Former three-division champion Shane Mosley is finally hanging up the gloves, according to Dan Rafael of espn.com.
“I decided that I’m older now. I’m not the same as I used to be, so I need to let it go as far as me trying to compete as a fighter anymore,” Mosley told ESPN. “I’m definitely always going to be around boxing. I’ll still go to the gym and show people stuff, help them out. I still love boxing. It’s still my life but just not as a fighter anymore.”
“What happened was my arm is breaking down, my knees, shoulders,” he said. “My back is starting to break down. My body is telling me I’m older and I can’t do it at 100 percent. I can’t see myself fighting again. I’d have to say I’m retired.”
“I always wanted to be a world champion and I accomplished my goal when I beat Holiday,” Mosley said. “Beating him and winning the world title was like, ‘I have arrived.'”
“It was such a big event,” Mosley said. “I am so grateful Oscar gave me that opportunity to showcase my skills on a worldwide level so people could see who ‘Sugar’ Shane was. When I fought Oscar it really put me on the world stage and I kept on winning and knocking people out.”
“It was a learning experience. I didn’t go into the fight thinking that it was anything illegal or anything I should be worried about,” Mosley said. “I learned a lesson. I was misled by a workout guy [Hudson].”
“I believe I was an old-school fighter and I believed in fighting everybody,” he said. “Winky Wright always thanks me for letting him be noticed by fighting him. It’s just like I thank Oscar. You have to have fighters willing to fight anybody. I was one of those fighters. So were Winky and Oscar.”
“I worked hard and I wanted to be a world champion and to make people happy when they saw me fight and I think I did that,” Mosley said. “People being happy and enjoying my fights and seeing that I put 100 percent into it was important to me and people have always shown me appreciation for it.”
