After watching Roy Jones Jr. and Oscar De La Hoya age overnight in 2008, I was like a lot of people who were worried Sugar Shane Mosley was putting himself in danger against Antonio Margarito.
But Mosley more than answered his critics with a dominant win that may have silenced doubts about his Balco dealings. Margarito, though, has lots of questions left after it was discovered he may have been caught doctoring his hands.
Does that mean eventually his wins over Miguel Cotto and Joshua Clottey will be reversed?
What Mosley's win sets up is a rematch with Cotto, who before losing to Margarito appeared to be making a charge up my all-time rankings. Cotto and Mosley fought to what the Associated Press judged a draw last year. Now that Mosley has the title, if they fought the same way would the judges give it to Shane?
Where does Paul Williams factor in? No one seems to want to fight him.
Questions, questions.
Anyway, Mosley moved up a few spots in my all-time rankings. Here's a new No. 70-89:
70. Jackie Kid Berg, 1924-45, U.S., 47.913
71. Sugar Shane Mosley, 1993-09, U.S., 47.910
72. Michael Carbajal, 1989-99, Canada, 47.772
73. Ike Williams, 1940-55, U.S., 47.711
74. Chiquita Gonzalez, 1984-95, Mexico, 47.555
75. Pernell Whitaker, 1984-01, U.S., 47.467
76. Hector Camacho, 1980-05, Puerto Rico, 47.396
77. Marcel Cerdan, 1934-49, France, 47.282
78. John Henry Lewis, 1928-39, U.S., 47.120
79. Panama Al Brown, 1922-42, Panama, 47.096
80. Maxie Rosenbloom, 1923-39, U.S., 46.869
81. James Toney, 1988-07, U.S., 46.800
82. Jack Dempsey, 1914-27, U.S., 46.656
83. Myung Woo Yuh, 1982-93, South Korea, 46.653
84. Marco Antonio Barrera, 1989-08, Mexico, 46.469
85. Juan Carlos Gomez, 1995-08, Cuba, 46.440
86. Jorge Arce, 1996-08, Mexico, 46.420
87. Arthur Abraham, 2003-08, Germany, 46.398
88. Miguel Angel Cotto, 2001-08, Puerto Rico, 46.372
89. Freddie Welsh, 1905-22, United Kingdom, 46.370
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