Quote Originally Posted by Taeth View Post
Mosley didn't just clinch, he uses his strength to move Margarito, and that wore Margarito down. There were a few times Cotto used that strength in the clinch against Margarito, but he would then precede to back off. Miguel Cotto fought a bad fight, and I think after watching that fight if he altered his style, he stopped Margarito faster than Mosley because he hits harder, he is more accurate, and lands more meaningful punches. But tonight is a perfect example of how important the clinch is.

If Mosley wasn't able to clinch he would have lost, he doesn't have the slick defensive skills needed to stop Margarito's offensive arsenal, anytime Margarito tried to get going Mosley held him.
You are so full of crap. Mosley was slipping Tony's shots all night. His defense was great and he was countering his ass off. He clinched effectively, but it wasn't excessive and even on the inside, without clinching, Mosley was eating him up. Did you notice those nice little left uppercuts and the digging bodywork? The short, chopping rights? Yeah, you did. You just don't want to give Mosley credit. You never have and you never will. Sit down, shut up. You called this one wrong. Don't sit there and try to make excuses. You said there is no way Shane is winning this fight. Loud and clear and absolute. You were dead ass wrong.

Shane was faster, boxed better, jabbed better, hit harder, and dominated him in every regard. I wasn't sure Shane had this performance left in him, but I gave him a chance and spelled out reasons why Shane would make this a close fight and possibly win a decision. I can't believe you can say that Cotto hits harder and more accurately than Mosley and that Cotto fought a bad fight against Tony. Cotto fought a great fight against Tony, but Cotto doesn't have Mosley's chin, speed, or power. Cotto has forward leaning posture than makes him open to uppercuts, and Cotto let Tony punish him even when Tony wasn't landing cleanly. Margarito couldn't get off against Shane because the speed difference was too great and Shane was moving and making him miss.

Cotto won a razor thin victory over Mosley by using his jab to outbox Shane for the last few rounds, and the jab is how you beat Mosley. Just like Winky, just like Forrest.


This fight wasn't about the clinch. It was about Shane pulling out a jab he hasn't used in years and it was about Shane moving, hitting Tony hard from angles, beating him to the punch pretty much everytime. Shane won every round, save maybe one. Yes, Shane used his strength in clinches. That's part of the game, but don't try to make this sound like it was Hatton/KT or John Ruiz against anybody. Mosley was superior with both physical and punching power. He backed up Tony, in the clinch AND out of the clinch, which is something nobody else has done. Tony was outboxed, outpunched, outmuscled, and given a boxing lesson worse than the one Hopkins gave Pavlik.

Cotto didn't fight a bad fight. Tony was a stylistic nightmare for Cotto. If I recall, you and I were some of the few of the people preaching that idea before the fight. Cotto doesn't have Mosley's physical strength or power, but he has the kind of jab that is kryptonite to Mosley. End of story. Mosley gave Tony a boxing lesson.