Shane Mosley: Last Fights

"Sugar" Shane Mosley was born on September 7, 1971 and is from Pomona, California. So far he had collected world titles in three weight divisions. He is currently the WBA Super World welterweight champion. Below are some of his last fights:

Mosley vs. MargaritoShane Mosley regained the WBA Welterweight "Super" championship from Antonio Margarito on January 24, 2009 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Mosley came in to the fight as a 4-1 underdog with the bookies after Margarito had spectacularly stopped Miguel 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.

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.

Mosley vs. MayorgaShane Mosley destroyed 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 eventually won by KO.

Mosley vs. Cotto
Shane Mosley and undefeated WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto met on Nov. 10, 2007, at Madison Square Garden in an exciting fight. Cotto beat Mosley in a close, though unanimous decision. 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 canceled.


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 lighweight title to move up 2 divisions, facing the Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya for his welterweight title. Mosley had defeated De La Hoya twice; on June 17, 2000 and on September 13, 2003 in particular.

Golden Boy vs Top Rank

Top Rank will certainly be going live from Arlington, Texas March 13 with Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey. However rival promoter Golden Boy Promotions is threatening to go live also from the MGM Grand with Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs. TBA.

Cowboys Stadium has a moto-cross the following weekend so it has to go on that date.

While certainly silly, this is not unprecedented in the annals of boxing and pay-per-view history.

I view this as some kind of medieval cry for help from Golden Boy to the world. I just don't know who Golden Boy appeals to anymore except for occasional challenge matches by Bernard Hopkins, Shane Mosley and other bullying tactics.

Mosley fights Andre Berto January 30 and Golden Boy has even started talking of a May fight between Mosley and Mayweather if Mosley beats Berto.

It seems like Golden Boy is just covering all its bases.

If the two companies actually do go toe to toe March 13, what's in play is who gets access to the successful HBO 24/7 series as the fight approaches. But it's probably not a deal breaker. HBO may decide to just sit it out March 13 to avoid any possible legal problems that might come its way.

While Top Rank will certainly be invited back to the MGM Grand, I doubt Golden Boy will ever be welcomed to Cowboys Stadium and many other venues will have contempt for them to say the least.

Marquez|Hatton|De La Hoya

The names of Juan Manuel Marquez, Ricky Hatton and Oscar De La Hoya are all great boxers, also they all have fought Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. All great fights!

We all know that Marquez and Pacquiao had fought twice already, the results: 1 draw and 1 split-decision lost for JMM. These two fights have been very controversial; the first fight was decided to be a draw after one ringside judge scored 1-point more for Marquez. The second meeting was ruled split decision in favor of Pacquiao; of which many boxing critics said it should have been the other way. On the other hand, Marquez had fought Floyd Mayweather Jr last September 19, it was the first fight (comeback fight) of Pretty Boy Floyd after a 21-month retirement. It was an action-packed bout, lot of punches and counter-punches were exchanged, but on the end it was Mayweather who came out victorious.

Boxing legend and tycoon Oscar De La Hoya, also, had fought Mayweather and Pacquiao; both fights considered mega-fight though he lost the bouts De La Hoya earned a lot. Mayweather defeated Oscar via split-decision while the Pacman had made De La Hoya retire in 8 (TKO).

Ricky Hatton is a great boxer from the United Kingdom. He had fought Mayweather last December 2007 in an event called "Undefeated". It was then the biggest welterweight showdown of two undefeated fighters since Oscar De La Hoya and Felix Trinidad met in their 1999 superfight. Hatton was handed his first lost via 10-round stoppage. On the other hand, Manny Pacquiao had also fought Pacquiao in an event called "The Battle of the East and West". Pacquiao had unleashed a devastating left-hook in the 2nd round that sent Hatton out-cold on the canvass. The Pacman,in this win, claimed the IBO and Ring Magazine light welterweight titles (as well as the lineal light welterweight title), at the MGM Grand Las Vegas.

Both Pacquiao and Mayweather had defeated those three boxers by their own way. Would this be enough for us to say who is the underdog when they are going to square-off?

Floyd Mayweather, Jr: Last 5 Fights (part 2)

Previously we tackled Floyd Mayweather's matches, against Zab Judah and Carlos Baldomir, of which we obviously know that he won both (of course, he's undefeated right). Next up, Floyd's fights against Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton and Juan Manuel Marquez.

De La Hoya vs. Mayweather|The World Awaits

Mayweather's next match was the long-anticipated superfight against six-division champion and current WBC Super Welterweight titleholder Oscar De La Hoya on May 5, 2007. De La Hoya's belt was on the line, which required Mayweather to move up in weight from 147 pounds to 154.

Despite De La Hoya's insistence that money was not a factor, the Mayweather-De La Hoya bout set the record for most PPV buys for a boxing match with 2.7 million households, shattering the record of 1.95 million for Evander Holyfield-Mike Tyson II. Around $120 million in revenue was generated by the PPV, which set another record. With the percentages factored in, Oscar De La Hoya ended up earning $58 million for the bout, the highest purse ever for a fighter. The previous record was $35 million, held by Tyson and Holyfield. Floyd Mayweather earned about $25 million for the fight.

At one time, Floyd Mayweather, Sr., Mayweather, Jr.'s father, was in talks to train Oscar De La Hoya and be in his corner during the fight but he decided to train with Freddie Roach.

Mayweather won by split decision in 12 rounds, capturing the World Boxing Council (WBC) title though most saw the fight as being fairly one-sided on his behalf.



Mayweather vs Hatton|Undefeated!

Floyd Mayweather decided to relinquish his WBC junior middleweight championship and kept his WBC welterweight championship. On July 28, 2007, it was announced that Mayweather would come out of his short retirement to fight light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton which was promoted by Oscar De La Hoya's promotion company Golden Boy Promotions and Floyd Mayweather's "Mayweather Promotions." The bout was labelled "Undefeated" and took place on December 8, 2007, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, in a fight which was the biggest welterweight showdown of two undefeated fighters since Oscar De La Hoya and Felix Trinidad met in their 1999 superfight. In the build up to their fight, Mayweather claimed that he was the greatest boxer ever, saying: "I respect what Robinson and Ali did for the sport. But I am the greatest, and this is my time."

Mayweather controlled the fight from the start and knocked Hatton out in the 10th round to retain the welterweight championship. Hatton suffered a cut over his right eye in round three from the punches of Mayweather, and it seemed that it was at this point that his pace and movement began to slow. In round six Hatton lost a point for punching the back of Floyd's head as he was caught draped on the ropes. Mayweather had a huge eighth round, landing a number of clean, effective power shots.

In the 10th round Hatton was caught with a check left hook thrown from Mayweather's hip, fell forward head first into the turnbuckle and hit the deck.

Hatton managed to make it to his feet, but was clearly dazed. Two more big lefts in a flurry put Ricky down again and Cortez stopped it at 1:35 of round 10.

After the fight, Mayweather said that Hatton was one of the toughest fighters he had ever fought, that he just kept coming and coming, and that he wants to promote fights, with Hatton being his first client. Mayweather announced a two-year layoff from boxing to concentrate on his promotional company.

On March 18, 2009, it was reported that Mayweather was "ready to dance again" according to a source from within the Mayweather camp. Announcing his return to the ring seemed to be somewhat of a formality at this point, as even his estranged father, current trainer of Ricky Hatton, Floyd Mayweather Sr. stated, "He's gonna fight again."



Mayweather vs Marquez|Number One/Numero Uno

On May 2, 2009, it was confirmed that Mayweather was coming out of a 21-month retirement to fight lightweight champion Juan Manuel Márquez at a catchweight of 144 lbs. on July 18 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on HBO PPV. The fight was postponed due to a rib injury Mayweather received during training. HBO's reality series 24/7 was also postponed to start on August 29. Mayweather/Marquez 24/7 turned out to be one of the best shows of the series. The fight took place on September 19, 2009 in conjunction with Mexican Independence Day, traditionally a big boxing weekend.

During the official weigh in for their 144 lb bout, Mayweather failed to meet the required limit by weighing in at 146 lbs, two pounds heavier than Marquez. He was subsequently fined as a result. However it was later revealed that the contract was changed so that Mayweather could make weight within the welterweight limit of 140-147 lbs as long as Marquez received a large guaranteed sum of money. Mayweather won a unanimous decision after 12 rounds in one of the most statistically lop sided fights between 2 world class opponents. Marquez only managed to land 12% of his total 583 punches while Mayweather landed 59% of 490 total punches.

This fight marks only the fifth time in boxing history that a non-heavyweight fight sold more than 1 million pay-per-views, with the official HBO numbers coming in at over 1 million buys equaling a total of approximately $52 million. Four of those fights all featured Oscar De La Hoya as the main event, making this fight the one of two events where a non-heavyweight fight sold over 1 million PPVs without Oscar De La Hoya. The other fight was seven-division world champion Manny Pacquiao versus Miguel Cotto which sold 1.25 million PPVs.

Manny Pacquiao: Last 5 Fights (part 1)

Manny Pacquiao has been very successful for his past 11 fights that came after the Unanimous Decision lost to the great Eric Morales of Mexico (that was their first meeting for their trilogy that won by Pacquiao). Here I'm going to present, or re-present, the Pacman's last 5 fights; maybe from here we can come up to a conclusion on who is going to be the underdog (and who's not) if/when the mega-fight Pacquiao-Mayweather will take place.

Here are the last 5 fights of Pacquiao [starting from recent]:
- Miguel Angel Cotto | TKO in Rd 12 @ 145lbs
- Ricky Hatton | KO in Rd 2 @ 140lbs
- Oscar De La Hoya | RTD in Rd 8 @ 145lbs
- David Diaz | TKO in Rd 9 @ 135lbs
- Juan Manuel Marquez | Split Decision @ 130lbs

All those fights had graced the resume of Manny as he had climbed up the weights, more than enough for him to be the pound-for-pound king of boxing. Now, what happened to those fights, let's take a look:


Unfinished Business|Rematch with Marquez

On March 15, 2008, in a rematch against Juan Manuel Márquez called "Unfinished Business", Pacquiao won via a disputed split decision. The fight was held at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. With victory, Pacquiao won the WBC and Ring Magazine super featherweight belts (as well as the lineal junior lightweight title), making him the first Filipino to win three major world titles in three different weight divisions (Pacquiao was a former WBC flyweight champion and former IBF super bantamweight champion). However, with his Ring Magazine featherweight belt, Pacquiao had de facto won four world titles in four different weight classes at this point.

The fight was a close hard fought battle, during which both fighters received cuts. Throughout the fight Márquez landed the most punches at a higher percentage; however, the decisive factor proved to be a third round knockdown, wherein Márquez was floored by a Pacquiao left hook. At the end of the fight, the judges' scores were 115-112 for Pacquiao, 115-112 for Márquez, and 114-113 for Pacquiao.

In the post-fight press conference, Márquez’s camp called for an immediate rematch. In addition, Richard Schaefer, Golden Boy Promotions CEO, offered a 6 million dollar guarantee to Pacquiao for a rematch. However, Pacquiao ruled out a third clash with Márquez, stating: "I don't think so. This business is over." The reason that Pacquiao did not want a rematch was because he intended to move up to the lightweight division, in order to challenge David Díaz, the reigning WBC lightweight world champion at that time. Díaz won the majority decision over Ramón Montano that night as an undercard of the "Unfinished Business" fight.


Lethal Combination|WBC Lightweight Title

On June 28, 2008, at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Pacquiao defeated David Díaz via ninth round knockout, to become the WBC lightweight world champion. With the victory, Pacquiao became the only Filipino and Asian boxer to win five world titles in five different weight classes, and also became the first Filipino fighter to ever win a world title at lightweight.[30] During the fight, which Pacquiao dominated, Díaz was cut badly on his right eye in the fourth round. After the bout, Díaz acknowledged Pacquiao's superior hand speed, stating: "It was his speed. It was all his speed. I could see the punches perfectly, but he was just too fast."

Bob Arum reported that the fight had made 12.5 million dollars (250,000 pay-per-view subscriptions at $49.95 each), earning Díaz his best payday of 850,000 dollars, whilst Pacquiao earned at least 3 million dollars. Official records revealed an attendance of 8,362 (out of a maximum capacity of 12,000).

Holding both the WBC super featherweight and lightweight titles following the win, Pacquiao decided to vacate his super featherweight title in July 2008.


The Dream Match|Against a Legend

On December 6, 2008, Pacquiao faced Oscar De La Hoya at the MGM Grand Las Vegas, in a fight called "The Dream Match". Pacquiao dominated the fight for eight rounds, forcing De La Hoya's corner to throw in the towel before the start of the ninth round, awarding Pacquiao the win via technical knockout. Pacquiao was ahead on all three judges' scorecards before the stoppage, with two judges scoring the fight at 80-71 and one scoring it at 79-72. Moreover, Pacquiao landed 224 out of 585 punches, whilst De La Hoya landed only 83 out of 402 punches. After the bout, trainer Freddie Roach stated: "We knew we had him after the first round. He had no legs, he was hesitant and he was shot." The fight would be De La Hoya's last, as he announced his retirement from boxing shortly after.

Presented by Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank, Inc., the bout was scheduled as a twelve round, non-title fight contested at the 147 pound welterweight limit. Although Pacquiao went into the fight widely recognized as the leading pound-for-pound boxer in the world, some boxing pundits had speculated that 147 pounds could be too far above his natural weight against the larger De La Hoya.

Pacquiao received 15 to 30 million dollars (share of the pay-per-view), plus a guaranteed amount.

Tickets reportedly sold out just hours after they went on sale. Moreover, the total gate revenue for the fight was said to be nearly 17 million dollars, making it the second largest gate revenue in boxing history.



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