Shane Mosley

Shane Mosley
Mosley in 2009
Statistics
Real name	Shane Andre Mosley
Nickname(s)	Sugar Shane
Rated at	Lightweight (Early) Welterweight (current) Light Middleweight (8 Fights)
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Reach	74 in (188 cm)
Nationality	American
Born	September 7, 1971 (1971-09-07) Pomona, California, USA
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	55
Wins	46
Wins by KO	39
Losses	7
Draws	1
No contests	1

“Sugar” Shane Mosley (born September 7, 1971) is an American professional boxer from Pomona, California who has held world titles in three weight divisions.

Amateur career

Mosley was an amateur standout, capturing various amateur titles, including:

• 1989 United States Amateur Champion at Lightweight 132 lb (60 kg)
• 1989 World Junior Championships Silver Medalist in San Juan (PUR) 132 lb (60 kg)
• 1990 United States Amateur Champion at Lightweight 132 lb (60 kg)
• 1990 Goodwill Games Bronze Medalist in Seattle (USA) 132 lb (60 kg)
• 1992 United States Amateur Champion at Light Welterweight 139 lb (63 kg) he also had an amateur record of 96–3

Professional career

Undefeated lightweight champion

Sugar Shane started his pro career in 1993, By 2000 he had fought 34 times amassing a 34–0 (32) record, beating undefeated Phillip Holiday to win the IBF lightweight title. He made 9 title defenses with all inside the distance, but never unified belts. Mosley relinquished his lightweight title to move up 2 divisions, facing Oscar De La Hoya for his welterweight title.

De La Hoya vs Sugar Shane Mosley

On June 17, 2000, Mosley met De La Hoya in Los Angeles for the WBC welterweight title. After twelve rounds, Mosley emerged with a split decision victory. During the fight neither man was in danger of going down, but both had badly swollen faces at the end and De La Hoya was bleeding from the nose for several rounds. Mosley earned a minimum of $15 million, while De La Hoya was guaranteed $35 million. It was later that Mosley was accused of using illegal performance enhancing drugs prior to his 2003 bout with Oscar De La Hoya.

Mosley vs. Vernon Forrest I & II

He ran a successful string of defenses of his Welterweight titles but against three unheralded fighters. When he finally did step up his competition, it was against former Olympian Vernon Forrest. Early in the second round, the fighters clashed heads and both staggered backward as referee Steve Smoger called time. Mosley sustained a cut on the hairline. When action resumed, Forrest knocked Mosley down twice in the round. It was the first time Mosley had ever been down in a bout. The final scorecards read 115–110, 117–108, 118–108, in favor of Forrest.

They had a rematch six months later at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indiana, and Mosley once again lost by a unanimous decision.

Bouncing back after Forrest

On February 8, 2003, Mosley's bout with former IBF light middleweight title holder Raúl Márquez ended in a no contest when Mosley accidentally head butted Marquez twice in round three, which caused two very bad cuts above the eyes of Marquez.

He and De La Hoya faced each other for the second time on September 13, this time with De La Hoya's The Ring, WBC and WBA light middleweight belts on the line. Mosley defeated De La Hoya by a close 12 round unanimous decision, and joined the exclusive group of world boxing champions that have reigned in three or more divisions. Mosley testified in 2003 that he injected himself with the notorious doping agent EPO as he prepared for his light middleweight title fight against Oscar De La Hoya, according to grand jury transcripts and doping calendars.

Mosley vs. Wright I & II

On March 13, 2004, Mosley lost his The Ring, WBC & WBA light middleweight titles in a unification bout with IBF champion Winky Wright by a unanimous twelve-round decision.

On November 20, Mosley and Wright fought their rematch, and although it was scored much closer by the three judges (115–113 twice for Wright and a 114–114 tie), Mosley lost by a twelve-round majority decision.

Mosley Vs. Vargas I & II

On September 17, he beat another previously undefeated fighter, Jose Luis Cruz, by a ten-round decision.

Mosley then defeated Fernando Vargas on February 25, 2006 by TKO in the tenth round at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, due to a massive swelling which closed Fernando's left eye. At the time of the stoppage, Mosley was winning on two scorecards 86–85, while Vargas held an 86–85 advantage on the other scorecard. A rematch was announced almost immediately.

Mosley defeated Fernando Vargas in the rematch on July 15, 2006. Mosley dominated Vargas from start to finish, eventually ending the fight via a sixth-round TKO.

Shane defeated Luis Collazo on February 11, 2007, with a unanimous decision after 12 rounds, knocking Collazo down once, to capture the WBC interim Welterweight title.

Fight with Miguel Cotto

Mosley and undefeated WBA welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto met on Nov. 10, 2007, at Madison Square Garden in a fight broadcasted on HBO Pay-Per-View. Cotto beat Mosley in a close fight. Soon after that match, Mosley was scheduled to face Zab Judah in a Welterweight bout in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 31. Due to an arm injury suffered by Judah, the fight was cancelled.

Mosley vs Mayorga

Mosley-Mayorga was originally scheduled for Oct. 11 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer and Mosley's wife and advisor, Jin Mosley, told ESPN.com.

On July 18, 2008, it was reported on ESPN.com's quick hits that The fight between Mayorga and Mosley was moved to the Home Depot Center in Carson, California and set for September 27 because of the Pavlik-Hopkins fight agreement for October 18 on HBO PPV. And the good news for fight fans was that the Mayorga-Mosley bout was not to be on HBO PPV, instead it was shown on HBO at no cost.

Shane Mosley Stopped Ricardo Mayorga with one second left in the 12th round of their junior middleweight bout, Mosley led by one point on judge Nelson Vasquez's scorecard and five on Tony Crebs' entering the 12th round. Mayorga had a one point lead on judge Pat Russell's card. The Associated Press had "Sugar" Shane Mosley ahead by three points entering the 12th.

Mosley vs Margarito

Prior to one of the biggest fights of his career, Mosley began training with Naazim Richardson. Mosley regained the WBA Welterweight "Super" championship from Antonio Margarito on January 24, 2009 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Mosley, now 37 years old, came in to the fight as a 4–1 underdog with the bookies after Margarito had spectacularly stopped Cotto 6 months earlier. Prior to the bout nobody gave Mosley a chance of prevailing- everybody believing that Margarito was too strong and that Mosley was too old. The conventional wisdom was that this was a mismatch, which would end in a brutal retirement-forcing stoppage for Sugar Shane. A comparison of their last fights- the aforementioned destruction of Cotto by Margarito and a last-gasp knockout by Mosley in a hard twelve round struggle against Mayorga- did not bode well for Sugar Shane. Some predicted a massacre. And it was – only it was Margarito that was ruthlessly clubbed about the ring, unable to land any meaningful shots.

Mosley eventually TKO'd Margarito in the ninth round, after appearing to win every round up until then, in a massive upset. Sugar Shane utterly dominated Margarito, using his superior hand speed, pinpoint accuracy, consistent body punching, countless huge right hands to the jaw, and tying up whenever Margarito backed him into the ropes, to wear Margarito down and stop him—something that many seasoned boxing observers thought was nigh-on impossible. After knocking him down with a series of heavy overhand rights at the end of the eighth round, Margarito was unable to avoid punches during a heavy barrage from Mosley early on in the ninth, forcing the referee to step in as Margarito slumped to the canvas a second time. Margarito had never previously been stopped. It was a sensational win for Sugar Shane and propelled him back to the top of the tree in the welterweight division.

The fight was marred in a controversy after Mosley's trainer diligently spotted an illegal plaster accessory being added to Margarito's hand wraps, which had to be redone three times before the commission's officials were satisfied.

The fight was for Margarito's WBA title and the vacant Lineal Welterweight championships of Lineal Champs and Cyber Boxing Zone (CBZ). The Ring did not recognize this bout for its vacant Welterweight championship despite the fact, it pitted The Ring #1 ranked welterweight, Antonio Margarito vs. The Ring #3 ranked welterweight, Shane Mosley. Coming in the bout, Margarito had just TKO'd, the previous The Ring #1 ranked welterweight and current The Ring #2 ranked welterweight, Miguel Cotto. After the fight, Mosley would be The Ring #1 ranked Welterweight and seen by experts and fans alike, the true champion of the division.

Mosley vs Mayweather

Main article: Floyd Mayweather vs. Shane Mosley

On May 1, 2010 Mosley fought undefeated Floyd Mayweather. Boxing purists had called for the fight for over ten years. On the night Mosley stunned Mayweather with two right-hand shots in the second round. Mayweather recovered well and dominated the remainder of the fight with superior reflexes, eventually winning a wide decision on the scorecards to hand Mosley the sixth defeat of his professional career.

On May 22, 2010 Shane Mosley was stripped of his WBA "Super" welterweight title, which in turn made WBA champion Vyacheslav Senchenko the sole WBA titlist in the welterweight division.

Mora-Mosley

Mosley at the Club Nokia in September 2010

Main article: Shane Mosley vs. Sergio Mora

Mosley fought Sergio Mora on September 18 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The bout ended up in a split draw. Scores (Mora 115–113, Mosley 116–112, 114–114). On whether he would like to have a rematch with Mora or whether he will move on and put it behind him:

“Actually, there’s no need for a rematch. It was a fight. I took it. It wasn’t crowd pleasing and I don’t want to be in a fight like that again. That’s the type of fight that I don’t want to be in. There are a lot of great fights out there. There’s Cotto. You know all these mover type of guys, I’m not sure whether I should stay away from them if I could. You know the guys who like to move around a lot and try to outbox you, and it’s good to box but I want to be in a fight where I’m in a real fight, like the Miguel Cottos, the Pacquiaos, and the Margaritos. Sergio Martinez, he’s a mover. He likes to box so it could be an ugly fight. He’s a real mover and he’s a big mover. So these moving types of fighters, I don’t know that that’s well suited for me. I don’t like to put that on the fans with those types of fights. So we’ll see what happens.”^{[citation needed]}

Mosley-Pacquiao

Main article: Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley

On May 7, 2011, Mosley lost the fight to Manny Pacquiao for the WBO welterweight title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Due to Mosley's defeat, Pacquiao looked at a November 12th, 2011 match-up, a third fight with Juan Manuel Marquez which he won.

Professional boxing record

46 Wins (39 knockouts), 7 losses, 1 Draw, 1 No Contest
Result	Record	Opponnent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	46–7–1 1 NC	Manny Pacquiao	UD	12	2011-05-07	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada	For WBO welterweight title.
Draw	46–6–1 1 NC	Sergio Mora	SD	12	2010-09-18	Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Loss	46–6 1 NC	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	UD	12	2010-05-01	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada	Lost WBA (Super) welterweight title. Title on the line for Mosley only.
Win	46–5 1 NC	Antonio Margarito	TKO	9 (12)	2009-01-24	Staples Center, Los Angeles, California	Won WBA (Super) welterweight title.
Win	45–5 1 NC	Ricardo Mayorga	KO	12 (12)	2008-09-27	Home Depot Center, Carson, California
Loss	44–5 1 NC	Miguel Cotto	UD	12	2007-11-10	Madison Square Garden, New York, New York	For WBA welterweight title.
Win	44–4 1 NC	Luis Collazo	UD	12	2007-02-10	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada	Won Interim WBC welterweight title.
Win	43–4 1 NC	Fernando Vargas	TKO	6 (12)	2006-07-15	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	42–4 1 NC	Fernando Vargas	TKO	10 (12)	2006-02-25	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada	WBA light middleweight title eliminator.
Win	41–4 1 NC	Jose Luis Cruz	UD	10	2005-09-17	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	40–4 1 NC	David Estrada	UD	10	2005-04-23	Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada
Loss	39–4 1 NC	Winky Wright	MD	12	2004-11-20	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada	For The Ring, WBC, & WBA (Super) light middleweight titles.
Loss	39–3 1 NC	Winky Wright	UD	12	2004-03-13	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada	Lost The Ring, WBC, & WBA (Super) light middleweight titles. For IBF light middleweight title.
Win	39–2 1 NC	Oscar De La Hoya	UD	12	2003-09-13	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada	Won The Ring, WBC, & WBA (Super) light middleweight titles.
NC	38–2 1 NC	Raúl Márquez	NC	3 (12)	2003-02-08	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
Loss	38–2	Vernon Forrest	UD	12	2002-07-20	Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana	For The Ring, & WBC welterweight titles.
Loss	38–1	Vernon Forrest	UD	12	2002-01-26	MSG Theater, New York, New York	Lost WBC welterweight title. For vacant The Ring welterweight title.
Win	38–0	Adrian Stone	TKO	3 (12)	2001-07-21	Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada	Retained WBC welterweight title.
Win	37–0	Shannan Taylor	TKO	6 (12)	2001-03-10	Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada	Retained WBC welterweight title.
Win	36–0	Antonio Diaz	TKO	6 (12)	2000-11-04	MSG Theater, New York, New York	Retained WBC welterweight title.
Win	35–0	Oscar De La Hoya	SD	12	2000-06-17	Staples Center, Los Angeles, California	Won WBC welterweight title.
Win	34–0	Willy Wise	TKO	3 (10)	2000-01-22	Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	33–0	Wilfredo Rivera	KO	10 (10)	1999-09-25	Pechanga Entertainment, Temecula, California
Win	32–0	John Brown	TKO	8 (12)	1999-04-17	Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California	Retained IBF lightweight title.
Win	31–0	Golden Johnson	KO	7 (12)	1999-01-09	Civic Center, Pensacola, Florida	Retained IBF lightweight title.
Win	30–0	Jesse James Leija	TKO	9 (12)	1998-11-14	Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, Connecticut	Retained IBF lightweight title.
Win	29–0	Eduardo Bartolome Morales	TKO	5 (12	1998-09-22	MSG Theater, New York, New York	Retained IBF lightweight title.
Win	28–0	Wilfredo Ruiz	KO	5 (12)	1998-06-27	Apollo Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Retained IBF lightweight title.
Win	27–0	John John Molina	TKO	8 (12)	1998-05-09	Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, New Jersey	Retained IBF lightweight title.
Win	26–0	Demetrio Ceballos	TKO	8 (12)	1998-02-06	Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, Connecticut	Retained IBF lightweight title.
Win	25–0	Manuel Gomez	KO	11 (12)	1997-11-25	County Coliseum, El Paso, Texas	Retained IBF lightweight title.
Win	24–0	Philip Holiday	UD	12	1997-08-02	Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, Connecticut	Won IBF lightweight title.

Personal life

His ex-wife Jin Mosley is a Korean American who was born and raised in New York. Therefore, he would always attach the Taegukgi, which is the flag of South Korea to his trunks when he fought. They have three children together, Scott Kinghorn Mosley, Calypso Jim Zaccone Mosley and Eugene Tanner Mosley. Shane also has one other child, Shane Jr., who is following in his father's footsteps and training to be a boxer as well. It was announced on HBO, minutes before his fight with Margarito, that he and Jin had separated. Later, it was revealed that she had filed for divorce. Shane Mosley also has a step son, Norman Mosley who is know by his friends and teachers as "Stormin Norman"

In 2010, Mosley teamed up with PETA to protest dog fighting and to protest the seal fur trade in Canada.

Business Ventures

Shane has teamed up with Jojo Ryder as his business partner.

See also

• List of boxing triple champions‎
• Ring Magazine pound for pound
• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

External links

• Sugar Shane Mosley Official Site
• Shane Mosley Fight-by-Fight Career Record
• Professional boxing record for Shane Mosley from BoxRec
• Boxing-Encyclopedia
• Bio – file interview w/ Sugar Shane Mosley

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Philip Holiday	IBF Lightweight Champion August 2, 1997 – April 17, 1999 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Paul Spadafora
Preceded by Oscar De La Hoya	WBC Welterweight Champion June 17, 2000 – January 26, 2002	Succeeded by Vernon Forrest
Vacant Title next held by Félix Trinidad	Lineal Welterweight Champion June 17, 2000 – January 26, 2002
Preceded by Oscar De La Hoya	WBC Super Welterweight Champion WBA Super Welterweight Super Champion The Ring Junior Middleweight Champion September 13, 2003 – March 13, 2004	Succeeded by Winky Wright
New title	WBC Welterweight Champion Interim Title February 10, 2007 – October 1, 2007	Stripped
Preceded by Antonio Margarito	WBA Welterweight Super Champion January 24, 2009 – May 21, 2010 Stripped	Vacant
Preceded by Evander Holyfield	BWAA Fighter of the Year 1998	Succeeded by Lennox Lewis