Is Mosley too old to beat Floyd?

[Puerto Rican Punch]

Was Hopkins to old to beat Tito, De La Hoya and Pavlik?

After the performance against Margarito, Mosley showed that he is taking care of himself and is dedicated to the gym and studying his opponents. I guess he should be close to the end of his career, but my guess is that he should be in a good shape.

[Taeth]

I've been watching a lot of MOsley lately and I honestly don't think he's slowed down very much. Maybe against bigger guys where he is trying to put more mustard on his punches he looks slower and doesn't throw combinations the same way(like against Vargas I or Mayorga), but you watch him against Collazo or Margario or Vargas II and he still looks almost the same speed as when he was in his prime.

The biggest problem IMO for Mosley is his style. I just don't think in his progression as a fighter he ever needed to develop a jab, and its so hard to beat movement or bigger guys without a jab and/or movement. Shane was way too strong and fast for anyone in the lightweight division and for almost anyone at WW, but we've seen him have problems with guys who box well on the outside and who nurf his offensive by being quick enough to react to his hooks coming in.

[HattonTheHammer]

not for me

This will be a 12round chess match, had he of fought berto he would of up against a far younger and fitter guy who would of wanted to trade whenever possible.

Floyd wont do that, mosley is fast enough to deal with floyds counter left something that particularly bothered marquez last time out, the power will be with shane and i fully expect a very close tough encounter

[Nameless]

By heart, anobody has the tales from the tape from both guy (excluding weight for the moment, of course) ? I am especially curious about the reach difference.

[Taeth]

Mayweather is 5'8 has a 72" inch reach with 26" arms
Mosley is 5'9 has a 74" inch reach with 25" arms

[InTheNeutralCorner]

I think it will depend on how much of a lost he gets from Floyd. If Mosley loses by a close decision, then he will still be "old". If he loses by domination, then he is "very old". If he gets knocked out after a domination, then he is "very, very old" and "has no business fighting with Mayweather."

But if Shane wins, they'll still say that he's "old" and that Floyd got beaten by an "old man".

[Nameless]

Mayweather is 5'8 has a 72" inch reach with 26" arms
Mosley is 5'9 has a 74" inch reach with 25" arms

Ok, so Basically Shane has a 2 inches advantage over Mayweather as for the reach... if he jabs damn well, I think he can pull it out, especially after the DLH-Mayweather fight where Oscar did cause him load of troubles while he used his jab... and left it down in the meantime.

[Taeth]

I'm not sure about Shane having a reach advantage I tend to look at arm length rather than wingspan for reach, it's more linear in relation to how far you can extend your arm. I also think oscars jab is far superior to mosley's, and that it only bothered mayweather for a couple of rounds and then he adjusted with counter right hands. The thing that really got tonfloyd qas consistent, calculated pressure, Oscar fought without making many mistakes and forced floyd's hand which he doesn't like when he is countering. I think using that same against pacquiao who is more offensive totally backfired on odlh.

[DaxxKahn]

It all depends really...I mean if we are leaving out the whole...Style wise debates and stuff then only talking age then No I don't think so...Yes in the lower divisions age takes a higher toll due to those divisions depending more on speed and the stamina...But again it depends a lot on the fighter themselves and the type of career they have had...

Mosley has not been a fighter who has taken an over abundance of abuse in his career.....

Style wise TBH it is a hard call, all depends on who can make the other fight their fight....Mosley is not looking to survive, he is not looking to be competitive he is looking to beat Floyd...Mosley has a great camp, Richardson is top notch and will have a gameplan going in Mosley will execute it.....IMO if Floyd looks to counter all night and lay back it will be the worst thing for him....Mosley is no Hatton, JMM and will not fall to abundance of punches, Mosley has been in the ring with far harder hitters then PBF......

It is a tough call for anyone to say either way who will win and for anyone to say either way one will dominate the other is sadly mistaken

[Truth]

Shane at any age couldn't beat Floyd.