Shane Mosley
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"Sugar" Shane Mosley (born September 7, 1971) is a boxer from Pomona, California. He has won world titles in three weight divisions and is the only boxer to date to have beaten Oscar de la Hoya twice.
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[edit] Undefeated Lightweight Champion
Sugar Shane started his pro career in 1993, By 2000 he had fought 34 fights to a 34–0 (32KOs) record, beating undefeated Phillip Holiday to win the IBF lightweight title. He made 9 title defenses and moved up 2 divisions to face Oscar De La Hoya for his welterweight title.
[edit] De La Hoya vs. Mosley
On June 17, 2000, Mosley met de la Hoya in Los Angeles for the World Boxing Council 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. de la Hoya earned a minimum of $15 million, while Mosley was guaranteed $4.5 million.
[edit] Mosley vs. Forrest I & II
He ran a successful string of defenses of his welterweight title, 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 decision.
[edit] Bouncing Back after Forrest
On February 8, 2003, Mosley's bout with former IBF world light middleweight champion Raul Marquez 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.
[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.
