Boxing Betting tips for the Shane Mosley – Antonio Margarito Boxing match
Future Hall Of Famer Sugar Shane Mosley (45-5-0 with 38 KOs) is heading into one of the hardest bouts he would be involved in against WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (37-5-0 with 27 KOs) on January 24th in Staples Center, Los Angeles, California. A good Boxing Betting tip for this bout is that as of the last three fighters that have challenged Antonio Margarito they all have been stopped within the distance and suffered a tremendous beating as the fight went along.Now Sugar Shane Mosley who is 37 years old wants to defy the odds and duke it out against the Tijuana Tornado Antonio Margarito, a brawler that averages over 100 punches per round in his boxing matches.
Sugar Shane Mosley’s last boxing match was a 12th round stoppage victory over Ricardo Mayorga last September and sad to say we can tell how much Sugar Shane Mosley has declined as a fighter. Looking at the rest of Sugar Shane Mosley’s pervious fights you would immediately see a defeat at the hands of Miguel Cotto, others were notable wins over Luis Collazo, Fernando Vargas, Jose Luis Cruz and David Estrada, followed by two heart breaking defeats to Winky Wright in 2004.
Most people say that styles make the fight interesting, however when you take a look at the Sugar Shane Mosley – Antonio Margarito fight you definitely have to usher in the factors like age and conditioning which are all on the side of Antonio Margarito. Antonio Margarito has the advantage in youth, is stronger, is bigger and definitely the more active fighter. Antonio Margarito’s a work horse and would not let up, as the fight goes on I see Antonio Margarito only getting better and letting go of a relentless barrage that would stop Sugar Shane Mosley on his tracks.
The issue on this fight is that Sugar Shane Mosley his speed is gone while Antonio Margarito’s work rate per round is surely a tiresome appointment. For a boxer that is accustomed to winning with speed and reflexes that are close to inhuman, Sugar Shane Mosley would have a hard time compensating. Sugar Shane Mosley is not considered a technical fighter but more of a gunner that uses speed and power.
For the betting community it would be better to go with the young and hungry Antonio Margarito as he would press Sugar Shane Mosley for the first round up until he gives up on his stool like Oscar De La Hoya or get knocked out. If only the boxing match happened in the early stages of Sugar Shane Mosley’s career then he would have given Antonio Margarito more than he asked for as his counter punching and constant lateral movement would certainly offset the charge that Antonio Margarito brings every round. As far as Sugar Shane Mosley is concerned, the days of blistering speed and endless movement are buried in the past and each of his bouts are just giving him more punishment that should have him think of retirement.
Fearless Betting Prediction: Antonio Margarito by KO in the 10th round
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