By Ricardo Lois, Examiner.com
Shane Mosley and Sergio Mora failed to electrify anyone on Saturday night during a twelve round junior middleweight bout scored as a draw at the Staples Center in Downtown Los Angeles.
Though Mosley seemed to do better work by attacking the body and being comparatively more active than Mora, the fight was tainted with lulls in action, holding, hugging, and a continual rain of cat calls expressing displeasure from the 13,59 fight fans in attendance.
After this lack luster performance and his one-sided May defeat by Floyd Mayweather, Mosley is showing clear signs of his athletic demise and it will become more difficult for the former pound for pound king to garner million dollar paydays in high profile fights.
Going into the the Mora fight it what whispered within boxing circles that with Mayweather in the midst of legal troubles that could put him behind prison bars for several years, a strong performance by Mosley could earn him a fight with current pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao in the near future.
Unfortunately for Mosley his performance highlights what many in boxing already knew, his days as an elite fighter have been over for a few years.
Looking to land a significant fight none the less, Mayweather mentioned another fading super star as a potential opponent - Puerto Rican Migue Cotto. The pair fought clashed in 2007 and it would seem that interest in a rematch has wained.
Golden Boy Promotions’, which promoted the event, top executive Richard Schaefer toyed with the media about a potential rematch between Mosley and Mora - now that is the worst joke boxing fans have heard all year.
Source: examiner.com
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