Shane Mosley recently lost his comeback fight against Matty Floyd, but was officially retired in 2016 by David Avanesyan.
In 2016, Shane Mosley hung up the gloves with a record of 49-10-1.
Across his 60 fights, Mosley faced huge names in the sport like Canelo Alvarez, Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto, Antonio Margarito, and Oscar De La Hoya, whom he beat twice.
In 2010, Mosley took on one of the toughest fights in his career as he challenged Floyd Mayweather.
But that fight almost never happened, as Mosley was originally set for an entirely different opponent, one who was forced to withdraw because of an earthquake.
Shane Mosley vs Andre Berto axed after Berto volunteered to help after Haiti earthquake
Mosley vs Mayweather ended in a wide unanimous decision victory for ‘Money’ Mayweather, shaking Mosley’s career.
He was originally set to face Andre Berto, who was 24-0 at the time.
As the fight drew closer, Haiti was struck by a disastrous earthquake, killing many, injuring even more, and leaving an unfathomable amount of destruction in its wake.
Berto spoke to Andre Ward about his decision to withdraw from the fight in order to help in Haiti, “Everybody that’s been following my career for a while, I always, you know, gave back, you know, back home in Haiti. I had, at the time, you know, three orphanages that I used to take care of.”
“I had a tremendous training camp and of course happens and and it was just something that I just couldn’t I just couldn’t ignore.”
Berto, who faced Mayweather years later, spoke on how, tragically, many kids in the orphanages he set up passed away in the disaster.
He concluded, “I knew what I had to do.”
Shane Mosley’s career saw a dark period where he won one out of six fights
In 2001, Mosley made a successful world title defence against Adrian Stone, whom he stopped in just three rounds.
In his very next fight, though, his luck turned, as Mosley lost to Vernon Forrest twice consecutively.
In a bid to return to winning ways, Mosley fought 34-2 Raul Marquez, but the fight was ruled a no-contest in the third round after Marquez sustained cuts caused by accidental headbutts.
Strangely, the one fight he won out of the six came against the most skilled operator, as Mosley picked up his first win since July 2001 when he defeated De La Hoya in September 2003.
Victory was short-lived, as Mosley lost his next fight to Ronald Wright, who, like Forrest, also bested him in their rematch.