Shane Mosley profile,
Shane Mosley
Mosley in 2009 |
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| Real name | Shane Donte Mosley |
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| Nickname(s) | Sugar Shane |
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| Rated at | Lightweight (Early)
Welterweight (Current)
Light Middleweight (7 Fights) |
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| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
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| Reach | 74 in (188 cm) |
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| Nationality |  American |
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| Birth date | September 7, 1971 (age 39) |
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| Birth place | Pomona, California |
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| Stance | Orthodox |
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| Boxing record |
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| Total fights | 53 |
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| Wins | 46 |
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| Wins by KO | 39 |
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| Losses | 6 |
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| No contests | 1 |
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"Sugar" Shane Mosley (born September 7, 1971) is a professional boxer from Pomona, California. He has won world titles in three weight divisions, and is the former WBA Welterweight Super Champion. He is also a major proprietor of Golden Boy Promotions. Mosley is currently rated by The Ring Magazine as the number five pound-for-pound boxer in the world.
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 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. Mosley would later admit in his 2003 grand jury testimony that he used the banned drug EPO in preparation for the De la Hoya bout.
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 more in the round. 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 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.
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.
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, California. 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 and countless huge right hands to the jaw, 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.
Mosley vs Mayweather
On 1st May 2010 Mosely 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, nearly knocking Floyd down. 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 only 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.
Mora-Mosley
Mosley is scheduled to fight Sergio Mora on September 18 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Steroid use in 2003
Although Mosley has always 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.
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.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",
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.
Professional boxing record
46 Wins (39 knockouts, 7 decisions), 6 losses (6 decisions), 1 No Contest
Res. Record Opponnent Type Rd., Time Date Location Notes
N/A N/A Sergio Mora TBA TBA 2010-09-18 Los Angeles, California, USA This fight will be Mosley's eighth fight at light middleweight (154lbs; 69.9kilos).
Loss 46-6
1 NC Floyd Mayweather Jr. UD 12 (12) 2010-05-01 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA The fight was aired on HBO PPV and generated 1.4 million buys.
Mosley's WBA Super World Welterweight title was not on the line for Mayweather; only for himself.
At the time Mayweather was ranked P4P #2 and Mosley was ranked P4P #3.
The fight was hyped by HBO's original series 24/7. Mosley was a 3-1 underdog.
Despite losing, Mosley made $7,000,000. Mosley came out strong for the first two rounds, at one point making Mayweather's knees buckle, however Mayweather then went on to control the fight.
Win 46–5
1 NC Antonio Margarito TKO 9 (12), 0:43 2009-01-24 Los Angeles, California, USA The fight was aired on HBO. This was Margarito's first defense of his newly awarded WBA Super World Welterweight title.
This fight is marked in controversy because it was discovered that Margarito had plaster hand wraps.
Following this fight Margarito served a total of 15 1/2 months boxing license suspension.
There were 20,820 people in attendance which is the largest crowd to ever see an event at the Staples Center.
Win 45–5
1 NC Ricardo Mayorga KO 12 (12), 2:59 2008-09-27 Carson, California, USA The fight was aired on HBO. The fight was for the vacant WBA Inter-Continental Light Middleweight title.
This was Mosley's only fight at the Home Depot Center.
Loss 44–5
1 NC Miguel Cotto UD 12 (12) 2007-11-10 New York, New York, United States The fight was aired on HBO PPV. This was Cotto's third defense of his WBA World Welterweight title.
Win 44–4
1 NC Luis Collazo UD 12 (12) 2007-02-10 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA The fight was for the interim WBC Welterweight title. This was Mosley's fifth fight at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.
Win 43–4
1 NC Fernando Vargas TKO 6 (12), 2:38 2006-07-15 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Rematch. This fight was fought at Light Middleweight. This was Mosley's third fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Win 42–4
1 NC Fernando Vargas TKO 10 (12), 1:22 2006-02-25 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA This fight was a WBA Light Middleweight title eliminator. This fight was fought at Light Middleweight.
Win 41–4
1 NC Jose Luis Cruz UD 10 (10) 2005-09-17 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA This fight was fought at Welterweight.
Win 40–4
1 NC David Estrada UD 10 (10) 2005-04-23 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Mosley returned to Welterweight for this fight. This was the first time Mosley had fought at Welterwight for three years.
Loss 39–4
1 NC Winky Wright MD 12 (12) 2004-11-20 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Rematch. This was Wright's first defense of his newly awarded WBC, WBA, and Ring magazine Light Middleweight titles.
Loss 39–3
1 NC Winky Wright UD 12 (12) 2004-03-13 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA This was Mosley's first defense of his newly awarded WBC, WBA, and Ring magazine Light Middleweight titles.
It was Wright's fifth defense of his IBF Light Middleweight title.
Win 39–2
1 NC Oscar De La Hoya UD 12 (12) 2003-09-13 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Rematch. The fight was for the WBC, IBA, and WBA World Light Middleweight and Ring magazine's Junior Middleweight titles.
This was Mosley's first fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
NC 38–2
1 NC Raúl Márquez NC 3 (12) 2003-02-08 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Márquez was cut over both eyes by accidental headbutts.
This was Mosley's debut at Light Middleweight. This was Mosley's first fight at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.
Loss 38–2 Vernon Forrest UD 12 (12) 2002-07-20 Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Rematch. The fight was for Forrest's newly awarded WBC Welterweight title.
Loss 38–1 Vernon Forrest UD 12 (12) 2002-01-26 New York, New York, USA This was Mosley's fourth defense of his WBC Welterweight title.
Forrest also won the then vacant Ring magazine Welterweight championship.
Win 38–0 Adrian Stone TKO 3 (12), 2:01 2001-07-21 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA This was Mosley's third defense of his WBC Welterweight title.
Win 37–0 Shannan Taylor TKO 6 (12), 3:00 2001-03-10 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA This was Mosley's second defense of his WBC Welterweight title. This was Mosley's first fight at Caesars Palace.
Win 36–0 Antonio Diaz TKO 6 (12), 1:36 2000-11-04 New York, New York, USA This was Mosley's first defense of his newly awarded WBC Welterweight title.
Win 35–0 Oscar De La Hoya SD 12 (12) 2000-06-17 Los Angeles, California, USA The fight was for the WBC and IBA Welterweight titles. This was the first boxing match in the newly built Staples Center.
The fight was named the event of the year for 2000 by Ring magazine.
Win 34–0 Willy Wise TKO 3 (12), 2:28 2000-01-22 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Win 33–0 Wilfredo Rivera TKO 10 (10), 2:38 1999-09-25 Temecula, California, USA This is Mosley's debut at Welterweight.
Win 32–0 John Brown TKO 8 (12), 3:00 1999-04-17 Indio, California, USA This was Mosley's eighth defense of his IBF Lightweight title.
Win 31–0 Golden Johnson KO 7 (12), 2:59 1999-01-09 Pensacola, Florida, USA This was Mosley's seventh defense of his IBF Lightweight title.
Win 30–0 Jesse James Leija TKO 9 (12), 3:00 1998-11-14 Mashantucket, Connecticut, USA This was Mosley's sixth defense of his IBF Lightweight title.
Win 29–0 Eduardo Bartolome Morales TKO 5 (12), 2:06 1998-09-22 New York, New York, USA This was Mosley's fifth defense of his IBF Lightweight title. Morales was knocked down in the third and fifth rounds.
Win 28–0 Wilfredo Ruiz KO 5 (12), 2:32 1998-06-27 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA This was Mosley's fourth defense of his IBF Lightweight title. This was Mosley's only fight at the Apollo Theater.
Win 27–0 John John Molina TKO 8 (12), 2:27 1998-05-09 Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA This was Mosley's third defense of his IBF Lightweight title.
Molina was dropped to his knees in the seventh round. This was Mosley's only fight at the Trump Taj Mahal.
Win 26–0 Demetrio Ceballos TKO 8 (12), 2:34 1998-02-06 Uncasville, Connecticut, USA This was Mosley's second defense of his IBF Lightweight title.
Win 25–0 Manuel Gomez KO 11 (12), 1:25 1997-11-25 El Paso, Texas, USA This was Mosley's first defense of his newly awarded IBF Lightweight title.
Win 24–0 Philip Holiday UD 12 (12) 1997-08-02 Uncasville, Connecticut, USA The fight was for Holiday's IBF Lightweight title.
Win 23–0 Michael Smith KO 4 (10), ?:?? 1997-04-09 Westmont, Illinois, USA
Win 22–0 Elias Quiroz KO 6 (10), ?:?? 1997-02-06 Beverly Hills, California, USA According to Boxrec this fight was documented at Welterweight,
even though Mosley weighed in at 142lbs and Quiroz weighed in at 143lbs making this officially a Super Lightweight fight.
Win 21–0 Joseph Murray TKO 3 (10), ?:?? 1996-12-21 Uncasville, Connecticut, USA
Win 20–0 Ramon Felix TKO 1 (10), ?:?? 1996-11-01 Indio, California, USA
Win 19–0 Mike Bryan TKO 1 (10), ?:?? 1996-01-23 Biloxi, Mississippi, USA According to Boxrec this fight was documented at Welterweight,
even though Mosley weighed in at 140lbs and Bryan weighed in at 144lbs making this officially a Super Lightweight fight.
Win 18–0 Mauricio Aceves KO 4 (10), ?:?? 1995-07-20 Anaheim, California, USA
Win 17–0 Raul Hernandez KO 2 (10), ?:?? 1995-04-12 Woodland Hills, California, USA
Win 16–0 Jose Luis Madrid KO 4 (10), ?:?? 1994-11-12 Santa Cruz, California, USA
Win 15–0 Louis Ramirez TKO 10 (10), 0:45 1994-09-09 Los Angeles, California, USA
Win 14–0 Mauro Gutierrez TKO 9 (10), ?:?? 1994-08-06 Pomona, California, USA
Win 13–0 Narciso Valenzuela TKO 5 (10), ?:?? 1994-07-24 Los Angeles, California, USA
Win 12–0 John Bryant KO 8 (10), 0:53 1994-06-30 Irvine, California, USA
Win 11–0 Lorenzo Garcia TKO 3 (10), ?:?? 1994-04-29 Santa Cruz, California, USA Rematch.
Win 10–0 Oscar Lopez PTS 10 (10) 1994-03-26 Pomona, California, USA
Win 9–0 Lorenzo Garcia KO 5 (10), ?:?? 1994-02-04 Oxnard, California, USA
Win 8–0 Francisco Rodriguez KO 2 (8), ?:?? 1994-01-20 Irvine, California, USA
Win 7–0 Paulino Gonzalez KO 2 (8), ?:?? 1993-12-06 Inglewood, California, USA
Win 6–0 Juan Manuel Aranda KO 2 (8), ?:?? 1993-10-25 Inglewood, California, USA
Win 5–0 Miguel Pena KO 2 (8), 1:40 1993-09-27 Inglewood, California, USA
Win 4–0 Roberto Urias KO 5 (6), ?:?? 1993-08-25 Hollywood, California, USA
Win 3–0 Pey Castillo KO 1 (6), ?:?? 1993-07-21 Reseda, California, USA
Win 2–0 Arnulfo Villa KO 1 (6), ?:?? 1993-04-24 Inglewood, California, USA
Win 1–0 Greg Puente KO 5 (6), 1:09 1993-02-11 Hollywood, California, USA Professional debut at Lightweight.
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., 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.
(source:wikipedia)
