If Shane knew how to fight off the back foot, I might be encouraged to take him here but he didnt, he was aggressive and that means he'd get hit... so that raises Arguello's favor considerably... its a close fight because Mosley was a strong, tough and offensively overwhelming lightweight on his best nights and he'd land on Alexis, but Alexis for his part was a sharpshooter of the highest order with the most devastating power imaginable for such a careful and meticulous fighter -- a rare combination ... its Mosley's workrate and handspeed versus Arguello's pinpoint quality and I think its a tough call by decision either way even though Arguello the lightweight was a more flawed fighter than the one who ruled at 126 and 130
I want to pick Shane here....but I fear that if I do so...some bonehead is going to ruin the thread by saying that Shane lost to Winky who lost to Hopkins.....thusly it's another Hopkins' agenda response.....:tick:
You're safe because Arguello lost to Walker who lost to Chavez who lost to De La Hoya who lost to Hopkins.
Arguello would've gotten him out of there eventually. Most guys fighting like that would've been overwhelmed by the Lightweight Mosley's speed, vigour, activity & general power, being so big --- but Arguello was special. He would hurt Mosley on the incoming one too many times, & force the stoppage after around ten or eleven rounds. As I have said before, Mosley was a terrific, terrific Lightweight --- but Arguello is a legend for the ages.
I think Mosley would win it at lightweight, either late stoppage or commanding decision. At that time he closed the distance extremely quickly and even though Arguello would land some counters, Mosley had a terrific chin. Up close, Arguello was quite hittable and Mosley's speedy and powerful combinations would hurt the naturally weaker man
It's difficult to be so sure, given Mosley's competition at Lightweight was so severely inferior to Arguello, as a prospect. It's hard to gauge, but I question whether Mosley reacts all that well to Arguello's remarkable blend of power & precision-punching. He just made every shot count, & when you hit as hard as he does, it takes something awful special to stop you from winning a Boxing match...
Using that logic...Hopkins W12...or wait, is it Mayweather W12? Some how, some way, it's all about them.
Shane might well win the first 4 or 5 rounds of this but Arguello is too persisent and accurate. I mean, at 135 Shane was tight at the weight, and had some distinctly unimpressive performances, versus Holliday and John Brown. Stylistically, Arguello is tall and throws long accurate shots. It's a bad match for Shane who had difficulty with the similarly angular and accurate Forrest. Arguello W12.
