Filed under: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, Golden Boy Promotions, HBO, Showtime, IBO
When Shane Mosley (above, right) last entered the ring, a little more than a year ago on Jan. 24, against hard-punching, WBA world super welterweight (147 pounds) champion, Antonio Margarito, his lead-fisted, opponent was not the only thing on his mind.
Mosley was in the midst of the BALCO scandal, in which he has since admitted during leaked grand jury testimony that he had unknowingly used designer steroids before dethroning Oscar De La Hoya as WBA, WBC, and, IBF junior middleweight (154 pounds) titlist in September, 2003.
At the time, Mosley had just dropped down from 154, where he had stopped former world champ, Ricardo Mayorga, in the 12th round of their September, 2008 clash.
Mosley had fired his father, Jack Mosley, as his trainer, having replaced him with Nazim Richardson, known for his work with Bernard Hopkins.
And he was in the midst of a nasty split from his wife, Jin, who was not only the mother of three of his four children, but also, his business manager.
Mosley, nevertheless, channeled all of that angst into a focused and aggressive attack on Margarito, whom he lead by five, seven, and, nine points, respectively, on the three judges’ cards before stopping the Mexican fighter for the first time in his career.
“I went to the Margarito fight, and I’ve never seen him more calm and focused than I saw him on that night,” said Judd Burstein, who has been Mosley’s attorney for seven years. “It was as if his career had been revitalized.”
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