Examiner com's Chris Robinson , who was one of the few writers who uploaded the Showtime video in his article wrote: "The video is a bit shocking to see, considering Mosley's history of always going out on his shield, and I personally can't jump on the wagon by calling Mosley a quitter. It's obvious he was a fighter well past his prime that night and while the circumstances were made uncomfortable because of Pacquiao, it very well could be true that Shane had some kind of foot injury.
Aside from the reported foot injury, Mosley was knocked down by Pacquiao in the third round which could have led to his decision to quit. Mosley may have felt Pacquiao's awesome power and thought it would be futile to go on.
However, Richardson prevailed over his pleadings, knowing his foot injury was not life-threatening. But Richardson may have forgotten that Mosley's stoppage request came after the devastating third round knockdown and Mosley probably knew at that moment how it weaken him.
Boxing critics are saying Richardson should have heeded Mosley's request demand? Mosley and Pacquiao actually collided heads more in this fight than Timothy Bradley has in possibly his last two fights. Bradley is known for a ridiculous amount of headbutting, mostly because of his style of rushing in with his enormous noggin. It's official, Shane Mosley needs to retire. Even as he maneuvered successfully out of Pacquiao's way, he would still look uncoordinated.
His lack of grace and swiftness is showing in his second-guessing reluctance to pull the trigger at all. Enjoy our content? The sole standout performance was his surprising rout of Margarito in January of , now over two years ago. Mayweather fight may never be put together.
Promoter battles, drug tests, money splits and huge egos, oh my! Mosley match-up was widely lambasted when it was first announced. With the dream fight off the table though, many have taken up the rallying cry of support for this contest. But this is either sappy nostalgia or wishful thinking.
While Mosley is still ranked in the middle of the top 10 in the welterweight division , he is certainly not amongst the top 5 potential opponents for Manny Pacquiao.
To be brutally honest, Shane Mosley has had exactly one performance in the last 10 years that you could hang your hat on. The rest of his recent track record includes wins over washed-up fighters Fernando Vargas twice, Ricardo Mayorga and mediocre contenders Luis Collazo, Jose Luis Cruz , and losses when he has stepped up to face the best Vernon Forrest twice, Winky Wright twice, Cotto, Mayweather.
Mosley PPV. But here we are. Boxing fans may be a demanding lot, but we can damn sure be a gullible one , too. The win was seen as a late-career resurgence and one of the best outings Sugar Shane ever had. Today though, that win is seen more as an aberration, a spectacular but brief rise back to the top of the boxing world, capitalizing on a mixture of underdog ferocity, the swirling pre-fight controversy of Margarito being caught with illegal hand wraps , and a plodding come-forward fighter whose jaw he could easily and repeatedly find.
Even then, all Mosley could do was put a brief scare into Mayweather in the second round of their encounter, while convincingly losing 11 of 12 rounds. By the end of the evening, an increasingly dispirited Mosley appeared ripe for the knockout, if only the ever-cautious Mayweather had opened up a bit. Following that contest, Mosley met Mora this past September, in a fight that was declared a Draw.
While I strongly believe that Mosley deserved the win , it was not the sort of showing that puts you in line to fight the best boxer on the planet.
Not at years-old. Not after losing 11 of 12 rounds to the second best fighter in the world.
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