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Welterweight
Shane Mosley TKO9 Antonio Margarito
Wins a welterweight title

Records: Mosley, 46-5, 39 KOs; Margarito, 37-6, 27 KOs

Rafael's remark: One of the gazillion reasons why boxing is so great: Because you never know what's going to happen. Case in point is this fight. Margarito, a significant favorite for a reason, had smashed Miguel Cotto in July, Cotto had previously beaten Mosley, and yet Mosley took Margarito to the woodshed, delivering a shockingly one-sided beatdown. Go figure.



At 37, Mosley turned back the hands of time in such overwhelming fashion that it was perhaps even more stunning than seeing his Golden Boy Promotions partner, Bernard Hopkins, roll past the prime Kelly Pavlik in October at age 43. Clearly, Mosley has a lot left in the tank as he regained the welterweight title in violent fashion. He won it the first time in the first-ever fight held at the Staples Center on June 17, 2000, when he closed strongly against Oscar De La Hoya in his career-defining fight. But on this night, Mosley added a second-career defining performance. He and Margarito, both Southern California-based fighters, both came to fight, but Margarito was never in it. We all knew Mosley was faster, but did anyone think he was stronger? Well, he was. And that indestructible Margarito chin? Not anymore. Mosley hammered him with left hooks and laser-like overhand rights that couldn't miss. Mosley rocked him in the sixth, dropped him in the eighth and stopped him 43 seconds into the ninth with a massive closing onslaught that saw him out-land Margarito a stunning 21-0, according to CompuBox statistics.



It was a fantastic night for the sport of boxing, once again proving that the dopes who insist boxing is dead have no clue. The fight drew 20,820 -- the most ever to see any event of any kind at the Staples Center. And these were not casino guests or a late-arriving crowd. These were folks who paid their hard-earned cash to see a real fight in an electric atmosphere.



If there was anything of a downer, it is the possibility that Margarito tried to cheat by entering loaded gloves. Fortunately, Mosley trainer Nazim Richardson -- who, by the way, also trains Hopkins, so he knows a thing or two about guys turning back the clock -- objected to the way Margarito's hands had been wrapped, and during the removal of the tape, a "plaster-like substance" was found and removed. The California commission is investigating, but it stands to reason that if Margarito, 30, did try to cheat, it wasn't the first time. It casts a huge shadow over his victory against Cotto, whom he is supposed to meet again in June despite the loss. That is, if he's not suspended, which he should be if he did try to cheat.



Mosley, meantime, is the new 147-pound king. He'd love a rematch with Cotto, but that seems unlikely right now. Maybe Floyd Mayweather will exit retirement and finally fight the fight so many of us have always wanted to see for so many years.

With this win and Oscar's loss, will Shane be viewed in a more favorable light than Oscar when it's said and done??? Even though Oscar has a more impressive resume though.

That was a good ass fight. Its funny though how Cotto beat Mosley but lost to Margarito then Mosley comes and beats Margarito. I think a rematch is needed though.

box'n is OVER.RATED....
most box'n cards have only one good fight of the nite...
the rest of the nite is TRASH!

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box'n is OVER.RATED....
most box'n cards have only one good fight of the nite...
the rest of the nite is TRASH!

Good, I'll let you get this one my dude. Keep this one in the family...

who in the hell would eat that?

TonyAlmighty wrote:

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box'n is OVER.RATED....
most box'n cards have only one good fight of the nite...
the rest of the nite is TRASH!

Good, I'll let you get this one my dude. Keep this one in the family...

No one takes this guy seriously within our inner circle...with his MMA>Boxing jibber....we just let him talk to excercise his lungs and ignore him. B-Dub can confirm.

He's like the lil child you let run around in the park and tire himself out, and by the time gets home, he falls out.

I missed the fight, but will go back and watch it this weekend.

~Goodz~

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who in the hell would eat that?

Dude tried to pull a Bloodsport on some ol' Sonny Liston shit.

CANCELLED.

I don't know anything about hand wraps... so what happened???

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I don't know anything about hand wraps... so what happened???

In boxing you wrap your hands to with cloth to protect your hands and knuckles from breakage of serious injury. This crazy mofo wrapped his sh*ts in PLASTER!!

PLASTER?!? What a noob.

hence why i say.......... box'n is sum BULL$HIT!!!!!!!

bignasty-que wrote:

hence why i say.......... box'n is sum BULL$HIT!!!!!!!

Says the man that follows a "sport" that has WWE rejects....

~Goodz~

JayGood wrote:

bignasty-que wrote:

hence why i say.......... box'n is sum BULL$HIT!!!!!!!

Says the man that follows a "sport" that has WWE rejects....

~Goodz~

Come on now Good... MMA is totally a legit sport... I'll be the first to admit that allowing WWE knuckleheads looks really really bad HOWEVER... so does feeling the need to plaster your hands.

LMAO cute... real cute

the face of BOX'N.......


can u say... box'n is just as fixed as WWE

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can u say... box'n is just as fixed as WWE

His ignorance doesn't even deserve a sniviling thought!....


~Goodz~

and the last time he fought was????
dont get me wrong... i luv the GOAT and kid Dynamite!!!
since the mid 90's .... box'n has fallen off


but "CURRENTLY",, there is nobody out there wit flair, flash, & KNOCKOUT POWER as those two guys!!!
these fighters these days.......

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and the last time he fought was????
dont get me wrong... i luv the GOAT and kid Dynamite!!!
since the mid 90's .... box'n has fallen off

BIG NASTY FAIL
Not if your a true fan, boxing isn't just the heavyweights my dude. Right now you'll catch the best talent in the Middle and Welterweight divisions.

TonyAlmighty wrote:

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and the last time he fought was????
dont get me wrong... i luv the GOAT and kid Dynamite!!!
since the mid 90's .... box'n has fallen off

BIG NASTY FAIL
Not if your a true fan, boxing isn't just the heavyweights my dude. Right now you'll catch the best talent in the Middle and Welterweight divisions.

You're wasting your breathe here...me and B have told this clown this numerous times.

~Goodz~

who make u, b, and phony the end all be all???????????

tell me the last time,, u had a box'n card... top to bottom exciting...
knockouts, blood, and entertaining????