It was an equally unsatisfying night for Sergio Mora, whose failure to throw enough punches – meaningful punches – cost him a fight that was there for the taking. And it was unsatisfying for the 13,591 fans at Staples Center, who took to chanting “Canelo! Canelo!” in support of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez
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No one was too pleased with the lackluster split draw between Mosley and Mora in the main event. Judge David Denkin saw the fight 116-112 for Mosley. Kermit Bayless had it 115-113 for Mora and Lou Moret scored it 114-114. Yahoo! Sports had it 115-113 for Mosley.
It was clear by the fourth round of the 12-round super welterweight bout that it would be an extraordinarily tough fight to score. It was apparent much sooner that it would be an equally difficult fight to watch.
It would have been a disaster of epic proportions had Mosley lost to the one-time winner of the boxing reality series on NBC, “The Contender.” Despite defeating Vernon Forrest in 2008 to win the World Boxing Council super welterweight title
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