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7th September 2020
By: BOXING GURU
Happy Birthday to International Boxing Hall of Famer Shane Mosely. Sugar held multiple world titles across 3 weight divisions spanning a decorated career from 1993 – 2016. In 2000 and 2001 he was named the world’s best pound for pound boxer by The Ring magazine.
Boxing fans continue to reminisce about the non-title welterweight super fight that so nearly resulted in the first-ever Mayweather defeat.
The outcome of the bout eventually decided by a unanimous decision in favour of ‘Money’, it looked in a couple of moments on the evening of 1st May 2010, that the contest wouldn’t last that long.
Competing before a packed MGM Grand Garden Arena 15,000 strong crowd, both athletes entered the ring with fierce records and the world watching eagerly. The added ringside pressure of Muhammed Ali, Mike Tyson and Oscar De La Hoya contributed to a great night of boxing.
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Pre-fight comparisons drawn to when Sugar Ray Leonard stopped Thomas Hearns in 1981, ‘Sugar Shane’ looked determined to make history as he took Mayweather by storm in the opening six minutes.
Quicker and more powerful as he flew out of the blocks, Shane Mosley threw all that he had, hurting one of boxing’s greatest of all time. Throwing shots to the body, the underdog teed up his opponent for two famous right-handed blows to the head. Loosening up and timing his first well, Mosley jabbed to the stomach and then targeted the chin. Mayweather was stunned and desperately hung on to Mosley’s arm to prevent further punishment. Less than 60 seconds later, Mosely connected again, this time with a looping right hand forcing Mayweather’s knees to buckle, the favourite lost balance as ‘Sugar’ threw a second right hand. Although not so clean, Mayweather was in serious trouble as he entered round three.
By remaining on his feet, however, ‘Pretty Boy’ recovered from the onslaught, bouncing back with faster, more precise and stronger combinations, a powerful right hand in the fourth round signalling the beginning of the end for aging Shane Mosley. Punch statistics exhibited the dominance shown by Mayweather, who landed 208 of his 477 punches. Mosley managed to land 92 of his 452 thrown.
A toe-to-toe battle that was ultimately dominated by Mayweather, a knockout may not have been on the cards but ‘Money’, even if only early on, displayed vulnerability – a trait rarely showcased by an almost faultless fighter.
Generating $78.3 million in revenue, the fight earnt both boxers a small fortune. Not bad for a bout that only went ahead because of the consequences of an earthquake in Haiti.
Initially, Mosley was scheduled to face Andre Berto for a WBC and WBA Welterweight title unification bout. The event was cancelled just 12 days before fight night after Berto lost several family members in the 2010 Haiti earthquake disaster. This, in turn, sparked negotiations between teams Mosley and Mayweather, ‘Sugar’ back in the ring after 15 months out.
Writing themselves into the history books, not only for a thrilling contest but by agreeing to Olympic-style drug testing rules – the first fight ever to go under such conditions in the United States – both men were catalysts for change in the sport.
A battle of brilliance between two elites, boxing fans can only hope to watch another fight of that calibre soon!
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