By TheLiverpuncher  - A side by side look at Antonio Margarito vs Shane Mosley in several major categories: Speed, Skills, Chin, Defense, etc. After a comprehensive look TheLiverpuncher rates each fighter and gives his official prediction for the fight! Be sure to get your official prediction in the league to see if you can top "The Liverpuncher" record this season! The predictions polls close at 4PM PST the day of the fight.
| | Shane Mosley | Antonio Margarito | | Age | 37 | 30 | | Nationality | American | Mexican | | Alias | Sugar | Tijana Tornado | | Residence | Pomona CA | Tijuana, MX | | Hieight | 5'9" | 5'11" | | Reach | 74" | 73" | | Record | 45 (KO 38) + lost 5 (KO 0) + drawn 0 | 37 (KO 27) + lost 5 (KO 0) + drawn 0 | | Rounds Boxed | 343 : KO% 74.51 | 237 : KO% 62.79 | | | Last 5 fights | | Date | 09/27/08 | 07/26/08 | | Opponent | 153½ lbs vs Ricardo Mayorga | 147 lbs vs Miguel Angel Cotto | | Place | Home Depot Center, Carson, CA | MGM Grand Las Vegas | | Title | WBA Inter-Continental lt. mid.weight | WBA Welterweight Title | | Outcome | Won : time: 2:59 Round 12 | Won: TKO Round 11 | | | | | | Date | 11/10/07 | 04/12/08 | | Opponent | 146¼ lbs vs Miguel Angel Cotto | 146½ lbs vs Kermit Cintron | | Place | Madison Square Garden, New York | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City | | Title | WBA Welterweight title | IBF welterweight title | | Outcome | Lost: Unanimous Decision | Won: KO Round 6 | | | | | | Date | 02/10/07 | 11/10/07 | | Opponent | 147 lbs vs Luis Collazo | 146¼ lbs vs Golden Johnson | | Place | Mandalay Bay Resort Las Vegas | Madison Square Garden, New York | | Title | Interim WBC welterweight title | WBO Inter-Continental welterweight | | Outcome | Won: Unanimous Decision | Won: TKO Round 1 | | | | | | Date | 07/15/06 | 07/14/07 | | Opponent | 153lbs vs Fernando Vargas | 145¾ lbs vs Paul Williams | | Place | MGM Grand Las Vegas | Home Depot Center, Carson, CA | | Title | None | WBO welterweight title | | Outcome | Won: TKO 6 2:38 | Lost: Unanimous Decision | | | | | | Date | 02/25/06 | 12/02/06 | | Opponent | 152lbs vs Fernando Vargas | 147 lbs vs Joshua Clottey | | Place | Mandalay Bay Resort Las Vegas | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City | | Title | None | WBO welterweight title | | Outcome | Won: TKO round 10 | Won: Unanimous Decision |
Skills: Emmanuel Steward trained Kermit
Cintron for a bout against Margarito and described Margarito’s skills as severely
underrated. However, when compared to a
man with the nickname “Sugar” no one in boxing is sweeter. Mosely has more raw talent and sheer athleticism
than most fighters even at this point of his career.
Edge: Mosley
Power: Highlight knockouts are a thing of
beauty. They both have their fair share
of
KOs. Margarito typically gets his by accumulative punishment while Mosley can
hurt a man in any round. Sure, Margarito
stopped guys like Andrew “Six Heads” Lewis, but Lewis had no chins to go with
those heads. On the other hand, we have
seen Mosley stop tough guys like Vargas and Mayorga with one punch.
Edge: Mosley
Speed: “Sugar” Shane isn’t as quick as he
used to be, but he is still much faster than the methodical Margarito. This is a no brainer.
Edge: Mosley
Defense: Margarito’s best defense is his
chin. How many times has he been hit
clean and simply smiled at his opponent. Nothing could be scarier than that. Mosley has been known to get hit a bit more at this stage of his career,
but still has the movement to avoid the big punches.
Edge: Mosley
Experience: Its hard to say that Margarito is
an inexperienced figher. He came up the
hard way and was thrown to the wolves from an early age and has seen it all in
the ring. However, Mosley does have a
higher number of championship fights with 19 and Margarito 13.
Edge: Mosley
Chin: Lets not forget that Mosley was
almost knocked senseless early by Vernon Forrest and still managed to go 12
rounds. But is there anyone else who can
look Paul Williams in the eye and smile after being hit with Williams best
shot? Well Margarito certainly did
that. Margarito’s chin is already
legendary.
Edge: Margarito
Conditioning: Mosley seems to never be out of
shape. The man is a gym rat. But can he throw 100 punches a round for 12
rounds? Margarito can do that without
thinking twice.
Edge: Margarito
Wear-and-tear: Mosley is no spring chicken. At 37, he has been through many tough battles
and has the scars to prove it. Margarito
is in the prime of his career. In fact,
Margarito has shown steady improvement since his fight with Williams. Its prime time for Margarito, and Shane has
certainly seen better days.
Edge: Margarito
Corner: Mosley used to have his father
Jack train him for every fight. Now he
enlisted the talents of Nazim Richardson, of the famed Bernard Hopkins
camp.
Hopkins
seems only to get better with age, and attributes a lot of that to
Richardson’s advice. Margarito’s main corne rman, Javier Capatillo,
is known to be a drill sergeant. His
biggest talent his putting his fighters through hell in camp to make the fights
seem easy. But Capatillo hasn’t proven he
can change tactics midway through a fight.
Edge: Mosley
Outcome: From this head to head we see that
Mosley has scored the edge in several categories: Skills, Power, Speed,
Defense, Experience and Corner. But this
fight may come down to a few simple things: Chin, Conditioning and
Wear-and-Tear. If a fighter simply can’t
take what the other guy dishes out, he loses. And at this point in their respective careers, Margarito is able to dish
out more. That’s how he has won all his
fights so far. And that’s most likely
what will happen this Saturday.
Prediction: Margarito by unanimous decision
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