I think comparing their fight against Collazo was very fair. I felt that Collazo looked way more determined against Berto. He threw a lot more meaningful punches and he was trying to mix it up. When he fought Mosley he was doing well until his hand got hurt then he hesitent to throw all night. Mosley did fight a terrific fight, but its much easier when your opponent is committing to their punches. Once Mosley saw that he was able to react in a more offensive way everytime Collazo began to do something because Mosley knew that if he committed his punches would land when Luis' wouldn't.
I think Berto will give Mosley a lot of the same troubles that I think Mayweather would. I view Mosley as a great athlete, but his stance and everything kind of reminds me of Kessler in the manner that if you can get in and out quickly I don't think Mosley would have a very easy time with that. He's a great counter puncher when he is faster or you are there to be hit, but he wasn't super great against a good jab and in and out movement. We saw Oscar employ much more of the in and out tactics in their second fight and he was far more successful both offensively and defensively.
The biggest mistake I think Berto could make is to square up and try to bang with Mosley. Shane is one of those guys who can not hurt you for 12 rounds or he can land that one punch that could conceivably hurt anyone. He is so fast and so physically strong that if he puts everything into a punch it has exceptional power behind it. I really hope Berto fights similar to how he did against Forbes but with more movement and more variety offfensively, I think Mosley is a lot easier to hit cleanly than Forbes, but obviously much more dangerous.


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