Shane Mosley vs. Golden Johnson (Highlights)

[thewandering01]

I've been following Mosley since the days when he was on Tuesday Night Fights on USA. Every time I see a video like this that reminds me of how good he was back in the day, it breaks my heart. It's a sin to compare how he was then to what he's like now.

I just hope he gets out of the game soon with his marbles intact and a decent amount of cash.

[bossudude420]

back when mosley was good and actually moved around instead of leaning back or flinching horribly like he does now

[jimmyg141]

Mosley was scary as a lightweight. Can't think of many who would have beaten him at lightweight. Seeing the shell of Mosley against Pacman was an insult to the eye.

[Chunklake]

@jimmyg141

Completely agree mate. He and Roberto Duran in my opinion, are the two greatest lightweights of all time. He was a PERFECT fighter. But his best days are behind him. He is a proud man, and it must of been hard for him to put a performance like that against Pacquiao. It pisses me off, when some people downplay his career because of his performances against Mayweather/Pacquiao.

[FSMNoodlyAppendage]

@Chunklake Anyone who downplays Mosley is either a foolish fanboy or is just plain unaware of his lightweight days. Sugar Shane was mind-blowingly good back then.

[r300zxsupras200]

SSM was ferrari fast!!!

[TheCade21]

shit i loved shane when he was young, lightning quick

[kevjohn2006]

Shane's footwork in round 5 was a thing of beauty.

[xxliljpxx]

mosleys always had a great left hook to the body

[johnosandra]

johnsons corner has no place in boxing and is completly incompetent

johnson however is one of the toughest cunts ive ever seen

[sugarnadf]

mosley was so similar to ray robinson offensively

[SzuC]

@sugarnadf Yea but if we see the defensive side of them, Mosley likes to block the punches with is head :) No problem with it he has a pretty good chin!

[sugarnadf]

@SzuC yea thats tru lol

[VAD6909]

shane mosley is just fuckin sick.. hes my idol, this video just proves how sick his boxing skills are

[daTruChosen]

@VAD6909 I agree. He was so great, but as a lightweight. He should NEVER have moved up from 135lbs. If he'd waited just 2 more years (he'd have been 30 and still in his prime), he'd have had the opportunity to fight Jose Luis Castillo, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Stevie Johnston, Acelino Freitas, Joel Casamayor, and other many great fighters IN THEIR PRIMES, and would've beat them all. He was 38-0, 35 KO's when he moved to welterweight. As a lightweight, he was nearly unbeatable.

[thewandering01]

@daTruChosen

I don't think he had a choice about moving up from 135. He was already draining himself tremendously to make weight, and the older you get, the more your body naturally packs the pounds on. He had to move up at some point.

It is a shame those fights didn't happen though. Imagine if, say, Mosley was born a couple fo years later and did get to take on Mayweather, Castillo, etc in his prime. They would have been awesome fights.

[FSMNoodlyAppendage]

Tremendous body work. Really painful stuff.