Shane Mosley Vs Antonio Margarito

[Uke]

Originally Posted by thekuntawman

even though i liked mosely i betted against him, and lost $100 bux. usually i make money off my mexican friends, but not this time. i thought margarito was going to kill him, lol

but style is everything huh? many times a fighter will lost to guys he's not suppose to because they have the wrong style against this type of opponent. i sure didnt expect that one...

Originally Posted by thekuntawman

but style is everything huh?

Apparently not.

Shane Mosley hasn't changed his style much. He was banging in there with Antonio Margarito like he would have any other time in his prime. It seems to me that the power of feeling young and confident is everything. Once fighters start feeling and looking old is when he begins down the path of losses.

Roy Jones is a great example. He went up to heavyweight and became champion which was historical. Before then, nearly everything he did seemed to be effortless. Then once he came back down from heavyweight, he never was the same. He even beat Tarver the first time, but looked very human doing it. Then after that last win, he began getting caught, which led to him becoming gunshy, which led to fighters not being afraid to go all out against him.

There wasn't an error in his style that led to RJJ's loss. It was his ego that led him to lose 26lbs of muscle in 6 weeks that had effects on his body that never let him be the same caliber of athlete again.

Its that power of youth that seems to be making the difference with these men between 37-43. Two Golden Boy Promotion partners finding new zest and life in their careers after years of slow and disappointing performances?

I gotta tell ya .... its something else.

[Hardball]

Uke, that was another great boxing post. Do you think these old guys are taking performance enhancing drugs?

[Uke]

Originally Posted by Hardball

Uke, that was another great boxing post. Do you think these old guys are taking performance enhancing drugs?

Thanks.

There's no doubt in my mind, but there is more going on here than just some physical modification IMO. Its just too coincidental that boxers from Golden Boy Productions are having these bizarre showings.

Sure, people are more than willing to believe that DLH could get beaten by a lesser fighter and smaller fighter. Most boxing fans detest DLH and have for many years. They would believe that Mini-Me could beat DLH just because they hate him that much. When you stop and think with your mind and not your heart about the fact that DLH isn't so old and shot that he went 12 with the P4P best of this last generation not that long ago, so its hard to believe that he cannot perform well enough to at least finish the fight.

Then, Hopkins pulls out stellar wins over Tarver and Pavlik after years and years of boring fights against welterweights. How likely is that?

Now, Shane Mosley, who was a dynamo at lightweight, has breathed new life into a career that was marred by loss, struggle and most recently steroid use. Shane hasn't looked this good since his first major fight at welterweight. Back then, he looked brilliant. Shane looked like a gladiator ... he looked like a man who would fight to the death to show his dominance. Those days all ended since he lost to Forrest, and he had never looked the same.

Until now.

I am not a man who believes much in coincidence. Some people do. Some people predicate everything on luck and coincidence. I am not one of those people. When you have years of a pattern and then you join an organization and then all of a sudden everything completely goes another way something other than just your own ability has changed.

So let's just say "Congrats" to Shane Mosley and keep an eye on what he and Hopkins do in the future.

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[Johnbear]

This should be really interesting things in the order of magnitude.

Margarito care is not only beaten fighter, but also the quality of the goods there. Margarito is not a soldier asked if there is no hard plastic shell in his fist, he does not have the strength to fight to win.