Shane Mosley
“Sugar” Shane Mosley (born September 7, 1971) is an American professional boxer from Pomona, California. He has won world titles in three weight divisions, and is the former WBA Welterweight Super Champion.
Manny Pacquiao vs Shane Mosley Weigh-In
Sugar Shane Mosely on Lopez Tonight 5/18/2011 (HD)
Round 3: Manny Pacquiao vs Shane Mosley
Shane Mosley Vs Antonio Margarito (Murderous last two rounds)
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.
[edit]De La Hoya vs. Sugar Shane Mosley
On June 17, 2000, Mosley met De La Hoya in Los Angeles for the WBC and IBA Welterweight titles. 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.[2]
[edit]Mosley vs. Vernon Forrest I & II
He ran a successful string of defenses of his Welterweight title (he vacated his title after the fight), 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.
[edit]Bouncing back after Forrest
On February 8, 2003, Mosley's bout with former IBF world Light Middleweight champion 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 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.[3]
[edit]Mosley vs. Wright I & II
On March 13, 2004, Mosley lost his WBC and WBA world Light Middleweight titles in a unification bout with IBF Jr. Middleweight 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.
[edit]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.
[edit]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.
[edit]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.
[edit]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[4] 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.[5]
[edit]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 hand speed, 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 "Regular" champion Vyacheslav Senchenko the sole WBA titlist in the welterweight division.
[edit]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.[6][7] The bout ended up in a split draw. Scores (Mora 115–113, Mosley 116–112, 114–114).[8] 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.”
[edit]Mosley-Pacquiao
Main article: Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley
On May 7, 2011, Mosley lost the fight to Manny Pacquiao for the welterweight title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Due to Mosley's defeat, Pacquiao may be looking at a November match-up, a third fight with Juan Manuel Marquez.[9]
[edit]Steroid use in 2003
Although Mosley has always publicly maintained that he was unaware that steroids were involved, he was one of the athletes using the services of BALCO Labs, along with many other professional and Olympic athletes. Jeff Novitzky, a lead investigator on the BALCO case, reported that documents seized from the lab show that Mosley received "the clear" and "the cream", both designer steroids. Mosley reportedly began his doping regimen prior to his 2003 bout with Oscar De La Hoya, a match that he won due in part to his strong performance in the later rounds of the fight.[2]
Victor Conte, the founder of BALCO, has since accused Mosley of knowingly taking performance enhancing drugs. He told the Los Angeles Times that Shane Mosley knew "exactly and precisely what he was doing" when he utilized BALCO's services. Mosley maintains that he believed the products he was using from BALCO were legal vitamins and is suing Conte for libel.[10][11] In May 2008, Mosley's former trainer, Derryl Hudson, supported Conte's allegations against Mosley. In a declaration that was used in Conte's motion to have the lawsuit dismissed, Hudson wrote, "I know that Mr. Mosley was aware that the performance-enhancing drugs provided to him by Mr. Conte were banned drugs because I discussed that fact with Mr. Mosley both during and after our visit to BALCO",[12]
In 2003, Mosley told a grand jury that he injected himself with the doping agent EPO as he prepared for a fight against Oscar De La Hoya, according to court transcripts and doping calendars reviewed by the New York Daily News. The transcript of the boxer's testimony was part of a BALCO file that was under a protective order before U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston decided in November 2008 to allow prosecutors to share thousands of documents with Barry Bonds lawyers.[13]
In April 2010, Conte released portions of an October 2009 video deposition, in which Mosley admits to knowingly using the banned endurance booster EPO. After viewing the video, Mosley's attorney, Judd Burstein, said the comments were "taken out of context,", however, he added that Mosley had "always admitted to knowingly using EPO,", a statement which seemingly contradicted Mosley's prior public claim that Conte had misled him about the legality of the products provided by BALCO.[14] In November 2010, Mosley dropped his defamation lawsuit against Conte.[15]
[edit]Professional boxing record
46 Wins (39 knockouts), 7 losses, 1 Draw, 1 No Contest[16]
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 WBO Welterweight title on the line.
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 WBA Welterweight World title (Super) 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 World Welterweight title.
Win 45–5
1 NC Ricardo Mayorga KO 12 (12) 2008-09-27 Home Depot Center, Carson, California Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental Light Middleweight title.
Loss 44–5
1 NC Miguel Cotto UD 12 2007-11-10 Madison Square Garden, New York, New York WBA Welterweight title was on the line.
Win 44–4
1 NC Luis Collazo UD 12 2007-02-10 MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada Won WBC interim 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 WBC, IBA and WBA Light Middleweight title and The Ring Magazine Junior Middleweight title.
Loss 39–3
1 NC Winky Wright UD 12 2004-03-13 Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada Lost WBC, IBA and WBA Light Middleweight titles and The Ring Magazine Junior Middleweight title.
Win 39–2
1 NC Oscar De La Hoya UD 12 2003-09-13 MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada Won WBC, IBA and WBA Light Middleweight titles and The Ring Magazine Junior Middleweight title.
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 WBC Welterweight title was on the line.
Loss 38–1 Vernon Forrest UD 12 2002-01-26 MSG Theater, New York, New York Lost WBC 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 and IBA Welterweight titles.
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 Mosley's Welterweight debut.
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.
Win 23–0 Michael Smith KO 4 (10) 1997-04-09 Inland Expo Center, Westmont, Illinois
Win 22–0 Elias Quiroz KO 6 (10) 1997-02-06 Beverly Hills, California
Win 21–0 Joseph Murray TKO 3 (10)} 1994-07-24 Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Win 12–0 John Bryant KO 8 (10) 1994-06-30 Marriott Hotel, Irvine, California
Win 11–0 Lorenzo Garcia TKO 3 (10) 1994-04-29 Santa Cruz, California
Win 10–0 Oscar Lopez UD 10 1994-03-26 Fairplex, Pomona, California
Win 9–0 Lorenzo Garcia KO 5 (10) 1994-02-04 Oxnard, California
Win 8–0 Francisco Rodriguez KO 2 (8) 1994-01-20 Marriott Hotel, Irvine, California
Win 7–0 Paulino Gonzalez KO 2 (8) 1993-12-06 Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California
Win 6–0 Juan Manuel Aranda KO 2 (8) 1993-10-25 Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California
Win 5–0 Miguel Pena KO 2 (8) 1993-09-27 Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California
Win 4–0 Roberto Urias KO 5 (6) 1993-08-25 Los Angeles, California
Win 3–0 Pey Castillo KO 1 (6) 1993-07-21 Country Club, Los Angeles, California
Win 2–0 Arnulfo Villa KO 1 (6) 1993-04-24 Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California
Win 1–0 Greg Puente KO 5 (6) 1993-02-11 Los Angeles, California Mosley's professional debut.
[edit]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, Najee Jamarr, Taiseki Justin and Mee-Yon Jinae. Shane also has one other child Shane Jr.,[17] 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.
In 2010, Mosley teamed up with PETA to protest dog fighting and to protest the seal fur trade in Canada.
See also
List of boxing triple champions
Ring Magazine pound for pound
List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
References from Wikipedia.com