{"id":161,"date":"2010-04-29T14:07:15","date_gmt":"2010-04-29T18:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fightcitynyc.com\/?p=161"},"modified":"2010-04-30T01:52:09","modified_gmt":"2010-04-30T05:52:09","slug":"fight-city-nyc-mayweather-mosley-predictions-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fightcitynyc.com\/?p=161","title":{"rendered":"Ben Chan’s Mayweather-Mosley Prediction"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Read on for Ben Chan’s prognostication <\/strong><\/p>\n

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BEN CHAN<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

I think Floyd Mayweather, Jr. will win because he’s a smart fighter, he’s the faster fighter and he’s not afraid to not fight.\u00a0 I hold the view that Mayweather is both good and bad for boxing.\u00a0 He’s a supremely talented fighter willing to portray the heel and every event could use a good villain.\u00a0 At the same time, when I think about Mayweather, I think about his gifts and also who he hasn’t fought.\u00a0 Mayweather has been fighting at welterweight (147lbs.) for half a decade (with one trip up to junior middleweight to fight and defeat Oscar de La Hoya).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 From 2005 – 2010 Mayweather has fought and defeated Sharmba Mitchell, Zab Judah, Carlos Baldomir, de La Hoya, Ricky Hatton and Juan Manuel Marquez.\u00a0 In other words, Mayweather hasn’t fought an elite welterweight.<\/p>\n

Despite his lack of experience with elite fighters at 147lbs., I’m picking Mayweather because of his boxing intellect, speed and stubbornness.\u00a0 One of Mayweather’s gifts is his ability to adjust to other fighters.\u00a0 Against Judah and de La Hoya, Mayweather let the other fighter fighter press him early, made some adjustments and won.\u00a0 Shane Mosley might currently be the second smartest fighter after Mayweather.\u00a0 Of the two, Mosley has the better ledger of opponents.\u00a0 I’m truly looking forward to watching each fighter adjust to the other.<\/p>\n

It might be a bit contradictory to say Mayweather adjusts well and at the same time call him a stubborn fighter, but Mayweather is both.\u00a0 Mayweather is stubborn in the sense that he will not fight your fight.\u00a0 Mayweather can and will fight defensively and pot shot his way to victory if you give him the chance.\u00a0 Audience be damned, he’ll stink out the joint and take his paycheck.\u00a0 Putting on a show is not Mayweather’s top priority.\u00a0 He fights for nobody except himself.<\/p>\n

Mosley was once a really fast fighter.\u00a0 He’s still pretty fast at 38 years old, just not as fast as he was when he was 28 years old.\u00a0 In his last fight, Mayweather still looked like a really fast fighter, albeit against a blown up lightweight (135lbs.), Juan Manuel Marquez..\u00a0 In Mosley’s last fight, Mosley didn’t really need to utilize speed against the plod forward style of Antonio Margarito.\u00a0 I give Mayweather the edge in speed.\u00a0 That being said, Mosley is a smart fighter who might be able to neutralize Mayweather’s speed with timing.<\/p>\n

Do I sound unsure about my pick?\u00a0 I hope so, because I think this is a toss-up fight.\u00a0 In Mosley, Mayweather is fighting an opponent with an equal ring I.Q.\u00a0 Mosley is willing to press the fight and he’s got legit hurtin’ power.\u00a0 Neither fighter really has one punch knock-out power.\u00a0 If\u00a0 there is a knockout, it will come from an accumulation of blows and neither guy is going to make himself a very hit-able target.\u00a0 I’m banking on the fight being a tactical chess match with Mayweather’s speed being the difference.\u00a0 Mayweather by unanimous decision. <\/strong><\/p>\n

However, there is one major x-factor for me- age.\u00a0 At 38, Mosley has been fighting “old” for some time now.\u00a0 He knows what his body can and can’t do.\u00a0 At 33, Mayweather is close to the age where boxers get old.\u00a0 What happens if Mayweather suddenly gets old in the ring?\u00a0 Will he be able to adjust to fighting “old” and Mosley at the same time?\u00a0 I can’t wait to find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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