Quote Originally Posted by Rican
Quote Originally Posted by Body Puncher
I can not blame him. After the career he has had fighting Kermit Cintron or Paul Williams would be a step down at this point in time. Williams and Cintron are both very good fighters it is just Mosley would add nothing to his resume by beating either one, both of those fighters are still searching elite status.
You make an excellent point. To add to that, Mosley is looking for that one big payday and only Mayweather will get that for him. Thus, it is very important that Shane defeats Cotto and I am sure the possible payday with Floyd is giving him all the motivation he needs to do so. However, if Shane loses to Cotto, he can still make some money by fighting Cintron or Williams. And not only that, those fighters, in my opinion, defeat Shane if he ever got in the ring with them. Remember, they are both tall and strong, two qualities that Shane has problems with (see Forest and Winky Wright fights).

Your point is good as well. If he does lose to Cotto and it is possible a fight with Cintron or Williams would stil be there if he wanted it. I disagree about Cintron being a real problem for him, I do think Williams would be the bigger problem due to the height and reach like you stated he has had trouble with in the past. On the other hand Williams who throws a lot of punches may not adjust if Shane sets the pace? It is one of those we have to see situations, most of it in my opinion would depend on Shanes desire to win one more belt?