Editing Shane Mosley (section)

====Mosley vs. Lopez, Avanesyan====
On December 2, 2015, it was announced that Mosley would next fight 37 year old Venezuelan veteran [[Patrick López]] (23-6, 14 KOs) at the [[Roberto Durán Arena]] in [[Panama City|Panama City, Panama]] for the WBA Continental super welterweight title on December 17, in a scheduled 10 round bout.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2595244-shane-mosley-vs-patrick-lopez-fight-announced-date-location-and-prediction|title=Shane Mosley vs. Patrick Lopez Fight Announced: Date, Location and Prediction|last=Daniels|first=Tim|work=Bleacher Report|access-date=2017-10-07|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/14285035/shane-mosley-meet-patrick-lopez-12-round-welterweight-bout-dec-17|title=Mosley to continue comeback vs. Lopez on Dec. 17|publisher=ESPN|access-date=2017-10-07}}</ref> Both boxers came in at around the welterweight limit, with Mosley slightly heavier and López fighting for the first time in 13 months. López was knocked down in the 2nd round following a left hook and a further three times in the last round, which put an end to the fight. Mosley improved his ledger to 49 victories, with 41 of those victories coming inside [[the distance (boxing)|the distance]]. At the time of stoppage, the three judges' had the fight 87-83, 86-84, 88-83 in favour of Mosley.<ref>{{Citation|last=BoxingFan333|title=Shane Mosley vs. Patrick Lopez|date=2015-12-17|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JmcBUb4Jz8| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829113629/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JmcBUb4Jz8&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2020-08-29 | url-status=dead|access-date=2017-10-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rappler.com/sports/by-sport/boxing-mma/116379-shane-mosley-beats-patrick-lopez|title=Shane Mosley, 44, overcomes cut to knock out Patrick Lopez|work=Rappler|access-date=2017-10-07|language=en}}</ref>

On March 28, 2016, it was announced that Mosley would challenge [[World Boxing Association|WBA]] Interim welterweight champion [[David Avanesyan]] (21-1-1, 11 KOs) at the [[Gila River Arena]] in [[Glendale, Arizona]]. on May 28. The winner would then be the mandatory for the winner of the Thurman-Porter fight. Prior to the fight being announced, legendary hall of famer [[Roberto Durán]] became Mosley's trainer. This also marked the first time Avanesyan would fight in the United States. At the time of the fight, Mosley was ranked number 3 by the WBA.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espn.co.uk/boxing/story/_/id/15078590/shane-mosley-face-david-avanesyan-interim-welterweight-belt|title=Mosley to face Avanesyan for interim belt|publisher=ESPN|access-date=2017-09-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.boxingnews24.com/2016/05/shane-mosley-vs-david-avanesyan-saturday-night/|title=Shane Mosley vs. David Avanesyan this Saturday night » Boxing News|date=2016-05-23|work=Boxing News 24|access-date=2017-09-07|language=en-US}}</ref> Mosley lost the fight after going the distance. Avanesyan won all three judges' scorecards (117-110 twice, 114-113). Mosley started off the fight quick as the aggressor. As the middle rounds passed, Avanesyan began to take over. Despite the two wide scorecards, the fight was seen as being much closer and competitive.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/12183/10297964/shane-mosley-suffers-unanimous-points-decision-defeat-to-david-avanesyan|title=Shane Mosley suffers unanimous points decision defeat to David Avanesyan|work=Sky Sports|access-date=2017-09-07|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.co.uk/boxing/story/_/id/15830538/shane-mosley-loses-fight-title-opportunity|title=Scorecard: Mosley loses fight, title opportunity|website=ESPN.com|date=May 30, 2016 |access-date=2016-05-31}}</ref>