Professional Shane "Sugar" Mosley has had an impressive career by anyone's measure. This Pomona, California native has earned world championship titles in three weight divisions and a career record of 46-5, with 1 no contest and 30 knockouts! Mosley himself has never been knocked out. The current WBA Welterweight title holder, Mosley was for a long time his own trainer (1992-2004). He has since trained with Joe Goossen, John Jackson and currently trains with Nazim Richardson, who is well known y boxing fans for having worked with Bernard Hopkins.
Every success story is not without struggle. Sugar Shame Mosley scaled and climbed every mountain to become a great boxer. He managed to fight his way towards winning world championship titles at lightweight, welterweight and junior middleweight divisions. His fighting achievements made him known as one of the best fighters of this boxing era. His alias, "Sugar", became a household name to many boxing enthusiasts; "Sugar" as in being owned in the league of other known "Sugars" such as Robinson and Leonard. He had overcome the odds of turning into a boxing pro. Through his years of dominating the boxing arena, Shane Mosley came up the hard way; winning fights and fighting the best competitions which eventually won him three world titles with the 1998 Fighter of the Year award.
His amateur boxing career was every bit as impressive as his professional one: before Mosley turned pro, he had won just about every amateur division title. Before becoming a professional boxer in late 1992, he was twice the US lightweight amateur champ, the US welterweight champ, World Junior champion, and a 1992 Goodwill Games bronze medalist. As an amateur, "Sugar" won over 250 bouts and his arrival to the world of pro boxing was eagerly anticipated by fans and sportswriters alike.
Shane Mosley's February 11, 1993 fight against the former California state champion Greg Puente marked his debut in professional boxing. In this five-round blowout, he defeated Puente. However, due to promotional difficulties, Mosley was only noticed in the boxing scene until he brought a 23-0 record with 22 knockouts when he defeated the IBF lightweight champion Phillip Holiday. His display of brilliance in speed, power and ring savvy trashed Holiday at a twelve-round fight, walking away with a new world title. This was followed by yet another achievement. In his following fight, Sugar defeated Manuel Gomez by knockout at round eleven.
Through the years in his career as a boxing pro, Shane Mosley have fought a number of great boxers. He was called the undefeated lightweight champion, finishing 34 fights with a 34-0 record. After he made successful 9 title defenses, he moved up two divisions to face Oscar de la Hoya for his Welterweight title. During his June 17, 2000 fight against de la Hoya, he emerged as the winner, a split decision victory. And that was the start of the beginnings of a great fighter; a fighter that the international boxing scene looks forward to watching in any arena.
Every success story is not without struggle. Sugar Shame Mosley scaled and climbed every mountain to become a great boxer. He managed to fight his way towards winning world championship titles at lightweight, welterweight and junior middleweight divisions. His fighting achievements made him known as one of the best fighters of this boxing era. His alias, "Sugar", became a household name to many boxing enthusiasts; "Sugar" as in being owned in the league of other known "Sugars" such as Robinson and Leonard. He had overcome the odds of turning into a boxing pro. Through his years of dominating the boxing arena, Shane Mosley came up the hard way; winning fights and fighting the best competitions which eventually won him three world titles with the 1998 Fighter of the Year award.
His amateur boxing career was every bit as impressive as his professional one: before Mosley turned pro, he had won just about every amateur division title. Before becoming a professional boxer in late 1992, he was twice the US lightweight amateur champ, the US welterweight champ, World Junior champion, and a 1992 Goodwill Games bronze medalist. As an amateur, "Sugar" won over 250 bouts and his arrival to the world of pro boxing was eagerly anticipated by fans and sportswriters alike.
Shane Mosley's February 11, 1993 fight against the former California state champion Greg Puente marked his debut in professional boxing. In this five-round blowout, he defeated Puente. However, due to promotional difficulties, Mosley was only noticed in the boxing scene until he brought a 23-0 record with 22 knockouts when he defeated the IBF lightweight champion Phillip Holiday. His display of brilliance in speed, power and ring savvy trashed Holiday at a twelve-round fight, walking away with a new world title. This was followed by yet another achievement. In his following fight, Sugar defeated Manuel Gomez by knockout at round eleven.
Through the years in his career as a boxing pro, Shane Mosley have fought a number of great boxers. He was called the undefeated lightweight champion, finishing 34 fights with a 34-0 record. After he made successful 9 title defenses, he moved up two divisions to face Oscar de la Hoya for his Welterweight title. During his June 17, 2000 fight against de la Hoya, he emerged as the winner, a split decision victory. And that was the start of the beginnings of a great fighter; a fighter that the international boxing scene looks forward to watching in any arena.
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