Boxing Breakfast: Shane Mosley's Teenage Tragedy
by Scott Christ on May 5, 2011 5:00 AM EDT
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Tragedy in Shane Mosley's Youth
Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times penned an emotionally powerful article on Shane Mosley yesterday, and everyone should read it. The story deals with Mosley, at age 16, being involved in an automobile accident that took the life of his beloved 3-year-old nephew, Diamond.
Mosley didn't know a nail had punctured the car's left rear tire, creating a slow leak. The back tires spun badly and the teenager lost control of the wheel.
"We hit a curb and rolled down the hill, the car flipping all the way down," Mosley said. "As we were flipping, the car roof hit my head several times."
The article largely deals with Mosley, now 39, coming to terms with what happened 23 years ago. But you can't help but cringe a bit at this part:
[A] review of his San Bernardino County driving record bears that out. The boxer has been stopped for traffic violations — mostly speeding — 11 times since 2000. On the opening segment of Showtime's "Pacquiao-Mosley Fight Camp 360" series, Mosley was shown driving a sports car in excess of 100 mph. He admits he could exercise more caution behind the wheel but notes, "It's only me in the car."
Bad Left Hook Radio
In case you missed it yesterday, the debut episode of Bad Left Hook Radio went up. The feature of the show was the Pacquiao vs Mosley preview, but I also talked about Floyd Mayweather Jr., Kelly Pavlik, Wladimir Klitschko vs David Haye, Amir Khan and Timothy Bradley, and more. Enjoy!
Great Quote
"Oh, that's great. I guess Mayweather is setting up his next fight. That's good for him."
-- Bob Arum on Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s comment that he'd skip Pacquiao vs Mosley to watch Lady Gaga on HBO.
Tributes to Sir Henry Cooper
Fight Chatter
- Ricky Burns will defend his super featherweight trinket on July 16 in Liverpool. No opponent has been named.
Link Parade!
- Joe Maxse of the Cleveland Plain-Dealer has a new Kelly Pavlik article. Quote: "If I come back and don't perform at the top of the top, it's going to be brutal. This is one of the most important fights of my career, believe it or not."
- 38-year-old Jesus Chavez has finally retired. At his best he was one hell of a fighter.
- USA Today profiled Manny Pacquiao.
Song of the Day
I re-watched Rocky Balboa last night for no particular reason other than I was in a boxing drama sort of mood.
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Jack Mosely picked the wrong career…….he should have been a grief counselor:
“His parents were consoling Venus, but his father, Jack, got up to comfort the shocked boy. You have to remain strong,” Jack Mosley said he told his son. “It’s unfortunate. Accidents happen. Diamond’s dead. And we still have to live.”
I expected the next line to read…………."now go downstairs and hit the speed bag for 20 minutes."
Damn..
A child seat was all he needed. It may have not been entirely preventable but the risk of death would have been dramatically decreased if he had put the child in a child seat, or at least buckled him in the car. That was neglect right there. I’m surprised they didn’t charge him for that death.
Back then I’m not sure it was the law to strap them in in all states. What gives me pause is that he continues the behavior. That’s actually odd. Most drivers involved in fatalities—I’ve personally know two—either won’t even drive a car again (1) or radically cool out behind the wheel (other 1).
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939
Also peculiar is his inability to perceive that his being alone in his car doesn’t guarantee that the school bus he broadsides will be traveling empty at the time.
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939
Sometimes I “forget” [dislike restraints"] to strap myself in, figuring I really am the only one that can hurt. The Mass. Health/Mass. Legislature say my injuries cost society too much money, wrong for me to let that happen. I say to that that personal freedom as we know it here has never come cheap, no reason why it should, get out of my face. But SSM’s driving directly threatens others no matter how good his driving skills are, and that’s really not cool.
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else--James Thurber, 1939
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