Jan 26 2009
Dear Shane Mosley
Dear Shane,
This is one of the most heartfelt “Dear You” pieces I’ve ever written. No laughs. No jokes. I have been a fight fan since my childhood. This was back when ABC still showed boxing on the Saturday “Wild Word of Sports” joints. Over the years, good fighters have come and gone. Iron Mike became soft putty. Roy Jones Jr. proved to have a chin made of champagne glass. Trinidad got exposed. On a side note, Trinidad fights will always be my favorite. Either he was knocking somebody the “F” out or he was going to get jabbed to death. De La Hoya was a beast as a young man and always took the fights which says a lot about a man who never backs down.
Floyd and Pac Man…please take notes. Pac Man gets it because he will get in ring and beat the brakes off someone (See exhibit A: De La Hoya fight). Floyd, skill wise, you’re about the best I’ve seen but you seem too worried about being undefeated.
Shane, I spent money on tickets, beer, gas and sat in a crowd of Mexicans fearing for my life, but it didn’t matter because I was the one yelling at the end. When I thought you had been exposed against Forrest and Winky Wright, you came back and busted Vargas. You fought what I thought was a draw against Cotto and came back did something I had never seen. You scored a knockout in the last second of the last round in the fight against Mayorga. Still more, you beat the man who destroyed Cotto, and I saw it in person. I was there for the Wright fights and this made up for all of it. I’m sorry I didn’t make the money betting on you this time, but the time invested was well worth it. You’ve taken over the number 1 spot for now. Number 2 will be the winner of the hopefully imminent Pacquiao-Mayweather bout. Chad Dawson, Andre Berto, Paul Williams and Victor Ortiz round out my list.
In love with boxing all over again,
