Editing Shane Mosley (section)

===Welterweight===
Mosley vacated his lightweight title and moved up two weight divisions to welterweight, scored two consecutive knockouts against Wilfredo Rivera and [[Willy Wise]], setting up a huge fight against [[Oscar De La Hoya]] for the WBC welterweight title.

====Mosley vs. De La Hoya====
{{Main|Oscar De La Hoya vs. Shane Mosley}}
On June 17, 2000, Mosley met De La Hoya in Los Angeles for the [[World Boxing Council|WBC]], IBA & vacant [[Lineal championship|lineal]] welterweight titles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/welter.htm|title=The Lineal Welterweight Champs|publisher=The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia}}</ref> This was the first boxing event to take place at the newly built [[Staples Center]]. After twelve rounds, Mosley emerged with a split decision victory. During the fight, neither man was in danger of going down, but both had badly swollen faces at the end and De La Hoya was bleeding from the nose for several rounds. Mosley earned a minimum of $15&nbsp;million, while De La Hoya was guaranteed $35&nbsp;million.<ref name="sportsillustrated.cnn.com2">{{cite magazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/09/28/mosley/index.html?eref=mostpop|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515184609/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/09/28/mosley/index.html?eref=mostpop|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 15, 2008|title=Mosley accused of doping|date=September 28, 2007|magazine=Sports Illustrated|access-date=May 23, 2010}}</ref>  Judges Lou Filippo and Pat Russell scored the fight 116-112, and 115-113, respectively for Mosley whilst judge Marty Sammon had it 113-115 for De La Hoya. The fight was named ''The Ring'' magazine Event of the Year for 2000.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2498274-de-la-hoya-vs-mosley-15-years-later-remembering-a-superfight-that-delivered|title=De La Hoya vs. Mosley 15 Years Later: Remembering a Superfight That Delivered|last=McCarson|first=Kelsey|newspaper=Bleacher Report|access-date=2017-02-09|language=en-US}}</ref>

====Mosley vs. Diaz, Taylor====
Mosley defended his newly won titles on November 11, 2000, at the Madison Square Garden Theater in New York against Mexican boxer [[Antonio Díaz (boxer)|Antonio Diaz]] (35-2, 24 KOs). The fight lasted six rounds, after Mosley knocked Diaz down twice. Diaz was also down once in round 2.<ref>{{Citation|last=Boxing History|title=Shane Mosley vs Antonio Diaz / Full Fight|date=2016-02-05|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH0HloSnagQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/jH0HloSnagQ| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|access-date=2017-02-09}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

On March 10, 2001, Mosley was scheduled to fight unbeaten Australian [[Shannan Taylor]] (28-0-1, 18KOs) at [[Caesars Palace]] in Las Vegas. Shannan was knocked down once in the first round. He was losing all rounds, up until the end of the fifth round. Taylor lost the fight when he decided not to return for round 6.<ref>{{Citation|last=456blaine|title=Shane Mosley vs Shannon Taylor|date=2011-11-13|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Hc4GTyofA| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213124326/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Hc4GTyofA| archive-date=2017-02-13 | url-status=dead|access-date=2017-02-09}}</ref>

====Mosley vs. Stone====
On July 21, 2001, Mosley easily beat [[List of IBO world champions|IBO World super welterweight]] champion Adrian Stone (30-3-2, 23 KOs) knocking him out in round 3. The fight took place at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Stone moved down to welterweight for the first time in three years to challenge Mosley and was losing the first 2-round before being stopped.<ref>{{Citation|last=Mangler411|title=Shane Mosley vs Adrian Stone|date=2012-12-28|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omSpsYd605s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/omSpsYd605s| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|access-date=2017-02-19}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://roundbyroundboxing.com/flashback-friday-sugar-shane-mosley-vs-adrian-the-predator-stone/|title=Flashback Friday {{!}} "Sugar" Shane Mosley vs. Adrian "The Predator" Stone|website=roundbyroundboxing.com|date=January 22, 2016 |language=en-US|access-date=2017-02-19}}</ref> Following the win, Mosley said he would like to have a rematch with De La Hoya in a split 50/50 fight or a unification fight against unbeaten [[Vernon Forrest]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2001/jul/23/boxing.theguardian|title=Sugar crushes Stone|date=2001-07-22|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=2017-02-19|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

====Mosley vs. Forrest I, II====
{{Main|Shane Mosley vs. Vernon Forrest|Vernon Forrest vs. Shane Mosley II}}
It was finally announced that Mosley would be defending his WBC and Lineal welterweight titles against Vernon Forrest (33-0, 26 KOs). The fight took place at the [[Madison Square Garden|Madison Square Garden Theater]] in New York City on January 26, 2002. The [[The Ring (magazine)|Ring Magazine]] welterweight title was also at stake. Mosley was knocked down twice in the second round as he went on to lose a unanimous decision, his first loss in his professional career. In round 2, Mosley suffered a cut at the hairline from an accidental clash of heads. The final scorecards read 115-110, 117-108 and 118-108 all in favor of Forrest.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.boxing.com/shane_mosley_vs_vernon_forrest.html|title=Shane Mosley vs. Vernon Forrest – Boxing.com|website=www.boxing.com|access-date=2017-02-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxing247.com/shark2801.html|title=Shane Mosley (38-0-0-35 KO's) Vs. Vernon Forrest (33-0-0-26 KO's)|website=www.boxing247.com|access-date=2017-02-19}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Kings of Boxing|title=Shane Mosley – Vernon Forrest 1|date=2014-07-07|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5o4_RKZ0zA| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220052258/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5o4_RKZ0zA| archive-date=2017-02-20 | url-status=dead|access-date=2017-02-19}}</ref>

Mosley and Forrest met in an immediate rematch on July 20, 2002, at the [[Conseco Fieldhouse]] in [[Indianapolis]]. Forrest being the 'A' side, received $3.42 million compared to Mosley's $2.8 million. The fight was also known at the time for its attendance of 15,775 which was the largest boxing crowd ever in Indiana. The fight went the full 12 round distance. The scorecards were closer than the first fight, however still had Forrest as the winner (117-111, 116-112, 115-113) unanimously. [[USA Today]] scored it 115-113 in favor of Forrest. Forrest kept on the outside using his height and reach as an advantage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2002-07-20-forrest-mosley.htm|title=USATODAY.com – Forrest pounds out decision over Mosley|website=usatoday30.usatoday.com|access-date=2017-03-23}}</ref>