraid. Great fighters don't fight that way. In their second fight his body punches had DLH ready to fold yet he failed to pursue his advantage. He didn't fight to win against Forrest, he accepted surviving. Same against Winky Wright. Against Vargas, well, blind pigs find acorns. Against Collazzo...
I would love to see him beat Cotto but I don't know. Shane doesn't committ with punches anymore- he slaps with them, the legacy of John David Jackson training him. He flashes a decent right but that vicious hook is dead and gone, except for the pot-shot against Vargas. But, like I said, blind pigs...
Watch Shane's lightweight fights to see how good he was. And I think his fight against Holiday was brilliant. He won 10 of 12 against a guy that was considered the best LW at that point and made him throw 60 punches a round instead of his normal 140. That to me is brilliant. He totally took a capable world champ opponent foe out of his game and won virtually every round.
I didn't think in the Mosley vs Oscar 1 fight they fought like they were scared they fought a great fight it was fantastic prize fight.