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Shane Mosley vs. Vernon Forrest – January 25th, 2021
On January 26, 2002 at The Theater at New York's Madison Square Garden, welterweight champion Shane Mosley, from Lynwood, California, defended his WBC title, in the first of their two fights, against Vernon Forrest, from Augusta, Georgia. Both fighters were undefeated. Sugar Shane was 38-0 going in.…
Shane Mosley vs. Antonio Margarito – January 23rd, 2021
On January 24, 2009 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, former welterweight champion Shane Mosley, from Lynwood, California, fought reigning WBA Super World welterweight champion Antonio Margarito, (37-5-0) from Torrance, California by way of Tijuana, Mexico. Margarito was coming off a…
Shane Mosley vs. Golden Johnson – January 8th, 2021
On January 9, 1999 at the Civic Center in Pensacola, Florida, IBF lightweight champion Sugar Shane Mosley, from Lynwood, California, defended his title against Golden Johnson, from Wichita Falls, Texas. Mosley was undefeated at 30-0. Johnson was 15-2-2. The fight was scheduled for 12 rounds...
Shane Mosley vs. Winky Wright II – November 19th, 2020
On November 20, 2004 at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, Shane Mosley fought a rematch with Winky Wright. The two men first fought eight months earlier for Shane's WBC/WBA/IBF light middleweight titles. Winky won that fight by unanimous decision. Going into the rematch, Mosley was 39-3,…
Shane Mosley vs. Ricardo Mayorga – September 26th, 2020
On September 27th, 2008 at Home Depot Center, Carson, California, former IBF lightweight, WBC welterweight, and WBC light middleweight champion Sugar Shane Mosley, from Lynwood, California, fought former WBC welterweight champion Ricardo Mayorga, from Managua, Nicaragua, for the vacant WBA Inter-Continental…
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Sugar Shane Mosley – June 16th, 2020
On June 17, 2000 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, WBC welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya, from Montebello, California, defended his title against IBF lightweight champion Sugar Shane Mosley, from Lynwood, California, in the first of their two fights. De La Hoya was 32-1 coming in.…
Shane Mosley vs. John John Molina – May 8th, 2020
On May 9, 1998 at Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey, IBF lightweight champion Sugar Shane Mosley, from Lynwood, California, defended his title against former IBF super featherweight champion John John Molina, from Fajardo, Puerto Rico. Mosley was undefeated as 26-0. Molina was 45-4. The fight…
Shane Mosley vs. John Brown – April 16th, 2020
On April 17, 1999 at Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California, IBF lightweight champion Shane Mosley, from Lynwood, California, defended his title against John Brown, from Atlantic City, New Jersey. Mosley was undefeated at 31-0 coming in. Brown was 19-5. The fight was scheduled for 12 rounds...
Shane Mosley vs. Luis Collazo – February 9th, 2020
On February 10, 2007 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, Sugar Shane Mosley, from Lynwood, California, fought Luis Collazo, from Brooklyn, New York, for the interim the WBC welterweight title. Mosley was 43-4 coming in. Collazo was 27-2. The fight was scheduled for 12 rounds...
Is Terence Crawford Ready? – September 30th, 2019
Terence may be all the rage in Omaha, but Spence is packing in stadiums and is a burgeoning PPV star…
Shane Mosley vs. Antonio Margarito – September 11th, 2019
The Jan. 24, 2009 fight between Antonio Margarito and Shane Mosley at the Staples Center in L.A. for the WBA super welterweight title was a turning point in Margarito's career. Before the fight, Mosley's trainer discovered that Margarito's hand wraps had been tampered with. It caused a lengthy delay,…
Fighters’ Pacquiao-Thurman Predictions – July 18th, 2019
Several fighters, primarily PBC fighters, weighed in with predictions and, surprisingly, many picked Thurman to win…
Between The Bomber and The Rock – May 19th, 2019
Deontay Wilder and Rocky Marciano are disruptors. Though many will continue to try, they simply can’t be explained…
Danny Garcia Obliterates Adrian Granados – April 20th, 2019
Styles make fights and some fighters, no matter how capable they may be, are simply made to order for their opposition…
Alfonso “El Tigre” Lopez—Freedom With and Without the Ring – April 5th, 2019
Saturday night in Galveston, Texas, “El Tigre” is set to face Melvin “The Romantic Redneck” Russell in a ten-round affair…
Don’t Sleep on Mikey Garcia in Spence Clash – February 18th, 2019
It’s always a mistake to rule out a thinking man’s chances of pulling off the supposedly impossible…
Margarito vs. Mosley—Ten Years Later – January 29th, 2019
Last Thursday marked ten years since Margarito’s initial defense of the WBA Super Welterweight World title he’d taken from Miguel Cotto six months earlier…
Fantasy Fights: Winky Wright vs. Sergio Martinez – January 22nd, 2019
The two fighters both will get to do what they want. Winky will come forward with his high guard whilst Martinez will move backwards looking to potshot…
Canelo Speaks to the Media – November 27th, 2018
“If I could fight every month, then I would do that. It's that love for the sport that has helped me along the way…”
Terence Crawford vs. Luis Collazo: A Battle Unbefitting a King – November 26th, 2018
It’s being reported by several media sources that a Terence Crawford-Luis Collazo bout is in the works for March 23. This is not great news…
Manny Pacquiao Partners with Al Haymon/PBC – October 22nd, 2018
“My team will work closely with Al Haymon for the remainder of my career to deliver the most anticipated fights with the top PBC fighters…”
Golovkin vs. Canelo II—On Second Thought – June 14th, 2018
The tale was grim and the outlook even grimmer as to whether or not we’d get a second helping of the biggest middleweight rivalry of the present time…
Vegas Is Quiet – May 4th, 2018
Tonight in Cali, Triple G faces Martirosyan. The upside? The middleweight championship contest is on HBO and won’t cost $70 to watch on pay TV…
Canelo vs.Golovkin II—Site Really TBA? – February 3rd, 2018
The charade being exercised at this time by each man’s promotional sides shouldn’t surprise us at all. We likely know the answer to the big question…
Mosley TKO 9 Margarito Revisited—9 Years Later – January 24th, 2018
Boxing is a sport which can lead to the death of a participant, so plaster laden gloves could only mean one thing. A cheat was in the house…
Regarding Pacquiao – January 20th, 2018
We should be aware by now that Manny Pacquiao’s best days are more than simply far behind him…
“This Fat Girl is Fernando Vargas”: A Tribute to Ricardo Mayorga’s Best Trash Talk – January 16th, 2018
Nobody could talk trash like the former welterweight and junior middleweight champ and it’s pretty safe to say that there’ll never be anyone like him again…
The Class of 2017 – December 22nd, 2017
2017 has been called the year which saved boxing. As is usually the case, reports of death were premature…
Miguel Cotto—Absolutely Curtains – December 3rd, 2017
Sadam Ali, a boxer who made his initial jump into the division, had Cotto gassed midway through the contest and made him box as opposed to fight...
Outside the Ring: David Avila – November 18th, 2017
“I would like to be remembered as a game-changer. Someone who was not afraid to do what it takes to make change that is needed…”
Cotto’s Last Stand—Welcome to Blue Heaven – November 16th, 2017
When Cotto’s career is finally examined as a finished product, will he be viewed as an all-time great? It’s a fair question…
Sad-Eyed WBC to Canelo Alvarez: “Where Did Our Love Go?” – October 4th, 2017
In the background plays the Supremes’ “Where did our love go?” A single tear rolls down the second-generation bureaucrat’s fleshy face...
Antonio Margarito is a Faker, a Fraud, and a Villain – September 1st, 2017
I can’t help myself when it comes to Margarito, a guy who brought disgrace to himself, to his heritage as a Mexican fighter, and to the sport in general…
Shane Mosley on Mayweather-McGregor – August 25th, 2017
“Everybody has a chance. Everybody can close their eyes and throw a shot. I just don’t think he has the power…”
Cotto Retiring in 2017—Any Questions? – August 23rd, 2017
"I've enjoyed my career and don't want to point to any opponent, to any fight. I think that my whole career has been great for world boxing…"
Mayweather vs. McGregor—Now We Get It – August 12th, 2017
"We're looking for the knockout and he's looking for the knockout. I'm pretty sure this fight is not going the distance…"
The Story of Edwin Valero – August 6th, 2017
So, why does boxing attract these figures with tragic stories? It takes a certain mental attitude to beat another human…
Vernon Forrest: A Special Kind of Person – July 24th, 2017
“These are people that society turned their back on. Everybody needs help and everybody needs love...”
Manny, Down Under – June 27th, 2017
There's not going to be another "Rumble in the Jungle" anytime soon and with good reason. Kinshasa is not on anyone's bucket list…
The All Time Lightweight Tournament – June 15th, 2017
I have taken the 16 best lightweights (any fighter can only be ranked in one division) of all time and put together a random draw…
Floyd, McGregor, Now Manny – May 30th, 2017
While some of us wouldn't mind seeing Floyd take a crushing, brutal foot to the face, that's as far as it will go…
Cotto to Return in August – May 24th, 2017
Miguel Cotto hasn't fought since November of 2015, which was a unanimous decision loss to Canelo Alvarez…
Shawn Porter: “I’m a Hybrid Fighter” – April 12th, 2017
“I tell people all the time I’m a hybrid fighter. And they say, ‘What do you mean?’ And that means I can do both. I can do all of it…”
John David Jackson Says Sergey Kovalev Needs To Improve Conditioning – March 27th, 2017
In the pro ranks, Jackson was known for his outstanding defense, boxing skills, and making his opponents miss…
Fantasy Fights: Mike McCallum vs. Oscar De La Hoya – February 28th, 2017
De La Hoya is very difficult to evaluate. He had a very weird way of being good and often looks like he does not really excel at anything…
The history of pound-for-pound clashes – October 15th, 2016
This November will see the eleventh time two of The Ring's top five pound-for-pound boxers meet in the ring…
Shane Mosley No More – May 29th, 2016
That old black magic still weaves its spell in small doses in controlled conditions, but Duran’s juju was ineffective in Arizona…
Jesse Hart: Where does he go from here? – March 30th, 2016
Someone who is more than qualified to offer his perspective on Hart's performance is former seven-time world champion Bernard Hopkins…
The Unrequested Trilogy – March 4th, 2016
In literary terms, Manny is the subject of Bradley’s greatest chapter—while Timothy is a footnote in Pacquiao’s story…
Ain’t That a Shane – December 19th, 2015
It would be a real pity—no, make that a real tragedy—if Mosley were seriously hurt in our take-no-prisoners sport…