Mosley VS Berto: Old Guard VS New Bread
At 38 years old, Sugar Shane Mosley is not just “boxing old”, he is also the only survivor of a truly amazing generation of welterweights. Boxers of the likes of de la Hoya, Trinidad and Quartey are all well into their retirements. Yet at 38 years old, Mosley is still taking on one of the best and the youngest welterweights the World Boxing Council has to offer.
On the 30th of January 2010, Shane Mosley will fight undefeated Andre Berto (26 years old).
Berto is not just very young, he is also very hungry. He has a once in a lifetime opportunity to not only claim the WBC and WBA world welterweight unified championship belt, but also to beat one of the sport’s best boxers and put his mark in history.
While the odds really are against Berto claiming the gold, he might just upset expectations. He is after all young, hungry and undefeated.
The Mosley vs. Berto fight is not just the first super fight of 2010 (right before Pacquiao takes on Mayweather), but also possibly represents a changing of the guards.