I honestly think Shane has a good chance but Floyd is much faster on his feet. I have no doubt Floyd will have his back to the ropes at times but Shane wont be there to land when he is.
Mosley needs to start strong in this one. He started way too slowly against Cotto and Mayorga and it was only when Cotto started to gas that Mosley really began to impose himself in that one. I think the first 4 rounds are crucial. Mosley can get disheartened if things are not going his way, so he really needs a good start here. Floyd is a slow starter himself so I don't think it is an unreasonble expectation and it will lead to a very interesting fight as the rounds build up.
Mosley really needs to use his reach advantage in this one and use the jab better than he has in the past. There is no point just rushing in with the hooks because we know Floyd will be able to pick them off or avoid them. Mosley was able to use the jab quite well against Margarito, but Margarito is a whole different ball game. Later on Mosley can take more risks with the wild hooks as Floyd will hopefully need to open up more himself by then, but I really think he needs to be careful early on and just make sure that he banks some rounds because it is most likely going to the cards. A good effective jab and combinations off of that is the way to do it. It's not too hard to be busier than Floyd so he really needs to hustle those early rounds and make it his fight.
Yeah think that is it right there... At least as far as a good plan to start with against Mayweather... If he just gives up the first 4 rounds while he warms up, then he's backing himself into a corner and Mayweather has a lot more freedom later.... Mayweather always looks better when he's not openly engaging, and clearly wins rounds even being much less active than his opponent..
If Mosley can at least take 4 of the first 6 rounds, the pressure goes back on Mayweather.. Scorecard pressure anyway... Something Mayweather doesn't deal with in his fights... It's hard to look good enough in enough area's against Mayweather to take rounds.. But if he can at least land as often, have a decent connect percentage, and be generally more aggressive, and land at least 3 or 4 thudding shots per round to get the points, then the second half of the fight could be very interesting...
I just think if Mayweather has 4 or 5 rounds of the first 6, it's going to go really downhill from there for Mosley..
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