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I want to see it. Win or lose it's the perfect way for Shane to bow out imo. Pass the mantle onto another hot young American talent. If he loses, no disgrace at all, and it's a big name for Berto and a defining fight for him. And if he can win, he can leave the sport on a high, in much the same way B Hop should have after upsetting Kelly Pavlik.

A good fight that makes commercial and historic sense.
It won't happen. If he beats Berto he'll keep on fight, and he'll probably do the same if he loses. When was the last time a fighter actually left this sport on a high?

As for the fight, I think at this point Berto beats a badly faded Mosley who can't seem to pull the trigger anymore (aside from two punches in the Mayweather fight).
I think he will continue too. Mosley has pretty much said he wants to carry on for a few more years. I think the only way to make him stop is to see him lose a couple of times and thus erase the paydays. A loss to Mora would have been pretty bad, but the draw enables him to scramble on somewhat. I would like to see him fight and beat Berto, which I think he can do. It's hard to judge from a fight this ugly just where Mosley is at though.

The only consolation I have from this fight is that Mora is much bigger than Mosley and is elusive and so negative. Mosley shouldn't really have been back at 154 and the fact that Mosley dug in and outworked his younger opponent to get back in it and arguably nick the win deserves credit. He isn't Jones Jr who simply won't throw and who is happy to coast out the 12. He is still competitive.

Mosley/Berto is needed IMO. It's a fight that just makes sense and if Mosley looks crap again then the question marks raised in the last two fights will have been answered. If he wins and does it in style then maybe we were all wrong. Just maybe Mora is that cagey and Mayweather really is so far beyond anyone else around.