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Sugar Shane Mosley Boxer
Autograph
A great 16x20 Action Photograph from his fight
against Oscar De La Hoya. Signed in blue sharpie this wonderful
item comes with a photo of Shane Mosley signing the photo
plus all attached security holograms so you are safe in
the knowledge that you have a genuine autograph
Shane Mosley
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A three-time world champion at 135, 147 and 154 pounds
and veteran of 18 world championship fights, Shane Mosley
became one of boxing's true superstars.
The pinnacle of his career came in June 2000 when Mosley
clearly outboxed cross-town rival Oscar De La Hoya and won
the welterweight title. It was only his third fight at 147
pounds and many critics questioned his wisdom for moving
to 147 and bypassing 140, and the critics weren't silenced
even after resounding wins over Wilfredo Rivera and Willy
Wise at welterweight.
He sought out the best competition he could find when De
La Hoya declined an immediate rematch. Antonio Diaz was
one of the toughest men in the division, but Shane stopped
him in the sixth round in November 2000.
The following March, Mosley dismantled, Shannan Taylor
who was highly regarded by the media. Many felt he would
provide him with a stiff test, but that was not to be. Taylor
who was not nearly as fast or as strong was stopped in the
fifth round in March 2001.
In July 2001, he cut down in only three rounds the bigger
former middleweight, Adrian Stone.
By then, Shane Mosley was universally regarded as one of
the top three pound-for-pound fighters in boxing and was
considered the best by many experts.
He then called out Forrest. They had been amateur rivals
and fought a close battle in the finals of the 1992 Olympic
Trials that went Forrest's way. When they met as pros in
January 2002, they were considered the two best 147-pounders
in the world. Shane dominated Forrest with his power boxing
in the first round, but an accidental head butt in the second
round turned the fight around and Forrest scored a decision.
After having known only victory in a star-studded career
by winning his first 38 professional bouts after one of
the most heralded amateur careers ever, Mosley lost his
World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight championship to
Vernon Forrest on January 26, 2002.
He received his second loss of his career in a rematch
with Forrest later that year.
In February 2003, Mosley stepped in the ring against former
154 pound title belt holder, Raul Marquez in his first fight
at 154 pounds. Marquez suffered a cut above his left eye
due to an accidental head butt, and the fight was stopped
in the third round.
In September 2003, Shane got the rematch he wanted with
Oscar De La Hoya. Shane's mastery of the game prevailed
as he skillfully broke De La Hoya down round by round before
being awarded his second victory against "The Golden
Boy".
In March 2004, Mosley lost his WBC and WBA Light Middleweight
titles and his chance to secure the IBF title to Winky Wright
by unanimous decision. He then lost the rematch with Wright
in September 2004 by majority decision.
Following these back to back losses to Wright, Mosley returns
to the welterweight division he dominated from 2000-2002.
