On This Day In Boxing History!

1971: Shane Mosley Was Born!

Shane Mosley 

Born: September 7th, 1971

Birth Place: Lynwood, California

Residence: Pomona, California

Amateur Record: 250-16

Pro-Debut: February 11th, 1993

Division: Lightweight / Welterweight

Alias: Sugar

Stance: Orthodox

Height: 5′ 8½″  

Reach: 71″  

Bouts: 61

Rounds: 445

Ko’s: 67%

Record: 49-10-1, 41Ko’s

Career

IBF Lightweight Champion

1997 Aug 2 – 1999 Apr

WBC Welterweight Champion

2000 Jun 17 – 2002 Jan 26

WBA Light Middleweight Champion

2003 Sep 13 – 2004 Mar 13

WBC Light Middleweight Champion

2003 Sep 13 – 2004 Mar 13

WBA Welterweight Champion

2009 Jan 24 – 2010 May

In August 2002 federal agents-initiated investigations into BALCO, a California-based laboratory suspected of selling banned performance-enhancing drugs to top athletes. Shane Mosley was among those named as a BALCO client, and he testified before a grand jury that he injected himself with the energy-boosting drug EPO and used undetectable steroids known as "the cream" and "the clear", acquired from BALCO, prior to his 2003 rematch with Oscar De La Hoya, which Mosley won by a unanimous decision. Mosley insisted that he did not knowingly take banned substances, and thought they were vitamins. He said he believed "the cream" was flaxseed oil, but under questioning he admitted it was probably something else. In 2008 Mosley launched a $12 million defamation lawsuit against BALCO founder Victor Conte, who claimed that Mosley knowingly took performance-enhancing drugs. The suit was dismissed with prejudice in November 2010.

Mike Tyson Suspicious Ko of Bruce Seldon

World Boxing Association World Heavyweight Title

MGM Grand, Las Vegas

September 7th, 1996

September 7th

1886: George “Kid” Lavigne pro debut KO1 Morris McNally

1892: James J. Corbett KO21 John L. Sullivan

1894: Thomas Edison films an exhibition bout in a studio between World Heavyweight Champion James J. Corbett and Peter Courteney. By arrangement Corbett scored a knockout in round six.

1896: William Bryan Downey born.

1908: Billy Papke KO12 Stanley Ketchel

Abe Attell D 23 Owen Moran, Colma

1915: Harry Wills W12 Sam McVey

1960: Horacio Accavallo KO5 Julio Barrera

Sonny Liston W12 Eddie Machen

Phil Moyer W10 Cecil Shorts

Thad Spencer W6 Theo Lolanzo

1961: “The Lonestar Cobra” Donald Curry was born in Fort Worth, Texas

1963: Sandro Mazzinghi KO9 Ralph Dupas

1965: Vicente Saldivar W15 Howard Winstone

1967: Adolpho Washington was born in Lexington, Kentucky

1969: Shozo Saijyo KO2 Jose Luis Pimental

1971: Shane Mosley was born Lynwood, California

1974: Bobby Chacon KO9 Alfredo Marcano

1983: Andre Berto was born in Miami, Florida

1984: Soon Chun Kwon KO12 Joaquin Flores

1986: "Terrible" Terry Norris KO5 Alex Rios

1991: Dave McAuley KO10 Baby Jacob Matlala

1996: Mike Tyson “suspicious” KO1 Bruce Seldon

Terry Norris KO5 Alex Rios

Felix "Tito" Trinidad KO6 Ray Lovato

2002: Roy Jones Jr. KO6 Clinton Woods

Winky Wright WDQ8 Bronco McKart

2003: Oscar Larios KO2 Kozo Ishii

2012: Christina Hammer W10 Yahaira Hernandez

2013: Ricky Burns DSD12 Raymundo Beltran

Cecilia Braekhus TKO9 Oxandia Castillo

Raja Amasheh W10 Eva Voraberger

Rola El Halabi TKO6 Sopio Putkaradze

Moises Fuentes TKO1 Luis de la Rosa

2016: Bobby "School Boy" Chacon passes