{"id":290606,"date":"2025-11-30T00:58:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T00:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/290606\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T00:58:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T00:58:08","slug":"shane-mosley-fought-in-over-20-world-title-fights-but-says-one-man-stood-out-as-the-best-he-faced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/290606\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane Mosley fought in over 20 world title fights but says one man stood out as the best he faced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shane Mosley faced several of boxing\u2019s most elite pound-for-pound stars throughout his 60-fight career, but one of them, he admits, was near enough the full package.<\/p>\n<p>Among the Hall of Famer\u2019s most notable opponents are Floyd Mayweather, <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/manny-pacquiao\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manny Pacquiao<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/oscar-de-la-hoya\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oscar De La Hoya<\/a>, though he also fought the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/miguel-cotto-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miguel Cotto<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/canelo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canelo Alvarez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Win or lose, Mosley was almost always involved in an enthralling dust-up, yet those fights against Mayweather and Pacquiao, in particular, presented him with a series of almighty challenges.<\/p>\n<p>After becoming a three-weight world champion, \u2018Sugar\u2019 secured a ninth-round stoppage victory over Antonio Margarito \u2013 one of his career-best wins \u2013 before facing Mayweather in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Their welterweight encounter delivered an absorbing spectacle, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/29105881\/shane-mosley-day-almost-kod-floyd-mayweather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mosley even being credited for almost scoring a knockdown in the second round<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mayweather, however, was able to swiftly recover from the ferocious barrage, and eventually claimed a convincing points victory over his pound-for-pound rival.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, Mosley was introduced to a formidable night\u2019s work against Pacquiao, the then-WBO world welterweight champion, in 2011, before ultimately losing another unanimous decision.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to their showdown, \u2018Pac Man\u2019, who was considered one of the most explosive punchers at the time, had just outpointed Margarito at 154lbs.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, despite the Filipino\u2019s speed, aggression and intensity, Mosley nonetheless regards Mayweather as the best overall fighter he ever shared a ring with.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ring Magazine<\/a>, Mosley hails Mayweather\u2019s speed and footwork, insisting that no other opponent possessed quite so much athleticism and variety to his work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBest overall would have to be Floyd. He had everything. He had about three different categories where he was the best.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most speed, best defence and a good jab and good offence. I think that it\u2019s also what he [did] with his movement and his angles.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shane Mosley faced several of boxing\u2019s most elite pound-for-pound stars throughout his 60-fight career, but one of them,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-290606","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}