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Mosley K/O's Mayorga with one second to spare!
Page last updated: 29th Sep 2008 - 11:38 AM
Written by Neil Monnery
I used my Sky+ on Saturday night/Sunday morning to record the Ricardo Mayorga v Shane Mosley fight and talk about getting a shock when all was said and done and the fight was over.
I had Mayorga up on my card going into the final round and thought Mosley had to stop him. With just 18 seconds left it looked a foregone conclusion but then bam. A sickening combination from Mosley had Mayorga down and after stumbling to his feet and when the referee said to box on he was floored again with a straight left to the chin.
He was out and the referee waved the fight off with a staggering one second left of the fight. Mayorga laid flat on his back as David Mendoza ended the fight to see what off the best endings to a fight that I've ever seen. Jim Watt said it best on the commentary as he exclaimed that 'it was like the ending to Rocky VII'.
However since the fight it has come out that Mosley was ahead of two of the judges cards, one of them had him up 107-102 going into the 12th and I'm sorry but that is just preposterous. Tony Crebs was the judge in question and I just don't see how anyone could have Mosley ahead by that far. Another judge had him up by a round which I thought was too much but having him up by five is just shocking.
I saw ESPN too had Mosley up going into the 12th and I think it has a lot to do with people liking Shane Mosley. He is a likeable guy but he just didn't box well at all on Saturday night and had it gone to the cards and he'd won then I'd of been very suspicious.
It was one of the greatest endings to a fight that I've ever seen but it could've been very different had Mayorga survived for one more second. It would've turned from a fine win for Mosley to a sour tasting UD decision (Mosley won the final round 10-8 with the knock-down and that would've put him up too on the third and final card).


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