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"Half the people in the world are walking around blind pretending they can see"

That gem was spoken to me by a drunk who use to hang out by the bus stop I use to take to High School each morning. For a drunk he was very profound and I often wonder if he was really a drunk or was he sent there to drop knowledge into my brain.

In retrospect he was probably just a drunk, but I always latched on to a couple of his random quotes. This particular one I always try to use when analyzing sports. The point being is that even though your eyes are open that doesn't mean that you are seeing what is going on.

There is no perfect way to make predictions when it comes to sports (trust me I know better than most), but if you really pay attention and don't let the white noise distract you, you can see where upset will happen.

There were a couple of simple reasons why Shane Mosley pulled off a huge upset of Antonio Margarito.

1- Margarito turned in Tony Montana

Just a beautiful fight for Sugar Shane Mosley. What more can you say? I will have more to say, but right now it is 1:23am here in STL and I am fighting to get this video to you. Hopefully by tomorrow I will have the entire fight because it was a site to behold.

Fight is over. Two things. First I was right and secondly can you believe what you saw? Video of the fight coming soon.

There is an art to picking an upset and boxing is one of the easiest sports to spot one when it is coming. That is why I was able to pick the two biggest boxing upsets of 2008.

Antonio Margarito over Miguel Cotto
And

Manny Pacquiao over Oscar De La Hoya

Now I am about to pick the 1st major upset of 2009 (sorry Arizona fans you may or may not get a surprise next week with my Super Bowl pick) and it is so easy to see you should be taking your entire paycheck, your tax refund (don't front you do rapid refund), your baby momma tax refund check or whatever money you won on my 2-0 NFL Championship weekend picks and put it on:

SHANE MOSLEY BEATING ANTONIO MARGARITO

You are probably thinking to yourself:

"But BonaFide one Cotto beat Mosley and Magarito beat Cotto so this is an easy win for Margarito right?"

My friend that is why I am paid 25c an hour to run this site because sometimes you have to look beyond the obvious.

When predicting an upset you have to look at three key factors:

On March 16, 2008 last year, the surging Lakers came into Houston with anticipation to break the Rockets amazing winning streak which had reached 21. Not wanting to be a part of their historic run, Kobe and the Lake Show were hoping to cool down the Rockets.

This article isn't about the game. It's not about the win streak. It's about Shane Battier vs. Kobe Bryant.

In that game last year, Shane Battier put on such an incredible display of defense on Kobe Bryant, that even an avid fan of Kobe myself had to give it up to the dude. Ok, ok some people might get on my case for saying this, but Shane practically shut him down that night.

The fight overall was ok, but the finish was spectacular. Sugar Shane definitely closed the show.