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Shane Mosley vs. Sergio Mora

Shane Mosley vs. Sergio Mora, billed as 200: Celebrate and Dominate, was a professional boxing match contested on September 18, 2010.[1]

200: Celebrate and Dominate
DateSeptember 18, 2010
VenueStaples Center, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Tale of the tape
Boxer Shane Mosley Sergio Mora
Nickname "Sugar" "The Latin Snake"
Hometown Lynwood, California, U.S. East Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Purse $1,000,000 $285,000
Pre-fight record 46–6 (39 KO) 22–1–1 (6 KO)
Age 39 years 29 years, 9 months
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 154 lb (70 kg) 157 lb (71 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBC
No. 5 Ranked Super Welterweight
The Ring
No. 4 Ranked Welterweight
The Ring No. 5 ranked pound-for-pound fighter
3-division world champion		 WBC
No. 8 Ranked Super Welterweight
Former Light middleweight champion
Result
Split Draw

Background

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On 30 June 2010, it was announced Shane Mosley would fight former WBC light middleweight champion Sergio Mora at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on September 18 at light middleweight, only a few months after his wide decision loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr..[2][3] An official press conference took place at the end of August.[4] The card was billed as a celebration of the bicentennial of Mexican Independence Day.[5]

Mora would weight in at 157 lbs, three pounds over the light middleweight division limit, so as a result he was forced to give 20% of his purse to Mosley.

The fights

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Undercard

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The first of the televised bouts saw former WBO super bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce de León stop Antonio Escalante by 3rd round knockout in a WBO featherweight title eliminator. This was followed by Victor Ortiz also scoring a 3rd round knockout, over former WBA light welterweight champion Vivian Harris.[6][7]

Álvarez vs. Baldomir

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In the chief support undefeated contender Canelo Álvarez faced former welterweight champion Carlos Baldomir.[8] Baldomir was knocked down by a left hook in the closing seconds of the sixth round, falling face first onto the canvass. He was counted out by the referee giving him his first stoppage loss in 16 years.

Speaking afterwards Baldomir said "It's true that he hits hard. He hits really hard. His power really surprised me. This kid is the real deal. And he's going to be a champion. No one has hit me like he hit me before. He knocked me out me and nobody (except one man) has ever knocked me out."[9]

Preceded by Canelo Álvarez's bouts
18 September 2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
vs. Jairo Jesus Siris
 Carlos Baldomir's bouts
18 September 2010 		Succeeded by
vs. Amilcar Funes Melian

Main Event

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Mosley was the aggressor through much of the bout but had trouble landing clean punches with Mora moving out of harm's way or tying Mosley up when he got inside. The lack of the action resulted in crowd booing from as early as the second round.[10]

The bout ended up being a scored a split draw with one judge having it 115–113 for Mora, one for Mosley 116–112 and the another 114–114.[11] The scores from the journalists at ringside ranged from a six-point victory for Mosley to a four-point win for Mora.[12]Both HBO's Harold Lederman and ESPN scored the bout 117–111 for Mosley.

According to CompuBox Mosley landed 31% (161 of 522) of his punches, compared to just 18% (93 of 508) landed by Mora.[13]

Aftermath

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Mosley appeared to be satisfied with the result saying "We both fought hard, it was good fight, a good decision." Mora meanwhile felt had done enough to pull off the upset "I should've listened to my corner, they were telling me that it was a close fight. I thought I was winning, so I didn't fight as hard because I have respect for Shane. I didn't want to hurt him."[14]

Undercard

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Confirmed bouts:[15]

Winner Loser Weight division/title belt(s) disputed Result
  Canelo Álvarez   Carlos Baldomir WBC Silver Super Welterweight 6th round KO.
  Victor Ortiz   Vivian Harris Welterweight (10 rounds) 3rd round KO.
  Daniel Ponce de León   Antonio Escalante WBO World Featherweight title eliminator 3rd round KO.
Non-TV bouts
  Kaliesha West   Angel Gladney WBO World Bantamweight title 7th round KO.
  David Rodela   Juan Montiel Lightweight (6 rounds) Majority Draw
  Keith Thurman   Quandray Robertson Light Middleweight (6 rounds) 3rd round KO.
  Sharif Bogere   Julian Rodriguez Super lightweight (6 rounds) 2nd round KO.
  Frankie Gómez   Ricardo Calzada Welterweight (6 rounds) 3rd round KO.
  Mikayl Arreola   Missael Nunez Featherweight (4 rounds) Majority Decision

Broadcasting

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Country Broadcaster
  Australia Main Event
  Hungary Sport 1
  Poland Polsat
  United States HBO

References

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  1. ^ "Shane Mosley vs. Sergio Mora". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  2. ^ Lem Satterfield (30 June 2010). "Mosley-Mora Finalized For September 18 at Staples Center". boxingscene.com. Boxing Scene. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  3. ^ Dan Rafael (1 July 2010). "Mosley to return against Mora". espn.go.com. ESPN. Archived from the original on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Photos: Mosley vs Mora Announced in Las Vegas Presser – Boxing News". www.boxingscene.com. August 2, 2010. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  5. ^ "MOSLEY AND MORA IN "200: CELEBRATE AND DOMINATE" IN MEXICAN BICENTENNIAL INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION EVENT". philboxing.com. philboxing. 25 August 2010. Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Victor Ortiz vs. Vivian Harris". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  7. ^ Michael David Smith (18 September 2010). "Victor Ortiz Scores Third-Round KO Over Vivian Harris". Boxing.fanhouse.com. AOL Sports. Archived from the original on 21 September 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Saul Alvarez vs. Carlos Manuel Baldomir". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  9. ^ Dan Rafael (18 September 2010). "Saul Alvarez blasts out Carlos Baldomir". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Sugar Shane Mosley, Sergio Mora in dodgy draw". Boston Herald. MediaNews Group. 19 September 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  11. ^ "The Fabulous Forum". Los Angeles Times. September 18, 2010.
  12. ^ Associated Press (19 September 2010). "Shane Mosley, Sergio Mora fight to draw". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  13. ^ "Shane Mosley vs. Sergio Mora - CompuBox Stats". boxingscene.com. Boxing Scene. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  14. ^ Dan Rafael (18 September 2010). "Mosley, Mora and fans all lose". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  15. ^ "BoxRec - event".
Preceded by Shane Mosley's bouts
18 September 2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
vs. Calvin Green
 Sergio Mora's bouts
18 September 2010 		Succeeded by
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