Shane Mosley's career = Somewhat of a Disappointment

[Violent Demise]

Many a fighter would kill to have such a disappointing career.The only regrets Ive had with him is that while he was a blazing lightweight,he had a couple of fellow champs in Stevie Johnston & Gussie Nazarov that would have allowed him to put his stamp on the division.

And rematching Winky.I have never understood that one and honestly think they could have fought 10 times with similar results with that Winky Wright.Shane is a hall of famer and a great fighter who to this day remains at the top of his chosen division.I think he has always been very reserved,almost a lack of charisma outside of the ring.Very humble

Johnson never wanted anything to do with Mosley

[Spicoli]

Many a fighter would kill to have such a disappointing career.The only regrets Ive had with him is that while he was a blazing lightweight,he had a couple of fellow champs in Stevie Johnston & Gussie Nazarov that would have allowed him to put his stamp on the division.

And rematching Winky.I have never understood that one and honestly think they could have fought 10 times with similar results with that Winky Wright.Shane is a hall of famer and a great fighter who to this day remains at the top of his chosen division.I think he has always been very reserved,almost a lack of charisma outside of the ring.Very humble

Johnson never wanted anything to do with Mosley

I don't know.I think he would of financially loved a piece of him after he regained his strap,and I think he believed he could beat him.It would have been a definite up hill struggle for Johnston but a fight that should have happened I believe.But he had all of the disadvantages but was smooth capable when he used his skills and not get sucked into,or unnecessarily trying to brawl one out.That loss to Bazan erased any thought of it. They had a history,huge network exposure but in hindsight I think Shane was looking to a mega clash with Oscar loooooong before that.

[Taeth]

I think people are focusing to much on what Mosley accomplished and aren't thinking about what he could ahve accomplished, sure he had an amazing career, but IMO if he had learned the right technical skills, Wright, Oscar the second time, Vernon Forrest, Miguel Cotto would have been no problem for him. He never learned how to effectively fight off the back foot or at range which is why IMO we saw such radical differences between his first and second fight with OScar where the range was always changing the second time. Taller guys(even if only a couple of inches) were able to keep Mosley totally at bay because he comes in predictably, but usually he is too overwhelming physically(like Manny Pacquiao) for the opponent to handle it, but Forest and Wright were able to stop Mosley from getting his offensive gears going and he couldn't adapt.

[USAalltheway]

I think people are focusing to much on what Mosley accomplished and aren't thinking about what he could ahve accomplished, sure he had an amazing career, but IMO if he had learned the right technical skills, Wright, Oscar the second time, Vernon Forrest, Miguel Cotto would have been no problem for him. He never learned how to effectively fight off the back foot or at range which is why IMO we saw such radical differences between his first and second fight with OScar where the range was always changing the second time. Taller guys(even if only a couple of inches) were able to keep Mosley totally at bay because he comes in predictably, but usually he is too overwhelming physically(like Manny Pacquiao) for the opponent to handle it, but Forest and Wright were able to stop Mosley from getting his offensive gears going and he couldn't adapt.

It doesn't quite work like that. It's not like Rocky III where he just brings in Apollo and in a matter of months learns to fight just like him. Also, simply learning new 'technical skills' does not mean a fighter becomes an expert in applying them, which is what it would take to outbox someone the likes of Winky Wright. The reason most world champions started boxing as kids is because it takes decades of work to be effective. It would be like saying all Trinidad had to do was learn the right technical skills and he would have beaten Bernard in the rematch.

[JonesJrMayweather]

I think people are focusing to much on what Mosley accomplished and aren't thinking about what he could ahve accomplished, sure he had an amazing career, but IMO if he had learned the right technical skills, Wright, Oscar the second time, Vernon Forrest, Miguel Cotto would have been no problem for him. He never learned how to effectively fight off the back foot or at range which is why IMO we saw such radical differences between his first and second fight with OScar where the range was always changing the second time. Taller guys(even if only a couple of inches) were able to keep Mosley totally at bay because he comes in predictably, but usually he is too overwhelming physically(like Manny Pacquiao) for the opponent to handle it, but Forest and Wright were able to stop Mosley from getting his offensive gears going and he couldn't adapt.

It doesn't quite work like that. It's not like Rocky III where he just brings in Apollo and in a matter of months learns to fight just like him. Also, simply learning new 'technical skills' does not mean a fighter becomes an expert in applying them, which is what it would take to outbox someone the likes of Winky Wright. The reason most world champions started boxing as kids is because it takes decades of work to be effective. It would be like saying all Trinidad had to do was learn the right technical skills and he would have beaten Bernard in the rematch.

you have to understand that taeth is a mosley basher...

[Nameless]

if Moseley's career is a disappointment, 95% of the boxers in the top 10 are having a very mediocre one.

[Rocky Balboa]

I have to agree that Shane Mosley could have easily become a PPV star but didn't. He had all the potential too. He's a great fighter but it's too bad he didn't spend time attracting the crowds like DLH did.