I can't find a duplicate thread for this anywhere so here goes: Mosley - 34 fights / 34 wins / 32 KOs at lightweight and looked pretty unbeatable. How does Mosley's super-fast offensive style fair against Mayweather's super-fast, defensive/counter-punching?
No way. At 135, Mosley's handspeed was better than Floyd's. I don't think Floyd beats Shane now, let alone at 135.
Yeah, but that's to be expected. Shane's your favourite fighter and Floyd is your least favourite. What else would you say? I happen to pick Floyd NOW...as well as back then. Reason: Shane's handspeed advantage in this fight is largely irrelevant, because Floyd will still be hitting Shane more than he's hit in return. You see...what's more relevant, is ring generalship, reflexes and defense. Both have proven good chins, both are good body punchers. Shane has faster hands, but he's less accurate. Nevertheless it's a close fight, IMO, because of Shane's strength advantage and determination...but ultimately Floyd has other dimensions which Shane doesn't have.
Floyd by close, perhaps even controversial decision, but Shane would give him hell. Now if they fought, I think Floyd would win clearly.
I don't think Mayweather would be as offensive-a-fighter in this matchup as he was say, vs. Corrales / Castillo / Sosa / N'Dou / Corley, etc - and these guys didnt hit as hard as Mosley (bar maybe Castillo) and weren't anywhere near as fast as Mosley either - and all the above fights went the distance too. From this, we can deduce that Mayweather's power isn't a threat to Mosley....but Mosley's speed and power to Mayweather most certainly IS. Plus. Mosley's bodypunching at 135lb was crippling. :bears:
It's a close decision either way. Perhaps Mayweather never faced anyone as fast a Mosley, but Shane's competition at lightweight wasn't exactly a murderer's row either.
Floyd loses a clear dec here. Mosley @135 was just too fast and had a very high workrate which is the key to beat Floyd. Mosley wont get tired here. Floyd will have hell in his hands. Mosley UD Mayweather
A lot of people are going to look at the welterweight/light middleweight division of the past 10 or 15 years and see it as one of the greatest ever. Here's an off-the-top-of-my-head ranking, pound-for-pound (centered around 147 and 154), with a few 140-pounders thrown in who were threats at 147: Floyd Mayweather Oscar de la Hoya Pernell Whitaker Winky Wright Shane Mosley Felix Trinidad (Julio Cesar Chavez) Terry Norris (Kostya Tszyu) Fernando Vargas Ike Quartey Zab Judah Antonio Margarito Corey Spinks Vernon Forrest (Ricky Hatton) Harry Simon Bronco McCart Ricardo Mayorga David Reid Oba Carr Keith Mulling Miguel Cotto Javier Castillejo Julio Cesar Velasquez Daniel Santos Sergiy Dzinziruk Andrew Lewis Yory Boy Campas Laurent Boudouani The one-dimensional fighters are in red.
