Shane Mosley's career = Somewhat of a Disappointment

[jdonaher1]

I'm sure he'll get in but until he beat Magaritto I didn't think he was Hall of Fame Worthy

- His best run was 2 years at lightweight champ with 8 defenses against good but not great opponents. There was no unifying or signature wins (a fight vs. WBC Champ Johnson seemed like a natural).

- Welter had one shining moment (a close decision vs. de la Hoya) but 2 non-competitive loses to Vernon Forest (never showed any ability to change styles during either fight). Killed all his momentum by turning down a re-match with ODLH

- Jr. Middle was again highlighted by a razor close fight with de la Hoya (which I thought he lost), two uncompetitive fights with the excellent Wright and a pair of fights with the spent Vargas. A win of Mayorga isn't going to help either.

I just don't see if myself.

[match]

I'm sure he'll get in but until he beat Magaritto I didn't think he was Hall of Fame Worthy

- His best run was 2 years at lightweight champ with 8 defenses against good but not great opponents. There was no unifying or signature wins (a fight vs. WBC Champ Johnson seemed like a natural).

- Welter had one shining moment (a close decision vs. de la Hoya) but 2 non-competitive loses to Vernon Forest (never showed any ability to change styles during either fight). Killed all his momentum by turning down a re-match with ODLH

- Jr. Middle was again highlighted by a razor close fight with de la Hoya (which I thought he lost), two uncompetitive fights with the excellent Wright and a pair of fights with the spent Vargas. A win of Mayorga isn't going to help either.

I just don't see if myself.

That's a compelling argument (although I strongly disagree that he only recently became hall of fame worthy), but it needs to be pointed out that Shane's greatest asset was his speed, and he lost it more and more the more he moved up, so he was forced to reinvent himself as a fighter, I think he deserves credit for that. And moreso, styles make fights. He could have fought Forrest and Winky 10 times and he would have lost all 10 because that's a stylistic nightmare of a matchup for him, no matter what adjustments he could have made. A win over Mayorga at 154 (especially a KO win) doesn't do anything to hurt him either. Many people (myself included) figured him for dead after his second loss to Winky and everything he's done since then is worthy of admiration. Lastly, the man is trying to fight the 3 people boxing fans most want to see him face (Mayweather, Pacqiaou, and Cotto). He's entitled to alittle break to see how things shape up with them to better his chances at landing one of those fights. Boxing would be in better shape if there were more fighters like Shane Mosley.

[ICB]

I'm sure he'll get in but until he beat Magaritto I didn't think he was Hall of Fame Worthy

- His best run was 2 years at lightweight champ with 8 defenses against good but not great opponents. There was no unifying or signature wins (a fight vs. WBC Champ Johnson seemed like a natural).

- Welter had one shining moment (a close decision vs. de la Hoya) but 2 non-competitive loses to Vernon Forest (never showed any ability to change styles during either fight). Killed all his momentum by turning down a re-match with ODLH

- Jr. Middle was again highlighted by a razor close fight with de la Hoya (which I thought he lost), two uncompetitive fights with the excellent Wright and a pair of fights with the spent Vargas. A win of Mayorga isn't going to help either.

I just don't see if myself.

I personally thought Vernon Forrest vs Shane Mosley 2, was very close although it was a messy boring fight.

[JonesJrMayweather]

I'm sure he'll get in but until he beat Magaritto I didn't think he was Hall of Fame Worthy

- His best run was 2 years at lightweight champ with 8 defenses against good but not great opponents. There was no unifying or signature wins (a fight vs. WBC Champ Johnson seemed like a natural).

- Welter had one shining moment (a close decision vs. de la Hoya) but 2 non-competitive loses to Vernon Forest (never showed any ability to change styles during either fight). Killed all his momentum by turning down a re-match with ODLH

- Jr. Middle was again highlighted by a razor close fight with de la Hoya (which I thought he lost), two uncompetitive fights with the excellent Wright and a pair of fights with the spent Vargas. A win of Mayorga isn't going to help either.

I just don't see if myself.

I personally thought Vernon Forrest vs Shane Mosley 2, was very close although it was a messy boring fight.

1st...the second fight with wright was extremely close...And i agree totally agree with ICB on the second vernon fight.

And lastly i don't see how Shane needed a win over Margarito who's only win at that point was over cotto..earned him HOF votes...that's just asking too much. I mean who had oscar beaten that was a prime A+ fighter? In fact oscar has never beaten a prime A rated fighter ever...