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Mosley-Mora middleweight bout ends in a draw
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September 20, 2010, Monday
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SHANE Mosley and Sergio Mora fought to a 12-round draw in a junior middleweight bout at in Los Angeles on Saturday night.
The 39-year-old Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KOs) had hoped to earn another big-money fight after his one-sided loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr in May, while Mora (22-1-2, 6 KOs) was trying to re-establish himself as an elite fighter. Neither fighter left the Staples Center arena satisfied - and neither did the crowd, which booed both boxers.
"We both fought hard," Mosley said. "It was a good fight, a good decision."
The fight was very difficult to score, with judge Kermit Bayless calling it 115-113 for Mora, David Denkin giving Mosley a 116-112 edge, and Lou Moret ruling it even at 114-114.
Mora, who held the 69.9-kilogram title in 2008, said he actually let up because he thought he was winning down the stretch.
"I should've listened to my corner," he said. "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."
Before the main event, junior welterweight contender Victor Ortiz (28-2-1, 22 KOs) took a round to feel out Guyana's Vivian Harris (29-5-1, 19 KOs) before unloading, stopping Harris early in the third round after knocking him down three times in the second.
Ortiz's handlers have been talking to WBO titleholder Timothy Bradley, and Ortiz likes the idea of facing the winner of the December 11 fight between WBA champion Amir Khan and Marcos Maidana, who knocked out Ortiz last year.
Earlier, budding Mexican star Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (34-0-1, 26 KOs) had a spectacular third-round knockout of veteran Carlos Baldomir (45-13-6, 14 KOs) of Argentina while Daniel Ponce de Leon (40-2, 33 KOs) stopped fellow-Mexican Antonio Escalante (23-3, 15 KOs) with a single right hook at 2:40 of the third round.
The 39-year-old Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KOs) had hoped to earn another big-money fight after his one-sided loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr in May, while Mora (22-1-2, 6 KOs) was trying to re-establish himself as an elite fighter. Neither fighter left the Staples Center arena satisfied - and neither did the crowd, which booed both boxers.
"We both fought hard," Mosley said. "It was a good fight, a good decision."
The fight was very difficult to score, with judge Kermit Bayless calling it 115-113 for Mora, David Denkin giving Mosley a 116-112 edge, and Lou Moret ruling it even at 114-114.
Mora, who held the 69.9-kilogram title in 2008, said he actually let up because he thought he was winning down the stretch.
"I should've listened to my corner," he said. "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."
Before the main event, junior welterweight contender Victor Ortiz (28-2-1, 22 KOs) took a round to feel out Guyana's Vivian Harris (29-5-1, 19 KOs) before unloading, stopping Harris early in the third round after knocking him down three times in the second.
Ortiz's handlers have been talking to WBO titleholder Timothy Bradley, and Ortiz likes the idea of facing the winner of the December 11 fight between WBA champion Amir Khan and Marcos Maidana, who knocked out Ortiz last year.
Earlier, budding Mexican star Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (34-0-1, 26 KOs) had a spectacular third-round knockout of veteran Carlos Baldomir (45-13-6, 14 KOs) of Argentina while Daniel Ponce de Leon (40-2, 33 KOs) stopped fellow-Mexican Antonio Escalante (23-3, 15 KOs) with a single right hook at 2:40 of the third round.
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