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    Default Re: Still doubting Berto?

    Quote Originally Posted by ICB View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Mr140 View Post
    Look i like Berto and i agree with Teath think he is something special. I dont agree with what you say about Mosley though he was pound for pound number one at one point by ring mag at least and be many others. He was unbeatable in my eyes at LW kinda like Roy Jones Jr was at SWM. But unlike Roy i thought Sugar Shane Mosley has fought harder competion.
    Are you kidding me ? Shane Mosley's opposition at Lightweight was weak.
    Kind of like Roy's was at LHW? Agreed that Shane was best at LW, and it was a relatively weak era. Roy was best at SMW, but he moved up anyway to a safer division. Every notice that that other than James Toney, Roy mostly managed (by luck or by pricing himself) out to avoid the biggest fights out there? It's sad, because he would have beaten Benn or Eubank, but they would have been real challenges and we never got to see it. Too bad Michael Nunn was an idiot and Steve Little had the night of his life. Hmmm. A tall southpaw who can punch...it still upsets me that fight never happened.

    Shane moved up in weight to fight bigger names for bigger money and bigger challenge. He was also a true champion and defended belts in high risk fights - Forrest and more significantly, Winky Wright. Fighting Wright was a terrible business decision. At that time, he was coming off beating Oscar and he could have done what people do today, vacate the belts and made a bigger, safer fight. Taking his career as a whole, Shane took more risks and fought better competition.

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    Look i like Berto and i agree with Teath think he is something special. I dont agree with what you say about Mosley though he was pound for pound number one at one point by ring mag at least and be many others. He was unbeatable in my eyes at LW kinda like Roy Jones Jr was at SWM. But unlike Roy i thought Sugar Shane Mosley has fought harder competion.
    Are you kidding me ? Shane Mosley's opposition at Lightweight was weak.
    Kind of like Roy's was at LHW? Agreed that Shane was best at LW, and it was a relatively weak era. Roy was best at SMW, but he moved up anyway to a safer division. Every notice that that other than James Toney, Roy mostly managed (by luck or by pricing himself) out to avoid the biggest fights out there? It's sad, because he would have beaten Benn or Eubank, but they would have been real challenges and we never got to see it. Too bad Michael Nunn was an idiot and Steve Little had the night of his life. Hmmm. A tall southpaw who can punch...it still upsets me that fight never happened.

    Shane moved up in weight to fight bigger names for bigger money and bigger challenge. He was also a true champion and defended belts in high risk fights - Forrest and more significantly, Winky Wright. Fighting Wright was a terrible business decision. At that time, he was coming off beating Oscar and he could have done what people do today, vacate the belts and made a bigger, safer fight. Taking his career as a whole, Shane took more risks and fought better competition.
    Well Roy Jones did fight Montel Griffin x2, Mike McCallum, Virgil Hill, Antonio Tarver x3, Glen Johnson, Julio Cesar Gonzalez, Eric Harding, Reggie Johnson, all at Light Heavyweight which isn't bad at all. And certainly better than Shane Mosley's opposition at Lightweight John John Molina, Philip Holiday, Jesse James Leija, Golden Johnson.

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    Everyone laugh.....I think a peaking Stevie Johnston and Mosley at lightweight should have been made & would have been abit competitive,But yeah,Mosley takes it

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    Quote Originally Posted by ICB View Post
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    Are you kidding me ? Shane Mosley's opposition at Lightweight was weak.
    Kind of like Roy's was at LHW? Agreed that Shane was best at LW, and it was a relatively weak era. Roy was best at SMW, but he moved up anyway to a safer division. Every notice that that other than James Toney, Roy mostly managed (by luck or by pricing himself) out to avoid the biggest fights out there? It's sad, because he would have beaten Benn or Eubank, but they would have been real challenges and we never got to see it. Too bad Michael Nunn was an idiot and Steve Little had the night of his life. Hmmm. A tall southpaw who can punch...it still upsets me that fight never happened.

    Shane moved up in weight to fight bigger names for bigger money and bigger challenge. He was also a true champion and defended belts in high risk fights - Forrest and more significantly, Winky Wright. Fighting Wright was a terrible business decision. At that time, he was coming off beating Oscar and he could have done what people do today, vacate the belts and made a bigger, safer fight. Taking his career as a whole, Shane took more risks and fought better competition.
    Well Roy Jones did fight Montel Griffin x2, Mike McCallum, Virgil Hill, Antonio Tarver x3, Glen Johnson, Julio Cesar Gonzalez, Eric Harding, Reggie Johnson, all at Light Heavyweight which isn't bad at all. And certainly better than Shane Mosley's opposition at Lightweight John John Molina, Philip Holiday, Jesse James Leija, Golden Johnson.
    Past it Mike McCallum, a much smaller man. He should have fought Reggie Johnson 5 years before at SMW. No, the competition good, but not great, but factor in that Roy had fights at the lower weights against to, maybe three top tier fighters (Hopkins, Toney, and maybe Tate) vs what Shane has fought at the higher weights it wasn't even close.

    The bottom line is the Shane sought out THE BEST and made those fights happen. There was always an excuse, often financial or locational, why Roy didn't fight the BEST.

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    Berto is good very good in fact skill wise but his chin will let him down he will get KO'd vs Mosely,Margarito,Cotto,Cintron and Williams if he comes back down to Welterweight.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RozzySean View Post
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    Kind of like Roy's was at LHW? Agreed that Shane was best at LW, and it was a relatively weak era. Roy was best at SMW, but he moved up anyway to a safer division. Every notice that that other than James Toney, Roy mostly managed (by luck or by pricing himself) out to avoid the biggest fights out there? It's sad, because he would have beaten Benn or Eubank, but they would have been real challenges and we never got to see it. Too bad Michael Nunn was an idiot and Steve Little had the night of his life. Hmmm. A tall southpaw who can punch...it still upsets me that fight never happened.

    Shane moved up in weight to fight bigger names for bigger money and bigger challenge. He was also a true champion and defended belts in high risk fights - Forrest and more significantly, Winky Wright. Fighting Wright was a terrible business decision. At that time, he was coming off beating Oscar and he could have done what people do today, vacate the belts and made a bigger, safer fight. Taking his career as a whole, Shane took more risks and fought better competition.
    Well Roy Jones did fight Montel Griffin x2, Mike McCallum, Virgil Hill, Antonio Tarver x3, Glen Johnson, Julio Cesar Gonzalez, Eric Harding, Reggie Johnson, all at Light Heavyweight which isn't bad at all. And certainly better than Shane Mosley's opposition at Lightweight John John Molina, Philip Holiday, Jesse James Leija, Golden Johnson.
    Past it Mike McCallum, a much smaller man. He should have fought Reggie Johnson 5 years before at SMW. No, the competition good, but not great, but factor in that Roy had fights at the lower weights against to, maybe three top tier fighters (Hopkins, Toney, and maybe Tate) vs what Shane has fought at the higher weights it wasn't even close.

    The bottom line is the Shane sought out THE BEST and made those fights happen. There was always an excuse, often financial or locational, why Roy didn't fight the BEST.
    Never made out it was great competition but you brought up Roy Jones's Light Heavyweight resume so i gave you an example of Jones's opposition being much stronger than Mosley's resume at Lightweight, and even if you go overall Jones still wins it quite comfortably.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ICB View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by RozzySean View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by ICB View Post

    Well Roy Jones did fight Montel Griffin x2, Mike McCallum, Virgil Hill, Antonio Tarver x3, Glen Johnson, Julio Cesar Gonzalez, Eric Harding, Reggie Johnson, all at Light Heavyweight which isn't bad at all. And certainly better than Shane Mosley's opposition at Lightweight John John Molina, Philip Holiday, Jesse James Leija, Golden Johnson.
    Past it Mike McCallum, a much smaller man. He should have fought Reggie Johnson 5 years before at SMW. No, the competition good, but not great, but factor in that Roy had fights at the lower weights against to, maybe three top tier fighters (Hopkins, Toney, and maybe Tate) vs what Shane has fought at the higher weights it wasn't even close.

    The bottom line is the Shane sought out THE BEST and made those fights happen. There was always an excuse, often financial or locational, why Roy didn't fight the BEST.
    Never made out it was great competition but you brought up Roy Jones's Light Heavyweight resume so i gave you an example of Jones's opposition being much stronger than Mosley's resume at Lightweight, and even if you go overall Jones still wins it quite comfortably.
    No he doesn't. I gave you that Jones's LHW resume is better than Shane's LW, but you can't say he wins comfortably on a career, especially in light of his very close loss to Cotto and his whipping a much larger Mayorga. Jones beat up on a lot of B to B+ fighters, but he avoided the best. Shane fought the best. Funny, you give Shane no credit for the Leija win (because he was past it, you say), but you list Reggie Johnson (past his best) and Mike McCallum (past his best, above his natural weight) as pluses in Roy's favor.

    Above LW, Shane fought the following: Oscar 2x, Forrest 2x, Winky 2x, Vargas 2x, Collazo, Mayorga, Cotto, and behind that top group, Wilfredo Rivera and Shannon Taylor. If you are going to credit Jones with Reggie Johnson, you better credit Shane with Leija. Can you name a guy that makes you think, wow, I wish Shane would have found a way to make the fight happen!! He has always made great matchups. Jones digs up a retired Tito Trinidad, fights the one of the worst HW beltholders in recent memory, fights guys like McCallum and Reggie Johnson who are past their best. Wastes his time on a bum of the month club when he should have been rematching Toney or Hopkins, or making it happen against Benn, Eubank, or Calzaghe.

    I rank Jones above Mosley all-time, p4p, but Shane fought tougher competition, as a whole career. Roy is the better fighter, but Shane is the better man.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RozzySean View Post
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    Past it Mike McCallum, a much smaller man. He should have fought Reggie Johnson 5 years before at SMW. No, the competition good, but not great, but factor in that Roy had fights at the lower weights against to, maybe three top tier fighters (Hopkins, Toney, and maybe Tate) vs what Shane has fought at the higher weights it wasn't even close.

    The bottom line is the Shane sought out THE BEST and made those fights happen. There was always an excuse, often financial or locational, why Roy didn't fight the BEST.
    Never made out it was great competition but you brought up Roy Jones's Light Heavyweight resume so i gave you an example of Jones's opposition being much stronger than Mosley's resume at Lightweight, and even if you go overall Jones still wins it quite comfortably.
    No he doesn't. I gave you that Jones's LHW resume is better than Shane's LW, but you can't say he wins comfortably on a career, especially in light of his very close loss to Cotto and his whipping a much larger Mayorga. Jones beat up on a lot of B to B+ fighters, but he avoided the best. Shane fought the best. Funny, you give Shane no credit for the Leija win (because he was past it, you say), but you list Reggie Johnson (past his best) and Mike McCallum (past his best, above his natural weight) as pluses in Roy's favor.

    Above LW, Shane fought the following: Oscar 2x, Forrest 2x, Winky 2x, Vargas 2x, Collazo, Mayorga, Cotto, and behind that top group, Wilfredo Rivera and Shannon Taylor. If you are going to credit Jones with Reggie Johnson, you better credit Shane with Leija. Can you name a guy that makes you think, wow, I wish Shane would have found a way to make the fight happen!! He has always made great matchups. Jones digs up a retired Tito Trinidad, fights the one of the worst HW beltholders in recent memory, fights guys like McCallum and Reggie Johnson who are past their best. Wastes his time on a bum of the month club when he should have been rematching Toney or Hopkins, or making it happen against Benn, Eubank, or Calzaghe.

    I rank Jones above Mosley all-time, p4p, but Shane fought tougher competition, as a whole career. Roy is the better fighter, but Shane is the better man.
    I did give Shane Mosley credit for the Leija win bro thats why i listed him. As for who Shane Mosley could of fought.

    Well Stevie Johnston, Paul Spadaforda, Kostya Tszyu, Antonio Margarito, Felix Trinidad, are a few that come to mind.

    And if we are comparing the overall record are we just basing it on best wins, or the best fighters they fought ? i'll assume you meaning comparing just the best fighters they fought well in that case.

    Roy Jones

    Mike McCallum = shot
    Montel Griffin x2
    James Toney
    Bernard Hopkins
    Antonio Tarver x3
    Eric Harding
    Glen Johnson
    Virgil Hill
    Reggie Johnson = shot
    Felix Trinidad = shot

    Shane Mosley

    Winky Wright x2
    Vernon Forrest x2
    Ricardo Mayorga = shot
    ODLH x2
    Fernado Vargas x2 = shot
    John John Molina = shot
    Jesse James Leija = shot
    Philip Holiday
    Wilfredo Rivera = Unsure of but for certain past his prime.
    Miguel Cotto
    Luis Collazo

    To be honest i have to admit that is closer than i thought it would, actually looking at it as a whole like this, but i still think Jones edges it. Considering half Mosley's best opposition there were shot fighters.
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    Well you could say Hopkins was not prime and Toney was weigth drained.

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    Never made out it was great competition but you brought up Roy Jones's Light Heavyweight resume so i gave you an example of Jones's opposition being much stronger than Mosley's resume at Lightweight, and even if you go overall Jones still wins it quite comfortably.
    No he doesn't. I gave you that Jones's LHW resume is better than Shane's LW, but you can't say he wins comfortably on a career, especially in light of his very close loss to Cotto and his whipping a much larger Mayorga. Jones beat up on a lot of B to B+ fighters, but he avoided the best. Shane fought the best. Funny, you give Shane no credit for the Leija win (because he was past it, you say), but you list Reggie Johnson (past his best) and Mike McCallum (past his best, above his natural weight) as pluses in Roy's favor.

    Above LW, Shane fought the following: Oscar 2x, Forrest 2x, Winky 2x, Vargas 2x, Collazo, Mayorga, Cotto, and behind that top group, Wilfredo Rivera and Shannon Taylor. If you are going to credit Jones with Reggie Johnson, you better credit Shane with Leija. Can you name a guy that makes you think, wow, I wish Shane would have found a way to make the fight happen!! He has always made great matchups. Jones digs up a retired Tito Trinidad, fights the one of the worst HW beltholders in recent memory, fights guys like McCallum and Reggie Johnson who are past their best. Wastes his time on a bum of the month club when he should have been rematching Toney or Hopkins, or making it happen against Benn, Eubank, or Calzaghe.

    I rank Jones above Mosley all-time, p4p, but Shane fought tougher competition, as a whole career. Roy is the better fighter, but Shane is the better man.
    I did give Shane Mosley credit for the Leija win bro thats why i listed him. As for who Shane Mosley could of fought.

    Well Stevie Johnston, Paul Spadaforda, Kostya Tszyu, Antonio Margarito, Felix Trinidad, are a few that come to mind.

    And if we are comparing the overall record are we just basing it on best wins, or the best fighters they fought ? i'll assume you meaning comparing just the best fighters they fought well in that case.

    Roy Jones

    Mike McCallum = shot
    Montel Griffin x2
    James Toney
    Bernard Hopkins
    Antonio Tarver x3
    Eric Harding
    Glen Johnson
    Virgil Hill
    Reggie Johnson = shot
    Felix Trinidad = shot

    Shane Mosley

    Winky Wright x2
    Vernon Forrest x2
    Ricardo Mayorga = shot
    ODLH x2
    Fernado Vargas x2 = shot
    John John Molina = shot
    Jesse James Leija = shot
    Philip Holiday
    Wilfredo Rivera = Unsure of but for certain past his prime.
    Miguel Cotto
    Luis Collazo

    To be honest i have to admit that is closer than i thought it would, actually looking at it as a whole like this, but i still think Jones edges it. Considering half Mosley's best opposition there were shot fighters.
    Fine, we can I agree to disagree, but I'm glad you had the intelligence to really look at it. I would also add that Mosley jumped up 2 divisions to make the big fights with Oscar and Vernon, much bigger, more challenging fight than Stevie Johnson and Paul Spadafora. I actual would have liked to see Mosley fight at 140 and take on Kostya, and That would have been a challenge and a great fight. But I'll give it to you, he probably should have fought Stevie Johnson, but Spadafora hadn't really earned a shot by the time Mosley moved up. It's also funny that "past it Vargas" is natural LWM and 6 years younger, with 20 few fights, and he was coming off good wins over Joval and Castillejo. Past it Mayorga is 2 years younger and much bigger man. It must say something about Shane that younger fighters are past it, but he's still giving young lions like Cotto all they can handle, even with him being past it. His "past it" version seems has certainly held up pretty well.

    Jones left bigger fights behind at 168 to fight old Mik McCallum, Montell Griffin, and Virgil Hill when he could have been fighting Joe Calzaghe, and he was wasting early SMW career on Byrd, Vinnie Paz, Eric Lucas, and Bryan Bannon. In may of 1995, he was the #1 SMW in the world, followed by Benn Eubank and Liles. Roy fights old Vinnie Paz, who peaked at 135. Roy is still #1 next year, 1996, followed by Benn and Steve Collins. Roy fights Bannon and Lucas. Come on. He fought journeymen rather than put is big ego related financial demands aside and gone overseas to fight the best. Plenty of American fighters have traveled if they needed to do it to make the best fights happen.

    Mosley could have fought Johnson, but he at least he moved up moved up and fought good fighters.

    Taeth, the Toney win is more than Shane ever did at lightweight, but I would consider beating Oscar 2x to equal accomplishment to beating Toney. It would have a hard time ranking Toney much higher than ODLH on an all-time p4p list. At the very least, they are pretty close.
    Last edited by RozzySean; 09-30-2008 at 04:01 PM. Reason: typos, and one addition

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