They Called You ‘Sugar’ Cause You Gave It Out… So Sweet
I’m guessing that I’m the only person around here that watched the Mosley-Collazo fight on HBO Saturday night, yah? … I know, I know – boxing isn’t nearly as cool as MMA; boxing sucks; it’s not 1980 anymore; blah blah blah. I hear you but it’s just not sinking in. I will be loyal to boxing for the rest of my days and nothing can be said that will convince me of MMA’s superiority.
Anyway, if you come to my house on Saturdays, you know that it’s fight night. And this past week, we had Sugar Shane Mosley and Luis Collazo squaring off for the WBC Welterweight title. But the mood grew bleak about a minute before the two touched gloves when Larry Merchant actually said:
"When Callazo’s handlers said the other day that sugar melts under heat, Jack Mosley (Sugar’s dad and trainer) responded that sugar can give you diabetes and is bad for the heart… one of them (dramatic Larry Merchant-esque pause) has to be wrong."
Oh, ya think, Larry, you self-righteous, senile old fuck!! I want to clock you in the face. You’d think Jim Lampley would be good for it but he’s too busy beating on his lady friends. Christ.
Before Mosley foolishly upped sticks to the junior middleweight division a few years ago, he was a joy to watch. Fast, fluid, and powerful, he was the kind of fighter that made all the brutality look beautiful. He was the best pound-for-pound fighter in boxing and even when he took down Oscar de la Hoya (my then-favorite) in a 12-round decision, I couldn’t help but love and appreciate his style.
But then he started putting on muscle mass and even more muscle mass. It wasn’t long before his name came up in the BALCO scandal, which, given the looks of him, wasn’t too surprising… he could have benched 80 pounds with his ear lobes alone.
Too tight to punch accurately or throw combinations, he settled for the Mike Tyson method – loading up for single blasts under the theory that bigger men required bigger power. Though he beat de la Hoya for a second time to become one of the few boxers to reign in three divisions, he got his ass handed to him twice by Winky Wright. Eventually he came back to his home at 147 and here we are.
Though Mosley looked good in his bout against Fernando Vargas last year, I thought he’d go down on Saturday. Collazo was a counter-punching southpaw with youth on his side. No matter how good Mosley said he was feeling, Collazo would jab, jab, and jab again until Mosley simply wore out. And at 35-years-old, what could Mosley possibly do to prevent it?
Beat his ass – that’s what he could do. And that’s what we happened. Mosley destroyed Collazo in a 12-round unanimous decision, knocking him down once and lighting him up like an unworthy chump in each successive round.
Shame on me for expecting a sluggish, aging Mosley. He turned back the clock and delivered an impressive, dominating performance. Mosley’s footwork and combinations were dazzling; he sported quick hands, harder punches, and a zip, passion, and energy unseen in years.
Collazo had a few eye-catching punches and tried to throw the jab so successful against Ricky Hatton but Mosley ducked them, got to the inside, and dotted up Collazo’s face and body with three-punch combinations. It was brutal. And it’s exactly what I’ve been wanting out of a boxing match since Floyd Mayweather Jr beat Arturo Gatti into a bloody mess nearly two years ago. I don’t know who Mosley has next but I’m looking forward to it… After Mayweather and de la Hoya retire, at least somebody will be left that knows what he’s doing.
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Just watch one UFC fight on Spike and I promise you’ll be done with boxing within twenty minutes.
Sugar looked damn good Saturday but the smack he’s talking about Mayweather makes him look like a punk. He’s had 7 years to do arrange something and never took it. Now Mayweather’s gonna retire (after the biggest fight in 6 years) and he’s talking about having a piece? Weak. It really diminishes what he just pulled off.
de la hoya’s lost twice to the same guy??
Still with boxing Flash? Come on and watch a little MMA. You won’t regret it. One name: Fedor Emelianenko. He’ll change your whole world.
I already tried to get her into MMA, even pointed her toward Fedor and a few others…she’s just being obstinate. My new recommendation? Thaiboxing. If you can dig up some Ramon Dekkers highlights (I’ve got his greatest hits), do it! I still prefer MMA, but thaiboxing at its highest level makes Western boxing look like kids’ stuff. Elbows and knees and high kicks, oh my!
That said, Moseley is one hell of a fighter and I’m sorry I missed this one.
she’s just being obstinate? You freaking Notre Dame kids suck.
Boxing has never been the same since Michael Watson wore ARSEnal shrts and made me shout for Chrith Eubankth.
Hey Harold, why don’t you put on your jean shorts, go to the library, and read a book or two.. you might learn another new word today
UFC? That’s stuff is more rigged than the WWF.
ufc is a lot less ridiculous than it used to be but the pacing sucks. everytime something starts to happen, they end up on the ground for 5 minutes with each other’s balls in their faces.
UFC is a total waste. when I saw that Paris Hilton was into it, I knew somethin was wrong. I’ll take a knockout to a tap out every day of the week.
Nice Houlihan. real original. I’ll have all you pricks know that I don’t break out the jean shorts until April. Right now, it’s all about my sweet pair of stone washed Lee’s!
I just caught the replay on HBO. I didn’t think Mosley had that type of game left in him. That was some nice. But even though Collazo got stoned out there, I think some good stuff is gonna come from him in the near future. He’s gonna be a helluva fighter.