{"id":4667,"date":"2010-09-17T00:00:06","date_gmt":"2010-09-17T04:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=4667"},"modified":"2010-09-17T08:29:51","modified_gmt":"2010-09-17T12:29:51","slug":"team-rsr-fight-picks-shane-mosley-vs-sergio-mora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=4667","title":{"rendered":"Team RSR Fight Picks: Shane Mosley Vs Sergio Mora"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Compiled by Brian Wilbur<\/strong><\/p>\n

This Saturday, former three division world champion \u201cSugar\u201d Shane Mosley will test his 39-year-old legs against Sergio \u201cThe Latin Snake\u201d Mora. This is Mosley\u2019s first fight since dropping a decision to Floyd Mayweather, and his second fight since his thrilling TKO stoppage of Antonio Margarito to win the WBA Welterweight Championship. Mosley will be moving up to the 154 pound weight class; a division that Mosley is very familiar with although he had been campaigning at welterweight as of late.<\/p>\n

Mora is also a former title holder having won a 154 pound belt against Mosley\u2019s old rival Vernon Forrest in 2008. Mora lost the immediate rematch badly and has done little since then. Sergio became famous in the boxing world when he won a boxing reality show called \u201cThe Contender\u201d that was aired on NBC in 2005. Mora did not exactly parlay his new found fame into a successful boxing career aside from that short lived stint as a champion after upsetting Forrest. However at 29 years old, Mora still has time to live up to his potential. A win over a legend like Mosley is a step in the right direction.<\/p>\n

Shane is not planning to be a stepping stone for Mora however. Mosley is the betting favorite in this Los Angeles crossroads fight. Though he is getting up in age and appears to have lost a step, \u201cSugar\u201d Shane is still one of the fastest and strongest boxers around with virtuous boxing ability. Mora will have his hands full but looks up for the challenge and has scored upsets in the past. Read on to see who the team of writers at RSR are picking to win.<\/p>\n

Gina L. Caliboso<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yours truly will be sitting ringside at this event.\u00a0 Prediction: Mosley by unanimous decision over 12 rounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Geno McGahee<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mosley by unanimous decision.\u00a0 Mora doesn’t have the power to worry him and doesn’t have the skills to outbox him. Easy\u00a0night for Shane.<\/p>\n

Eric Fleming<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have to go with Mosley just for old time\u2019s sake.<\/p>\n

Mike \u201cRubber Warrior\u201d Plunkett<\/strong><\/p>\n

This isn’t the best style matchup for the aging three-division champ, but I’m of the opinion he isn’t as far gone as the Mayweather episode has led some to believe and that his experience will serve him well this time out. I’m thinking that\u00a0Sugar Shane\u00a0finds a way to zoom the talented Latin Snake and sneak by with a close decision win.<\/p>\n

\u201cBad\u201d Brad Berkwitt<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sergio Mora wins by a boring 12 round decision, probably in the 116-112 range.<\/p>\n

Jeff Stoyanoff<\/strong><\/p>\n

This should be an excellent fight.\u00a0 Mora is exactly the same size as the late Vernon Forrest, but he isn’t quite as skilled as a boxer.\u00a0 On the other hand, Mosley isn’t the fighter he once was either so perhaps things even out.\u00a0 Mosley has always been a little shaky at 154 where he has struggled at varying degrees with the bigger opponents.\u00a0 Mora has been in there with top competition and has shown he can compete especially if given a little edge.\u00a0 The age of Mosley and the higher weight represents an edge for Mora here.\u00a0 Mora by majority decision in a good action fight.<\/p>\n

Brian Wilbur<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t like Mora\u2019s inactivity, having fought only once over the last two years. Even though I think that Shane is past his best, and has been for some time, I still can\u2019t find myself betting against Mosley\u2019s experience and savvy. Mora\u2019s edge in youth won\u2019t be enough against a faded but not quite shot future hall of famer. Mosley by competitive decision.<\/p>\n

RSR Supporter<\/strong><\/p>\n

Robbie Dupree <\/strong>www<\/strong>.robbiedupree.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Shane Mosley still has led in his fists as seen in round 2 against Floyd Mayweather, JR. I think he TKO’s Sergio Mora in the 5th.<\/p>\n

Final Tally
\nShane Mosley \u2013 6
\nSergio Mora \u2013 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Compiled by Brian Wilbur This Saturday, former three division world champion \u201cSugar\u201d Shane Mosley will test his 39-year-old legs against Sergio \u201cThe Latin Snake\u201d Mora. This is Mosley\u2019s first fight since dropping a decision to Floyd Mayweather, and his second fight since his thrilling TKO stoppage of Antonio Margarito to win the WBA Welterweight Championship. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[105,1522,570,1568,650],"class_list":["post-4667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-boxing","tag-fight-predictions","tag-ppv","tag-sergio-mora","tag-shane-mosley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4667"}],"version-history":[{"count":-1,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}