Former champ Mosley announces retirement
“Sugar” Shane Mosley announced his retirement on Monday, ending a
brilliant 19-year boxing career that earned him five world titles in
three weight classes.
Mosley's announcement comes one month after he lost a unanimous
decision to junior middleweight champ Saul “Canelo” Alvarez of Mexico.
“Good morning everybody. Just want to thank you for showing me so
much love,” Mosley wrote on his social networking Twitter site. “Had a
great career and loved every moment of it, win, lose or draw.” The
40-year-old Mosley's career included a memorable welterweight
championship win in 2000 over Oscar De La Hoya.
He now plans to became a trainer to his 21-year-old son.
“I'm going into the promotional world, I'm training my son. It was a
helluva career. I'm happy for all the great memories and all the great
fighters that I fought. Now it's time give back. I'm ready to train my
son full-time now,” Mosley told ESPN.com.
Mosley, of the US, is one of the few boxers of his era to have never
been knocked out.
He finished with a 46-8-1 record, but was 0-3-1 over his last four
fights. |