Is anyone really surprised by Shane Mosley's performance against Antonio Margarito? I've been watching Sugar since his days of thunder in the lightweight division. But can you really be surprised of his dominance of the king of the welterweights who has a granite chin, Antonio Margarito? What about his body though? Shane Mosley put on a boxing clinic tonight starting with excellent work to the body and sense enough to tie up with the then champion when they got close. Several times it seemed as if he would end the night early. And eventually he did with the fighter whom NOONE has ever seen in trouble like that.
The fight began in controversy as the California State Athletic Commissioner ordered that the Margarito camp retape his hands when they found a foreign substance that hardens when wet or perspired on. Similar and ironic to the controversy that surrounded his label mate and middleweight legend Bernard Hopkins (who's trainer, Naseem Richardson, is also Shane Mosley's for the fight) for his virtuoso performances against Kelly Pavlik and Felix Trinidad who were both undefeated knockout artists. Richardson was also in the corner for both of those fights.
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