Just re-watched the fight a couple days ago
All I hear is "If Mosley was in his prime or if he stayed on him, he would have finished Floyd". Nothing more than wishful "what-if" banter from Mayweather antagonists.
Shane didn't exactly gas out until a couple rounds later. He was very fresh and spry in the early rounds. Add to the fact that Floyd had a solid chin, strong lower body, and balance unmatched by any other active fighter aside from Hopkins and Ward. Most other fighters would have gone down from that shot.
People who say that just don't understand boxing. It boggled my mind when I heard (and still do hear) people talking about it like Mosley could have easily finished Floyd if he wasn't old, or he just "lost focus" and magically took his foot off the gas. A lot of boxing fans only understand boxing in it's simplest terms, ie "guy punch guy, guy knock out guy, ect". Anybody who has any real understand of boxing knows that Floyd got hurt and instantly made the necessary adjustments.
1:22 -Seems like he's going to the body as a decoy, Floyd dressed down in defence.
1:16 So Shane loops a bomb over hand, Floyd knees buckle like a MF! Most would have fallen.
Floyd tries to grab, had no c strength to, so he backs to the ropes as Shane throws 2 rights that miss the mark. Then to the body.
This shot and the one earlier in the round shows/proves why Floyd has never been dropped. Just a standing 8 count when his glove scraped the canvas.
Floyd shook it off. IMO Shane's body language was "well...that was my best"
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