Mayweather vs Mosley at Lightweight

[GAME]

Mosley

He was untouchable at lightweight but Floyd got beat by Castillo IMO whos just a limited Mexican . It would be a good fight but Mosley has better speed and power.

You can't state somebody was untouchable at a weight, nor can you compare how Mayweather against somebody like Castillo with somebody like Mosley, they are totally different opponents. Also Mayweather didn't get beat by Castillo, and he tore his left rotator cuff going into the fight so thats still a bad example. Mosley has better combination speed, but for pot shot type speed MAyweather is easily as fast as Mosley, and clearly has quicker feet.

Well to me Mosley looks more impressive as a lightweight.. He dominated a prime Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd had a close fight fight with the washed up version and some people thought he lost .

[ICB]

Mosley

He was untouchable at lightweight but Floyd got beat by Castillo IMO whos just a limited Mexican . It would be a good fight but Mosley has better speed and power.

You can't state somebody was untouchable at a weight, nor can you compare how Mayweather against somebody like Castillo with somebody like Mosley, they are totally different opponents. Also Mayweather didn't get beat by Castillo, and he tore his left rotator cuff going into the fight so thats still a bad example. Mosley has better combination speed, but for pot shot type speed MAyweather is easily as fast as Mosley, and clearly has quicker feet.

Well to me Mosley looks more impressive as a lightweight.. He dominated a prime Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd had a close fight fight with the washed up version and some people thought he lost .

ODLH vs Mosley 1 was at Welterweight so i don't see the comparison ?? and ODLH vs Mosley 1 was hardly blow out i had Mosley winning by 3 rounds and i had Mayweather winning the ODLH fight by 3 rounds, and lets not forget Mosley's gift in the rematch which he should of lost.

[HattonTheHammer]

Mayweather - far more convincingly than he ever would at 147

Mosley has always been the kind of fighter who likes to plant his feet and stand and trade with his opponent.

At 135 PBF would just dance a merry jig round him all night long.


At 147 i honestly believe SSM has it in him to give floyd big problems.

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You can't state somebody was untouchable at a weight, nor can you compare how Mayweather against somebody like Castillo with somebody like Mosley, they are totally different opponents. Also Mayweather didn't get beat by Castillo, and he tore his left rotator cuff going into the fight so thats still a bad example. Mosley has better combination speed, but for pot shot type speed MAyweather is easily as fast as Mosley, and clearly has quicker feet.

Well to me Mosley looks more impressive as a lightweight.. He dominated a prime Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd had a close fight fight with the washed up version and some people thought he lost .

ODLH vs Mosley 1 was at Welterweight so i don't see the comparison ?? and ODLH vs Mosley 1 was hardly blow out i had Mosley winning by 3 rounds and i had Mayweather winning the ODLH fight by 3 rounds, and lets not forget Mosley's gift in the rematch which he should of lost.

Well many people thought Floyd was lucky to get the decision over a washed up De La Hoya but nobody disputes Mosley beat a prime oscar at welter .

[Majesty]

Well to me Mosley looks more impressive as a lightweight.. He dominated a prime Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd had a close fight fight with the washed up version and some people thought he lost .

ODLH vs Mosley 1 was at Welterweight so i don't see the comparison ?? and ODLH vs Mosley 1 was hardly blow out i had Mosley winning by 3 rounds and i had Mayweather winning the ODLH fight by 3 rounds, and lets not forget Mosley's gift in the rematch which he should of lost.

Well many people thought Floyd was lucky to get the decision over a washed up De La Hoya but nobody disputes Mosley beat a prime oscar at welter .

Who thought Oscar beat Floyd?

Because as far as I know the only person who felt Oscar won that fight wasthe one judge who scored it for him and the people who haven't seen the fight.

No one who has truly watched that fight would think that Mayweather lost the fight with Oscar. He was also moving up to Oscar's weight for that fight too just like Shane did.



Anyway I saw Shane against a guy named Phillip Holiday or something like that.

And I think Mayweather had a chance against a Mosley at 135

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Well to me Mosley looks more impressive as a lightweight.. He dominated a prime Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd had a close fight fight with the washed up version and some people thought he lost .

ODLH vs Mosley 1 was at Welterweight so i don't see the comparison ?? and ODLH vs Mosley 1 was hardly blow out i had Mosley winning by 3 rounds and i had Mayweather winning the ODLH fight by 3 rounds, and lets not forget Mosley's gift in the rematch which he should of lost.

Well many people thought Floyd was lucky to get the decision over a washed up De La Hoya but nobody disputes Mosley beat a prime oscar at welter .

I've only seen a very small percantage of people who thought ODLH won and thats probably because they didn't observe the fight properly because if you watch the fight closely Mayweather is the clear winner, Mosley vs ODLH 1 was more of a brawl and it was much more exciting so yes of course it was a better performance from Mosley, but remember Mayweather was moving up to a weight class he had never fought at before. Plus ODLH had 1 stone advantage over Mayweather so it was pretty impressive win for Mayweather taking all that into consideration, and like i said GAME its no secret that the 2nd ODLH vs Mosley fight was a gift for Mosley.

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ODLH vs Mosley 1 was at Welterweight so i don't see the comparison ?? and ODLH vs Mosley 1 was hardly blow out i had Mosley winning by 3 rounds and i had Mayweather winning the ODLH fight by 3 rounds, and lets not forget Mosley's gift in the rematch which he should of lost.

Well many people thought Floyd was lucky to get the decision over a washed up De La Hoya but nobody disputes Mosley beat a prime oscar at welter .

I've only seen a very small percantage of people who thought ODLH won and thats probably because they didn't observe the fight properly because if you watch the fight closely Mayweather is the clear winner, Mosley vs ODLH 1 was more of a brawl and it was much more exciting so yes of course it was a better performance from Mosley, but remember Mayweather was moving up to a weight class he had never fought at before. Plus ODLH had 1 stone advantage over Mayweather so it was pretty impressive win for Mayweather taking all that into consideration, and like i said GAME its no secret that the 2nd ODLH vs Mosley fight was a gift for Mosley.

Well the people in the arena that night disagreed with the decision. The experts in the studio disagreed with the decision and when the media did a poll amoungst pundits in teh game alot went for Oscar . So I think that could be described as "split " Im not saying I saw it that way but alot of people did .

Any opinions are like assholes . Weve all gotta have one and thats mine .

[Majesty]

Well many people thought Floyd was lucky to get the decision over a washed up De La Hoya but nobody disputes Mosley beat a prime oscar at welter .

I've only seen a very small percantage of people who thought ODLH won and thats probably because they didn't observe the fight properly because if you watch the fight closely Mayweather is the clear winner, Mosley vs ODLH 1 was more of a brawl and it was much more exciting so yes of course it was a better performance from Mosley, but remember Mayweather was moving up to a weight class he had never fought at before. Plus ODLH had 1 stone advantage over Mayweather so it was pretty impressive win for Mayweather taking all that into consideration, and like i said GAME its no secret that the 2nd ODLH vs Mosley fight was a gift for Mosley.

Well the people in the arena that night disagreed with the decision. The experts in the studio disagreed with the decision and when the media did a poll amoungst pundits in teh game alot went for Oscar . So I think that could be described as "split " Im not saying I saw it that way but alot of people did .

Any opinions are like assholes . Weve all gotta have one and thats mine .

What experts in what studio thought that Oscar won?

[the wiz]

I was always very upset this fight never happened. Would of been one of the greatest ever.

[Spicoli]

I believe we never saw the peak Mosley at lightweight.....I'd take him over Mayweather at lightweight on tight inside speed alone...

[C-Lo]

I am reall ynot sure , i always thought Mosley was unbeatable at LW , but for what Mayweather has gone on and achived im not so sure.
im gunna fence sit this one

DRAW 12

I immediately thought the same thing as soon as I read the title to the thread.

Mayweather - far more convincingly than he ever would at 147

Mosley has always been the kind of fighter who likes to plant his feet and stand and trade with his opponent.

At 135 PBF would just dance a merry jig round him all night long.


At 147 i honestly believe SSM has it in him to give floyd big problems.

I think it would be the other way around.

At 147 I feel Floyd would beat Mosley, but I agree with you that Floyd would have problems with him. Floyd would win a close UD.

At 135 Mosley was a BEAST! Floyd would've sat back and pot shot Mosley. Unfortunately, Mosley's speed would prevent Floyd from doing that at will and he would throw more than enough punches to prevent Floyd from countering. Shane would win at 135 with a UD.

I've only seen a very small percantage of people who thought ODLH won and thats probably because they didn't observe the fight properly because if you watch the fight closely Mayweather is the clear winner, Mosley vs ODLH 1 was more of a brawl and it was much more exciting so yes of course it was a better performance from Mosley, but remember Mayweather was moving up to a weight class he had never fought at before. Plus ODLH had 1 stone advantage over Mayweather so it was pretty impressive win for Mayweather taking all that into consideration, and like i said GAME its no secret that the 2nd ODLH vs Mosley fight was a gift for Mosley.

Well the people in the arena that night disagreed with the decision. The experts in the studio disagreed with the decision and when the media did a poll amoungst pundits in teh game alot went for Oscar . So I think that could be described as "split " Im not saying I saw it that way but alot of people did .

Any opinions are like assholes . Weve all gotta have one and thats mine .

What experts in what studio thought that Oscar won?

The only person I knew that had Oscar winning besides the one judge was my friend who worships the ground Oscar walks on! NO WAY did De La Hoya win the fight. I had him up by the 6th but after that point, Mayweather took over.

[zhubin]

This would have been a tremendous fight. Floyd is the better technical and defensive fighter. BUT...at 135 Shane was truly a monster. Shane was as fast, if not faster, than Floyd at that weight. And the power edge clearly goes to Mosley at that weight. As someone else has mentioned...Floyd would want to sit back, dance, and pot shot his way to a win. But Shane's tremendous speed and power at 135 would make that difficult. Sure, Floyd could use his superior jab and footwork to keep Shane at bay. But eventually....a fighter who possesses Shane's lightning fast speed and combos will get through...even against a great defense like Floyd's. And at 135...when Shane landed...fighters hit the canvas.

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I believe we never saw the peak Mosley at lightweight.....I'd take him over Mayweather at lightweight on tight inside speed alone...

...that's a scary thought.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Shane is a fighter I have always followed and supported unconditionally.

However, until recently I had only see most of his Lightweight fights once.
Upon rewatching his entire career its easy to lose appreciation of how good he was at lightweight when one sees his sucess at Welter and to a lesser extent Light Midleweight.

At Lightweight Shane was a dynamo, an endless source of energy that fired with power and aggression for as long as was necesary, along with great movement.
In his prime at Lightweight he can beat Mayweather.

At Lightweight Shane deserved the Sugar moniker.