Miguel Cotto 30-0 25 KOs  vs.  Shane Mosley 44-4 37 KOs

There's a fight tonight...A big fight tonight...Man how I love me some big time fight nights...especially when it reminds me of "throwback" fight nights.

Boxing is dead? Who the hell said? Not me...like McDonald's ..."I'm loving it".

Boxing is still king. King of the ring. Long live the king...just not that wild haired Don fellow thing.

Lace up the gloves and nothing else matters. No kicks to the head...No super-atomic slams...No tricky-dickey submission holds...No choke-outs...Let's just shoot the hands...Only the hands... That's what makes it so sweet... The sweet science... I like your style...Now try mine.

Styles make fights or so I've been told. Try this one on for style. Tonight we get to see "Sugar" Ray Leonard take on Roberto "Hands of Stone" Duran all over again. Except this time the year is 2007. It's the same fight...only the names have been changed and they're not innocent.

"Sugar" Shane Mosley battles Miguel "No Nickname That I Know Of" Cotto. If I had to pick one it would be a short list. A list of one as a matter of fact. In the ring Cotto is an assassin to the body. He's the "Body Snatcher". Taking your breath away is what he does. A punch in the side...a punch to the gut...a punch below the belt...you'd better watch out.

Ask Zab "Super" Judah all about that. Just back in June Zab wasn't feeling so super. After zapping Cotto's chin...Cotto's suspect chin...a couple of times over again...Cotto decided to take the fight to Zab's "little friend"...Far below the belt just wasn't nice...Once wasn't enough so he did it twice. 

Zab's voice rose two octaves and the tempo was set. A barrage to the body that he'd never before met. Zab "Super" Judah crashed like a jet.

Now here is Shane Mosley. The modern day "Sugar" fighting the modern day Duran. Duran was tough as nails too and dirty as a snake. Sugar is quick as lighting just like his namesake. Sugar packs a wallop to complement his speed. He'll do whatever it takes based on the need. He can box you all night or he can turn out your lights. Make you look silly or display all his might.  A knockout... a knockout...that's what I'm talking about.

I already told you that Cotto's chin is soft. The light hitting DeMarcus "Chop Chop" Corley made Miguel do the two-step in early 2005 after chopping his jaw. Some guy named Ricardo Torres had him down twice later that same year. The thing is that Cotto got back up. Wobbly as a weeble but he got back up. Showing great survival instincts he managed to recoup. Came out madder the next round and opened his can of whoop...there it is.  Patented punches to the body...whoop there they is.

This isn't Corley tonight. This isn't Torres tonight. This is the best Cotto has ever faced tonight. This is one of the best of this generation tonight...This is maybe one of the best ever tonight...This is Cotto's chance to tell the world...LOOK AT ME TONIGHT!!!

How's it going to go? I'm not certain and I'm not even sure that I care. All I know is that Cotto better not get caught coming in early cause that could make it an early night. Did I tell you his chin is fragile as glass? Why yes I did...I know that I did... but the longer the fight goes on the more if favors the "Body Snatcher".

Speed kills and Shane's got plenty... but you know what kills speed, don'tcha? A few well placed hooks to the body that's what. With Cotto in the ring there will be a bit more than the little... in fact it's quite a lot. 

Styles make fight and this fight is styling. It could last one round or it could last twelve. All I know is that it's going to be a war...a bloodbath per se...a long or a short one...I wouldn't have it any other way.

Now pay your $50 you cheap bums you. Get some friends to chip in is what you should do. There's other big names on the under card too. Boxing is dead? Nah... that  just isn't true.

Prediction: Lots of Oohssss...Aahssss...Ohhssss...and Yo-ssss

May the best style win.