Shane Mosley claims neck problem stopped him from finishing Floyd Mayweather

Ciani: You appeared to be a little bit uncharacteristically winded it looked from my untrained eye. Did you get a little tired in that fight and if so, do you think that the long layoff you had between the Margarito fight and that fight may have had a bigger impact on your performance than you would have imagined?

Mosley: No, I wasn’t fatigued or tired at all whatsoever. That wasn’t the problem. The problem was the leaning on my neck. It got real tight and then I couldn’t throw any punches after that. I wasn’t tired. Physically, I wasn’t tired. I was just tight from all the leaning on my neck, from being on my neck, and I guess that’s what happened and I think it happens to a lot of fighters so that’s part of boxing. I wasn’t prepared for that tactic.

Ciani: Now do you think that perhaps maybe you would have been a little bit better prepared for Floyd if the fight with Berto that you were supposed to have in January had gone through had it not been for the earthquake in Haiti?

Mosley: I mean there are a lot of different excuses you can come up with. I thought I was prepared very well. That night wasn’t my night. I landed the shots I needed to land, I just couldn’t finish it off and Floyd did an excellent job of recovering and doing what he needed to do to win the fight. Like I said, the only thing that happened was if you look at the tape, there was a lot of jumping on my head and my neck and a lot of that. That’s what I didn’t work for. I didn’t work for preparing my neck for that type of fight, which I should have, because I watched him to do it to a lot of other fighters but that’s down on me. That was my mistake and he benefitted from that and he won.

Ciani: Was there anything about Floyd that surprised you that night?

Mosley: No, I pretty much thought that was going to be Floyd. It was a fight, again, that I knew exactly what to do and what not to do with him. I thought I would be a lot more successful with what I wanted to do. Like I said, that one thing that was in the fight, that’s what happened. When you’re in the middle of the fight you can’t say oh I want to rest my neck because I can’t throw punches. It was something that he did and he was successful with it. That’s all a part of fighting.

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Fuck Mosley. He has zero credibility anyways. Go fight Mora you pussy.

Leaning on his neck? wtf

Yeah I don't really understand what Shane's talking about.

Well it only took 4 months for Oscar to come up withthis excuse for him! yippeee

He had to say something to stay motivated. At least he admitted he lost and that Floyd did what he needed to do.

Gumby wrote:

He had to say something to stay motivated. At least he admitted he lost and that Floyd did what he needed to do.

True, and its a better excuse than having diarrhea lol (even if it doesnt make any sense)

http://outofbounds.nbcsports.com/2010/03/clottey-uses-the-old-nausea-heartburn-indigestion-upset-stomach-diarrhea-excuse.html.php

I fucking hate floyd but after a descent first round shane was as good as done. He is just looking bad making up excuses give floyd his props

soonermark890 wrote:

Fuck Mosley. He has zero credibility anyways. Go fight Mora you pussy.

...exactly my thoughts ssooner..yeah instantly when you buckled floyds knees and he fell into you to stop from going down your neck got messed up..why wasnt that said fight night..you lost cause you failed to go all out and finish a guy..you lost cause you fought like a old shot fighter..you lost cause you didnt have the balls to let all hang out do or die..your a jerk off..retire .your sounding like bo hop..full of crap.

Yea, my neck would hurt too after getting hit with some of these all night....

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_sports/2010/05/01/2010-05-01_perfect_weather.html

Mosley looked a combination of shot and/or overtrained. And Floyd made whichever it was much worse.

captain yep a combination of all 3.

Shane surprises me. I thought he was a smarter guy than that. Leaning on his neck?? What the f...k is he talking about?? LOL

Shane has taken some shots over the years.

find clips of shane talking in 2000 the find clips of him talking in 2010. I detect some slurring of the speech, etc... He isn't at Riddick Bowe/Meldrick Taylor level yet, but he needs to stop fighting pretty soon.

yes and the slurring is progressing..saw him talk on a clip a week or so after the floyd fight and its noticable for sure..this is where boxing drs and commisions at least at the state level need to step in..

If you are a boxer, you need to retire young while you still have all your marbles. Hanging around too long is a horrible thing.

captainanddew wrote:

If you are a boxer, you need to retire young while you still have all your marbles. Hanging around too long is a horrible thing.

Seen so many examples of this too. It's always sad to watch these guys when they hold on too long.

I will always be a fan of Shane's for leaving dents in Margo's chin.

captainanddew wrote:

Shane has taken some shots over the years.

find clips of shane talking in 2000 the find clips of him talking in 2010. I detect some slurring of the speech, etc... He isn't at Riddick Bowe/Meldrick Taylor level yet, but he needs to stop fighting pretty soon.

+1, I've been saying this for a while on the other board and even made a thread about it. Naysayers over there told me i was crazy.

Mosley on his best day would look the same against PBF. He is full of it.

mosley on his best day which was years ago would of given pbf all he could handle and then some.im not saying he would of won or lost-i think he would of won-but the fight for both of them would not be a cakewalk..

and thats on floyds best day also.