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REdRUM

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GOOD FUCKING FINISH SHANE MOSLEY! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

"SHANE MOSLEY, I LOVE YOU." - LARRY MERCHANT

AND I AGREE.

I've always been a fan of Shane Mosley, but that finish was absolutely wonderful. IMO, one of the most unappreciated fighters of my generation.

He could have had a KO earlier in the fight if he had boxed instead of brawled, and let Mayorga fade like he was going to.

That last punch, the KO, was absolutely PERFECT.


And that's why I love boxing. God bless Shane Mosley.

LOL now Kayvee's gonna have to console Mayorga.
 
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REdRUM said:
GOOD FUCKING FINISH SHANE MOSLEY! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

"SHANE MOSLEY, I LOVE YOU." - LARRY MERCHANT

AND I AGREE.

I've always been a fan of Shane Mosley, but that finish was absolutely wonderful. IMO, one of the most unappreciated fighters of my generation.

He could have had a KO earlier in the fight if he had boxed instead of brawled, and let Mayorga fade like he was going to.

That last punch, the KO, was absolutely PERFECT.


And that's why I love boxing. God bless Shane Mosley.

LOL now Kayvee's gonna have to console Mayorga.
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FUCK NO i was rooting for sugar shaaaaaaaaaaaane!

~k.
 
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REdRUM said:
BTW, Mayorga's probably going to get knocked out.
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lol you were 1 second away from getting that one wrong but if the ref did his job it wouldnt of happened cuz i swear he never sent Mosley to the corner even though it was definitely great to see the knockout.
 
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Shane Mosley Will Not Wait For Antonio Margarito

By Mark Vester

"Sugar" Shane Mosley is not going to sit around and wait for WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito. For weeks, Mosley has been calling out Margarito for a potential fight in early 2009. Margarito is scheduled to defend his title at the start of next year, and then heads off to a rematch with Miguel Cotto in June.

There are some who feel that a fight with Mosley might be too tough of an opponent to face before a potential Cotto showdown. Following his knockout of Ricardo Mayorga at the Home Depot Center in California, Mosley, at age 37, says he is too old to wait around for Margarito and/or Cotto accept his challenge. He plans to move forward with his career and fight whichever big name wants to fight him.

"I have to try and find fights now. I don't want to wait around for Cotto and Margarito. I know they have plans. I know Margarito is here watching. It was interesting," Mosley said
 
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Kelly Pavlik Begins Year No. 2 of Middleweight Title Reign Tomorrow!

YOUNGSTOWN, OH (September 28, 2008) -- One year ago tomorrow, KELLY "The Ghost" PAVLIK transformed himself from the No. 1 middleweight contender into world middleweight champion and boxing folk hero. It was on Saturday, September 29, 2007, in Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall, that Pavlik pulled himself off the canvas after a second round knockdown, served up by undefeated defending champion Jermain Taylor, to come roaring back, knocking out Taylor in the seventh round.

More than just the passing of the torch for one of boxing's most hallowed titles, Pavlik's victory single-handedly rejuvenated interest in the sport. Beyond his punching power and gun-slinger style of fighting, media and fans alike have embraced Pavlik for his dedication to civic duty and his self-deprecating sense of humor, which first surfaced hours after his world title victory when he made fun of himself after he discovered on his flight home to Youngstown that he had left his purse check in his Atlantic City hotel room!

Since winning the title, Pavlik (34-0, 30 KOs), defeated Taylor in a February rematch, fought at super middleweight, in Las Vegas, and knocked out No. 1 contender middleweight contender Gary Lockett in the third round of his first world title defense, fought in June, at Boardwalk Hall. In less than three weeks, on Saturday, October 18, Pavlik will take on two-division world champion and living legend Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins (48-5-1, 32 KOs), broadcast live via HBO Pay-Per-View from Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall, where he has become a proven gate attraction. His fight with Hopkins, which will be fought at light heavyweight, will be Pavlik's third fight in as many different weight classes, all fought within a nine month period.
 
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December 6th Is Going To Be One Huge Night Of Boxing - On Both Sides Of The Atlantic!

28.09.08 - by James Slater - This coming December the 6th, fight fans are going to be spoilt for choice. Not only will one of the most intriguing, hotly debated and potentially thrilling fights of recent years take place, in Oscar De La Hoya's showdown with pound-for-pound standout Manny Pacquiao, but there will also be the 50/50 super-middleweight world title affair between Carl Froch and Jean Pascal, two unbeaten fighters. And, by way of one more addition to this boxing feast, we will have the return bout of Amir Khan..

December 6th promises to be some night indeed, and on both sides of the Atlantic at that. The De La Hoya-Pacquiao fight takes place in Las Vegas, of course, while the Froch-Pascal fight will be held in the slightly less glamorous, but no less atmospheric, setting of The Trent FM Arena, Nottingham. But where will the Khan return take place?

It has been widely reported how top coach Freddie Roach will be working with Khan for his first comeback fight, but how is Freddie possibly going to be in Khan's corner when the fight is up on BoxRec as taking place in Birmingham, U.K? Roach will be working "Pac-Man's" corner in Vegas for the "dream fight." He cannot be in two places at the same time, obviously. And this has prompted rumours to pop up that say Khan's fight will be held on the under-card of the big one being fought that same night in Vegas. It makes perfect sense, too.

Get Khan a decent, non too dangerous, comeback foe, and let him restore his confidence whilst taking in the big fight Las Vegas atmosphere. Khan did say, shortly after losing to Briedis Prescott, that he wanted to get back on a big stage straight away and not hide himself away. Getting a win in Las Vegas, on a huge night of boxing would do the 21-year-old the world of good. Let's see if this is how things turn out. I cannot see how Roach will be in Amir's corner if he fights anywhere other than in Nevada.

The Froch-Pascall fight will make a top class starter before the De La Hoya-Pacquiao main course. A very hard fight to pick a winner from, the two confident and hungry super-middleweights will no doubt give the fans a very good battle as they contest the vacant WBC 168 pound crown. It could go either way, and the fight could end via a KO or prove to be a desperately close distance fight. What it won't be, almost certainly, is dull. And then, after the dust settles from that one, we have the mega fight to look forward to!

The thinking here is that De La Hoya will simply be too big and too strong for Pacquiao, and he will get him out of there at some point. But we all know Manny will give it his best shot and despite what the people who have condemned this match-up say, he just might pull it off. Even if he doesn't get the win, "Pac-Man" may well succeed in busting De La Hoya up some while at the same time giving the watching fans a short yet furiously exciting war. Those in attendance and those who decide to pay so as to view will be given something to remember, of that I'm sure.

The fans won't be grumbling as they leave their seats after this one - the grand finale to a full night of top class boxing.
 
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Mosley Saves The Day With Astonishing 12th Round KO Over Mayorga, But Should "Sugar"

by James Slater -

First things first. "Sugar" Shane Mosley scored one of the most amazing and out of the blue KO's of recent years last night in California, as he sent wild man Ricardo Mayorga crashing to defeat with just ONE-SECOND remaining in the 12th and final round of their light-middleweight showdown.

But as happy as the 37-year-old former lightweight, welterweight and light-middleweight champion looked after the stoppage, Mosley had to know he'd looked anything but great in the majority of the previous 11 rounds of fighting. It looked to this writer as though the last round KO saved Mosley from an embarrassing and utterly unexpected defeat, and even though two of the three judges had him up going in the 12th round (by one point on one card and a ludicrous five points on another - this writer had Mayorga up by two points at 106 to 104) Mosley has to know he is far from the fighter he once was.

Yes, he closed the show in dramatic fashion, pulling out a stunning left/right combination to the head to score the first knockdown and finishing Mayorga off with a crunching left to the jaw, but beforehand Mosley had looked quite awful. No doubt some will say Mayorga's disjointed style was a major factor for Mosley looking so poor, but to my way of thinking the former great looked a vastly diminished talent.

It was quite sad to watch at times, as the once sublimely skilled and blindingly fast and accurate Mosley was reduced to brawling with a man he was almost made to look as crude as at times. Mosley's timing was off - a sure sign of age - and where was his jab? At first it looked as though Mosley was simply trying too hard to get a spectacular KO, one that would put him in a position to be able to call out a big name next time out - most likely Antonio Margarito. But then it became clear Mosley was genuinely struggling with the ungainly brawler Oscar De La Hoya destroyed in May of 2006. There were flashes of Mosley's former brilliance, particularly in the 6th round, as he unloaded with a classy burst of hurtful shots. But generally speaking Mosley has never looked a more faded force.

It seems obvious to me, if Ricardo Mayorga was able to rough up Mosley and out-punch him for long periods, Margarito would severely punish this version of Mosley. Remember, Mosley was a lock to win last night's fight, and though he did, and though he eventually got the KO he was looking for, all but those in denial have to admit he should be thinking about getting out while he's still somewhere close to being on top. Should he carry on and face guys like Margarito or the much younger Andre Berto things will surely only get worse for Shane.

At least if he retired now he'd be going out with a win, and a win that wound up being extremely dramatic in the end. Mosley is known for studying tapes of his fights afterwards, if he does so with last night's bout he will almost certainly be upset with what he sees. Even in the post-fight interview last night Mosley seemed to have had a change of heart with regards to what he does next. There was no calling out of Margarito - as there would have been had he won in the fashion he felt he would have going in - instead Mosley remarked about how he "isn't getting any younger." Maybe, hopefully, Mosley already has his eye on the exit door.

As for the extremely unlucky Mayorga, who, even though he would have lost a split decision had he lasted a further, single, second, he shocked and surprised a lot of people. He is no spring chicken himself at age 34, yet he did his herky-jerky thing and came extremely close to defeating a modern day boxing great - even if it was a badly faded one.
 
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That Shane fight wasn't even close. Mayorga was wild the whole fight, which definitely frustrated Mosley, but just look at the punch stats. Mayorga got hit double the amount of times Shane did. Shane never was in trouble at any point in the fight, and scored with the most effective and cleanest punches. I will say he made the fight alot harder for himself than he needed. He never used the jab effectivley the whole fight, and allowed Mayorga to try and muscle him. And because Mayorga was bigger and has a pretty good chin, he was able to absorb alot of flush shots from the smaller Mosley, that would have knocked alot of other fighters out. It wasn't a pretty fight, but Mosley is still one of the greats. He beat a young Cotto (even though they gave it to Cotto), but Margarito's size will give him problems just like Vernon Forrest and Winky Wright did. He might not be able to knock Margarito out at this point in his career, but he'll have a chance to just like Cotto did. Margarito takes alot of clean punches, and one of these days it's not gonna go so well for him.
 
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