Did the head butt change Shane Mosley's career

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Watching Shane Mosley in the late 90's and early 00's he looked invincible. He and Meldric Taylor had the fastest hands I have ever seen. First round against Forrest he dominated, he suffered a head butt in the second round and then came a brutal beating. He has not been the same since.

Good point there. Yes a vicious head butt can be worse then a punch and cause lasting balance problems. And sporadic migraines. An MRI would show significant damage . I thinks in this case it was just the over whelming size of Forrest that got Shane. Vernon had the right game plan for Shane (the style to neutralize Mosley's assets) IMO

If you see him fight today he is a shade of his former self. He defeated Vargas in his last fight but it was lackluster and far from a dominate performance, besides I think if the fight would not have been stopped Vargas would have won, he was coming on strong in the late rounds. Two shot fighters fighting on pride. But in his prime he was poetry in motion.

Possibly it was factor in slowing him down and maybe ageing him a little quicker than if that fight against Forrest didnt happen, but he is 34/35 now and the hands and movement are never going to be good or as slick as say 6-10 years earlier.

Good point, but Shane has not fought the same since the first round off the Forrest fight. That was four years ago when he was still in his prime, ever since then he has wheeled off poor performances including in his victories. Vargas fight was like watching my father fight my uncle, and he did not deserve the second ODLH fight. We can mention his age now but back then there was no excuse.