Is Shane Mosely the greatest ever?

[JazMerkin]

Sugar Shane is definitely the greatest fighter that has ever lived. Sugar Shane almost 38 years old manages to be just as strong, fast, with great reflexes that he had in his late 20s. No fighter in fact no athlete in the history of sports has managed to be as physically good in their late 30s as they were in their prime years.

Sugar Ray Leonard and Robinson were shot in their late 30s, Ali was getting beat up by Holmes and Berbick, Roy Jones was getting ko by guys he would have beaten up, Whitaker was getting beat up by Tito, Joe Louis got ko by Marciano at age 37. Not with Sugar Shane.

Bernard Hopkins??

Also at about the same age as Shane, SRR managed to beat Carmen Basilio in despite this coming on the back of a 150 fight career. No way is Shane as fast as he was in his prime as well, he didn't look that fast against Mayorga, who he would have blinded with speed once.

Bernard Hopkins uses his ring smarts more so than his physical gifts which aren't there anymore when he was young. Hopkins is a crafty veteran.

Sugar Shane looked great against Margarito at welterweight. It looked like the Sugar Shane that fought Oscar for the 1st time in 2000. The power, speed, agility, quick reflexes were there. It was as if he never aged.

Sugar shane should share his secrets with a guy like Roy Jones or Whittaker, who here wouldn't want to see those guys return to their primes?

Shane uses his ring smarts as well, & I think the lack of speed on Margarito's behalf made Shane look quicker than he still is. That win was all about ring smarts for me.

[X]

Mosely is a great fighter ....... greates ever to step between the ropes ..... I'm not sure.

Robinson went nearly 100 fights undefeated, lost, then went nearly another hundred undefeated (when fighters actually fought the best around), Duran cleaned out the lightweights, took over at Welter and was fiercely competitive for the next 25 years.

[GAME]

I think the point of this thread is to defend Pacquiaos actions in some way. To say that if a fighter boiled down in weight and is sucessful then he must be great .. . . . . cuz Oscar , Hatton , Cotto are all weight drained and stand no chance pre fight whereas Shane has proven he can still win

The topic has come from a pacfan so in a round about way they are trying to make a point of defending Pacs actions about catchweights.

[AdamGB]

I think the point of this thread is to defend Pacquiaos actions in some way. To say that if a fighter boiled down in weight and is sucessful then he must be great .. . . . . cuz Oscar , Hatton , Cotto are all weight drained and stand no chance pre fight whereas Shane has proven he can still win

The topic has come from a pacfan so in a round about way they are trying to make a point of defending Pacs actions about catchweights.

Exactly... his moot point is that because shane managed to get back to 147 that means that he can go further indefinetly and that because shane managed to get down to 147 this theory can somehow also be applied to other fighters... no matter how much their physical situation differs from Shane's the same theory can be applied...

[paddy448]

i remember when i made a thread sayin is rjj the greastest ever, what i meant to say was, is roy jones one of the greatest ever. shane mosley is definately not the greatest, although on his lightweight form he definately fought like he could of been.for me as far as lightweights go hes in my top five, of all time tho top 30 maybe top 20

[Spicoli]

Great fighter.Nice guy.Tremendous ahtlete and nothing but respect for him but not the best ever.No way.As Master mentioned I think his two losses to Forrest reduce it.And he did not always fight a smart fight.....the Mayorga fight for example.Think that was all about sending a message to Margarito.....he bombed with a very physical Mayorga.Also wish he would have cleaned up lightweight prior to leaping to Welter.