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Uke · 01-25-2009, 12:54 AM

Whoooooooooooo Baby!

I can't believe what Shane Mosley did tonight.

What an upset. Every person who had a chance to say so expressed their shock.

All the older boxers from Golden Boy Productions who seemed to be showing their age have mysteriously found some "new" vigor and revived their careers.

Still, I have to say that I haven't seen Shane fight like this against elite opposition since his fight with DLH. He's done well against the likes of Mayorga and Vargas, but against guys like Forrest, Wright and Cotto he just seemed to be timid and impotent.

All that changed tonight!

I didn't give him much of a chance. He didn't deserved much faith after all the lackluster performances he's given. Then on top of all the talk of performance enhancers being the reason that Mosley looked so good at welterweight early on really made me wonder. He didn't seem to have that spark after the whole BALCO situation and most people didn't think he ever would against top opposition.

Then he came in tonight.

Mosley looked like the Shane from lightweight tonight. He really showed up from the beginning. I've never seen Margarito beaten up like that. I've never seen him look so helpless. I've seen him beaten before but no to a point where he looked like he couldn't try to fight back.

No one can take away from this victory. No one. Its ashamed that it was reported that Margarito's camp got caught loading up his fists with what they called a "hard plastic shell" right before this fight. This raises A LOT of questions. We have to assume that they've been doing that all along which taints Margarito's previous wins. I can't help but wonder how different this match might have gone if Shane's people hadn't caught it beforehand.

This ought to really make things interesting at welterweight.

Margarito is not only a beaten fighter, but also a questionable commodity. This is exactly what happened in the Trinidad/Hopkins fight before Felix Trinidad fell into obscurity. And if Margarito isn't the fighter we thought he was without the hard plastic shell in his fist, then there is going to be a frenzy in the welterweight division.

Since Margarito refuses a $4 million offer to rematch with Paul Williams, the boxing world didn't see anyone else doing what Mosley did tonight.

What a great night for Mosley. Let's see if he'll keep up his winning ways. Perhaps a rematch with Cotto is in order? In the post-fight interview with Maragrito, Merchant asked if he was ready to fight Cotto. I say that fight should go to Mosley. He's earned it and people will want to see that fight now. Maragrito should have to drop back, show and prove.

01-25-2009, 12:54 AM	#11 (permalink)
Uke Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: NY Posts: 1,567 Groans: 0 Groaned at 1 Time in 1 Post	Whoooooooooooo Baby! I can't believe what Shane Mosley did tonight. What an upset. Every person who had a chance to say so expressed their shock. All the older boxers from Golden Boy Productions who seemed to be showing their age have mysteriously found some "new" vigor and revived their careers. Still, I have to say that I haven't seen Shane fight like this against elite opposition since his fight with DLH. He's done well against the likes of Mayorga and Vargas, but against guys like Forrest, Wright and Cotto he just seemed to be timid and impotent. All that changed tonight! I didn't give him much of a chance. He didn't deserved much faith after all the lackluster performances he's given. Then on top of all the talk of performance enhancers being the reason that Mosley looked so good at welterweight early on really made me wonder. He didn't seem to have that spark after the whole BALCO situation and most people didn't think he ever would against top opposition. Then he came in tonight. Mosley looked like the Shane from lightweight tonight. He really showed up from the beginning. I've never seen Margarito beaten up like that. I've never seen him look so helpless. I've seen him beaten before but no to a point where he looked like he couldn't try to fight back. No one can take away from this victory. No one. Its ashamed that it was reported that Margarito's camp got caught loading up his fists with what they called a "hard plastic shell" right before this fight. This raises A LOT of questions. We have to assume that they've been doing that all along which taints Margarito's previous wins. I can't help but wonder how different this match might have gone if Shane's people hadn't caught it beforehand. This ought to really make things interesting at welterweight. Margarito is not only a beaten fighter, but also a questionable commodity. This is exactly what happened in the Trinidad/Hopkins fight before Felix Trinidad fell into obscurity. And if Margarito isn't the fighter we thought he was without the hard plastic shell in his fist, then there is going to be a frenzy in the welterweight division. Since Margarito refuses a $4 million offer to rematch with Paul Williams, the boxing world didn't see anyone else doing what Mosley did tonight. What a great night for Mosley. Let's see if he'll keep up his winning ways. Perhaps a rematch with Cotto is in order? In the post-fight interview with Maragrito, Merchant asked if he was ready to fight Cotto. I say that fight should go to Mosley. He's earned it and people will want to see that fight now. Maragrito should have to drop back, show and prove. __________________ A solar panel 100 miles by 100 miles (161x161km) in the Mojave Desert (USA) could replace all the coal now burned to generate electricity in the entire U.S.