Shane Mosley ruins Mayweather Jr. win over Marquez
Shane Mosley ruins Mayweather Jr. win over Marquez
As it ended, with Shane Mosley in the ring seizing an unwarranted opportunity to provoke Floyd Mayweather, HBO’s $50 pay-per-view felt like WWE’s “Monday Night Raw.” If only Mosley could’ve conducted himself with the class of Pretty Boy’s valet, Triple H.
“Tonight is not Mosley’s night,” Mayweather said later. “I don’t get in the ring and grab the mic and take away another fighter’s shine.”
For once,Mayweather’s resentment was well-founded, as the inauguration of Shane Mosley’s clumsy campaign for a payday obscured a brilliant performance. At 146 pounds, Mayweather only did what he was widely forecast to do, of course. He beat a game, though smaller man in Juan Manuel Marquez. (To harp on the weight disparity now seems willfully ignorant of all the praise Mayweather received for coming back against such a tough and formidable opponent). Some might even take exception with his failure to knock Marquez out. But these arguments miss the larger points.
First, Mayweather dispatched with the issue of his 21-month layoff. Turns out, it didn’t matter. Second, he re-established himself as the most elusive fighter since Pernell Whitaker. Sure, people want to see a knockout. Still, according to CompuBox, Juan Manuel Marquez managed to land just 69 punches through 12 rounds.
He’s scaled every mountain there was to climb in boxing. He’s fought his way to world championships at lightweight, welterweight, and junior middleweight, became known as the best pound-for-pound fighter in boxing and has become a household name to boxing enthusiasts. It would be easy for “Sugar” Shane Mosley to be a content man. But Mosley will not be content until he climbs back to the top of the mountain again, which means winning another world championship at 147 pounds – an amazing feat for any fighter, but one in line with the hallowed “Sugar” name, shared by Shane Mosley with the legendary “Sugars”, Robinson and Leonard. Mosley has consistently overcome the odds since turning pro. Despite not having the hype around him afforded to some of his peers, Mosley came up the hard way, fought the best competition, won his fights, and eventually won three world titles, earning the 1998 Fighter of the Year award along the way.
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