News - Shane Mosley

In a crossroads battle between former champions, Shane Mosley (41-4, 35 KOs) was able to shut the left eye of Fernando Vargas (26-2, 22 KOs) convincing referee Joe Cortez waved off a close fight in round ten on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Mosley's edge in speed was evident early on, causing Vargas left eye to quickly swell. Vargas, the natural 154-pounder was able to rough up Shane and land effectively to the read more ...

Ferocious Fernando Vargas weighed in at 153.5 and Sugar Shane Mosley weighed in at 152 for their pay-per-view showdown tomorrow night in Las Vegas. Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson was unable to make weight for his bout with WBO bantamweight champion Jhonny Gonzalez. Johnson weighed in at 119.5 while the champion made weight at 117.5. The bout has now been changed to a twelve round non-title affair read more ...

On Saturday, "Ferocious" Fernando Vargas and "Sugar" Shane Mosley will finally clash in a highly anticipated 12-round junior middleweight showdown at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Vargas and Mosley shook hands at the press conference on Wednesday agreeing to a $100,000 bet with the condition that the winner of the wager has to score a knockout to collect. "He says he is going to knock me out and I have been telling read more ...

Former two-time junior middleweight champion Fernando Vargas has already made weight two weeks before his February 25 showdown against Sugar Shane Mosley in Las Vegas. Fernando had only this to say about his weight "I'm ready!" Photo taken at Fernando's camp by Rick Guzman read more ...

Former world champions Fernando Vargas and Shane Mosley held a press conference on Tuesday at Universal Studios City Walk in Los Angeles in advance of their February 25 twelve-round crossroads bout, which will take place on at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Both Vargas (26-2, 22 KOs) and Mosley (41-4, 35 KOs) already looked to be in tremendous shape for the bout read more ...

Head trainer Danny Smith can’t help but get excited when talking about Fernando Vargas’ progress in training camp: “Fernando’s confidence is much higher than it was prior to the last two fights. He’s made some adjustments to his training and to his approach. He’s become ‘Old School’. He doesn’t [even] run on the treadmill any longer. He’s gone back to outdoor workouts” . . . Vargas (26-2, 22 KO’s) selected Ojai, CA read more ...

"This is as exciting an event as you can get in boxing," said Kathy Duva, CEO of Main Events. "Not only do you have two of the sport's biggest names, but you have quite a 'Round Robin' circle. Mosley defeated De La Hoya and De La Hoya beat Vargas, while Vargas beat Wright and Wright defeated Mosley. This is an intriguing, evenly-matched showdown." read more ...

In addition to the potential May 6 Oscar De La Hoya-Ricardo Mayorga HBO PPV, reliable sources close to the situation have informed Boxingtalk.com that Golden Boy Promotions and Don King Productions are also discussing Luis Perez-Fernando Montiel, Vicente Mosquera-Javier Jauregui and a Zab Judah-Shane Mosley superfight for early 2006. Don King and Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer were unavailable for immediate comment. read more ...

Shane Mosley was anything but sweet. He was a winner, though, with his sights set on bigger things. Mosley won his second straight fight since moving back down to welterweight Saturday night, beating Jose Luiz Cruz on a unanimous decision. The fight was held just after a bout at the MGM Grand hotel-casino in which IBF lightweight champion Leavander Johnson suffered a brain injury and underwent surgery at a local hospital to relieve read more ...

"I'm in tremendous shape, and I'm ready to go," Mosley said Thursday"My hand speed, my foot movement and my head movement will come out in this fight. I've been training hard and cannot wait to get in there. He's a strong fighter and he throws hard shots. He comes to fight, and I think he's gonna come straight at me. I never look past opponents, and this guy has had 27 knockouts, so I had better watch out!" read more ...