KO of the Day: Shane Mosley v. Antonio Diaz

by Scott Christ on May 31, 2008 6:06 AM EDT

Since we won't be getting to see "Sugar" Shane Mosley's return to the ring this weekend as was planned, here's a KO of the Day dedicated to the still-strong welterweight and pound-for-pound contender. I wanted to use the shot that Mosley used to knock out Fernando Vargas in their second fight, but no dice.

This is from November 4, 2000, with Mosley at 35-0 and the WBC welterweight titleholder, and Diaz at 35-2, fresh off of a win over Micky Ward. He'd also beaten Ivan Robinson and Cory Spinks. And Mosley laid waste to him.

Man, was he fast. And destructive. Everything about Shane has declined over time, as it does to any fighter, but he's going to turn 37 years old in September and I think he still gives ANY welterweight a tough, tough fight -- and I include Money Mayweather in that suggestion.

The bout is also notable, as the video shows, for being refereed by the great Arthur Mercante, Sr., making him the only man to ever referee for Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Sugar Shane Mosley. This was the third-to-last fight of his long, illustrious career. His biggest bout was surely the first Ali-Frazier tussle, but he saw pretty much everyone up close and personal for decades.

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Any Sugar with that coffee?

I love these KO of the day. I wish you had a small section of them everytime or after the time in which they are posted. With the Sugar that was posted on this video, believe me and I agree, Cotto had no chance. But know he’s a little more laid back, however, I would had love to see some action from him tonight by “decapitating” Judah. But the “bout subject to commission approval / change” has to stand for something.

I wouldn’t include Gayweather in jack shit unless it were the runners of boxing. And yes, Ivan Calderon you’re there too sorry to say. Nonetheless, I respect Calderon more as a boxer than him. Right now, at the Pinnacle of his career, Sugar would take down Mayweather in the ninth. Shit, he wont even survived five maybe six round with Cotto. He’d be vomiting his pelvis through his mouth for a week if he did.

by CRAZEDANG1280 on May 31, 2008 4:10 PM EDT reply actions