Shane Mosley

Twenty years after seeing both his unbeaten record and reputation ruined, Shane Mosley explains why Vernon Forrest was a fighter he could not defeat. By Elliot Worsell.

For many boxers who sweat and bleed and toil to achieve something truly momentous in a sport that frequently can be harsh and unforgiving, what Vernon “The Viper” Forrest accomplished on Jan. 26, 2002, would almost certainly qualify as the high point of their earthly existence. That was the night in the Theater at Madison Square Garden when Forrest, as a 7-1 underdog, knocked down the undefeated “Sugar” Shane Mosley twice to not only wrest the WBC welterweight title from a man then widely considered to be the best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet, but did so in convincing fashion. The unanimous decision for Forrest was free of any hint of controversy, as evidenced by the official scorecards that had him winning by wide 118-108, 117-108 and 115-110 margins.

All eyes will be on the glamour division this weekend as Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder fever once again takes over the boxing world. Former three-division world champion and 2020 Hall of Fame inductee Sugar Shane Mosley has been retired for over five years now, but he remains a staunch fight fan and is eagerly anticipating Saturday’s heavyweight trilogy bout at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Shane Mosley couldn’t believe what he was looking at. After rubbing his eyes and pinching himself to confirm, the former multiple division titlist began flashing a bright grin. Heading into his 2012 showdown against Canelo Alvarez, Mosley was taken aback when he was pegged as a significant underdog on the...

Boxing legend “Sugar” Shane Mosley laid out the princely sum it cost him when suffering a loss to current king Canelo Alvarez back in 2012. Mosley, who retired in 2016, faced Alvarez at the back end of his career. It got planned as a building fight for Canelo. But Shane...

“Sugar” Shane Mosley’s unanimous decision loss to Canelo Alvarez not only impacted his professional record but his wallet as well, the Hall of Fame fighter has revealed. "They were gonna pay me $600,000 [for the Alvarez fight], but I made a bet for a million dollars that I was gonna beat Canelo, and if I would've won I’d have $6 million," Mosley told Mario Lopez on “OK Bet.”

Hall of Fame boxer "Sugar" Shane Mosley said Friday that he finished in the red after fighting Canelo Alvarez in 2012. Appearing on Triller's OK Bet with Mario Lopez (h/t TMZ Sports), Mosley said he bet $1 million on himself to beat Alvarez despite only getting paid $600,000 for the fight.

Fresh off his induction into the Indiana Boxing Hall of Fame, the man known as the “KO King” sets his sights on boxing Hall of Famer “Sugar” Shane Mosley. Finishing his career with a record of 46-9-0, Randall Bailey recorded 39 of the most memorable knockouts in recent boxing history.

Ricardo Mayorga is a wild man and a wild (if not disliked) personality with a reckless and chaotic style of fighting. While he had a memorable pair of wins against the late Vernon Forrest, most of Mayorga’s biggest fights ended in losses. We’re going to look back at one he had against Shane Mosley on September 27th, 2008.

Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Leonard and Shane Mosely discuss how to beat Floyd Mayweather. Is is hard to work out oftentimes on how to beat an undefeated fighter for the simple reason, they’ve never been beat. There’s no blueprint there. When it came to Floyd Mayweather of the recent generation...