The risk is great and the Pacquiao Margarito match proved this. If you have regressed in the fight game your life may be on the line. Broken eye sockets brutal body shots and damage that never makes the papers. It did not look like the same Shane Mosley to me that fought Antonio Margarito nor should I say destroyed Antonio Magarito in nine rounds. Did a ghost enter the ring with trunks and gloves and get off a few lucky punches? Trainer Nazim Richardson was there and could be heard giving his usual expert advice but the bum rush and free swinging dude that fought months ago was absent. There was some ring generalship and boxing and strategy but the fighter that showed up for the biggest fight of his career looked drained and disappointed and just plain tired. Like when senior citizens speed walk too far on a sunny day. What the hell happened? With Mayweather almost falling from a sneaky right hand there was no finishing sequence. No professional finishing ability that Mosley had shown throughout his professional career. We know that Olympic style drug testing was done for Mosley and Mayweather for the fight. Could it be that steroids were never an issue and Mosley just got old before our eyes? Became a ghost in boxing trunks? In his next appearance against Sergio Mora a quick handed fighter with little punching power he fared no better than a draw when it should have been a wipe out or at least competitive. The public is getting restless but he has no devastating defeats on his record. No first round collapses or any indication that he is completely finished but against Manny Pacquiao, if the fight happens, could be the finish line coming up quickly. Coming out of Pomona California Mosley has compiled a hall of fame career. Fifty four fights, forty six wins, thirty nine knock outs, six loses, one draw and one no contest. Having held world titles in three different weight divisions and recognized as fighting everyone in the divisions. Many fights battle royals with Oscar DeLahoya, Miguel Cotto, Floyd Mayweather, Winky Wright and many others. A few of his fights rematches something rarely seen these days. It would be hard to say that his record alone does not warrant a big money fight with Pacquiao. The risk is great and the Pacquiao Margarito match proved this. If you have regressed in the fight game your life may be on the line. Broken eye sockets brutal body shots and damage that never makes the papers. The fighters are doing their jobs and the drama that surrounds those facts makes the confrontation that much more dramatic. Mosley should not win. He should not be able to beat Pacquiao. Mosley is old, has too many fights, looked lackluster in his last two fights and on and on. But you never know sometimes a ghost can scare the hell out of you.
