Quote Originally Posted by rick3262 View Post
Shane Mosley, nearly knocked down, 12 round unanimous
The only thing that near KD exposed was PBF's greatness. Not going down exposed the pride of a champion and the remarkable willpower it takes to do that against a fighter whose punching power is a large reason why he'll be in the HOF.

Then the skill. You can almost see the man thinking. Hands go up in protective mode. He then stays close to Mosely, denying him the leverage needed to land pwer shots. He clenches when necessary but keeps that to a minimum. He's actually fighting. And he's doing this with a foggy brain.

As his regains composuire he then proceeds to stalk Mosley, which allows him to continue negating Mosely's power while dictating the pace of the fight. By the end of the round he appeared in charge. His domination form then on was predicatable.

People will rewrite history in light to the Pac fight, but at the time that PBF fought Mosley, the latter was a lb-4-lber coming off a brilliant performance and among the most avoided fighters in the sport. I didn't see Pac rushing out to fight him.

That near KD demonstrates how dificult PBF is to beat.