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| Date | September 27, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Home Depot Center, Carson, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | vacant WBA Inter-Continental light middleweight title | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mosley wins via 12th-round knockout | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shane Mosley vs. Ricardo Mayorga was a professional boxing match contested on September 27, 2008 for the vacant WBA Inter-Continental light middleweight title. [1]
Negotiations for a Shane Mosley–Ricardo Mayorga fight began in mid-June 2008 after a planned Mosley vs. Sergio Mora WBC light middleweight title fight fell through days earlier. Mora had upset previous light middleweight champion Vernon Forrest a week earlier after which he entered into negotiations to face Mosley in his first defense, but Forrest had a rematch clause in his contract and demanded an immediate rematch from Mora, threatening legal action should he face another opponent, resulting in Mora and Mosley ending their negotiations and Mosley instead pivoting to Mayorga. [2] In August, the Mosley–Mayorga fight was announced at a press conference held at The Biltmore Los Angeles at which Mayorga vowed to knock Mosley out within the first three rounds. [3]
In the co featured bout, Andre Berto made the first defence of his WBC welterweight title against No. 15 ranked Steve Forbes. [4]
Berto consistently outpunched Forbes throughout winning the fight by unanimous decision with scores of 118–109 on two of the scorecards and 116–111 on the third scorecard. [5] [6]
Mayorga got off to a fast start, taking the early rounds, though Mosley rebounded and starting in the fourth, found his footing and took a majority of the middle rounds, though neither fighter was in serious trouble and the fight remained close going into the 12th and final round. With less than 20 seconds left in the round, Mosley finally broke though, sending Mayorga down on his hands and knees. Mayorga was able to answer the referee's 10-count and resumed the fight with just 5 seconds left, but Mosley was able to deliver a left hook that sent Mayorga down on his back with a second remaining after which referee David Mendoza stopped the fight. [7]
At the time of the stoppage Mosley led on two of three scorecards, 107–102 and 105–104 with the third judge having it for Mayorga, 105–104. HBO's unofficial ringside scorer Harold Lederman had it 107–102 for Mosley.
Confirmed bouts: [8]
| Weight Class | Weight | vs. | Method | Round | Time | Notes | ||
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| Light Middleweight | 154 lbs. | Shane Mosley | def. | Ricardo Mayorga | KO | 12/12 | 2:59 | note 1 |
| Welterweight | 147 lbs. | Andre Berto (c) | def. | Steve Forbes | UD | 12 | note 2 | |
| Preliminary bouts | ||||||||
| Light Middleweight | 154 lbs. | Luis Collazo | def. | Russell Jordan | TKO | 8/8 | 2:28 | |
| Middleweight | 160 lbs. | Craig McEwan | def. | Hilario Lopez | UD | 8 | ||
| Heavyweight | 200+ lbs. | Ray Austin | def. | Domonic Jenkins | UD | 8 | ||
| Light heavyweight | 170 lbs. | Marcus Johnson | def. | Julio Cesar De la Cruz | KO | 7/8 | 1:44 | |
| Super middleweight | 168 lbs. | Daniel Jacobs | def. | Emmanuel Gonzalez | UD | 6 | ||
| Lightweight | 135 lbs. | Adrien Broner | def. | Ramon Flores | TKO | 1/4 | 2:11 | |
| Welterweight | 147 lbs. | Michael Anderson | def. | Carlos Garcia Hernandez | UD | 4 | ||
^Note 1 For WBA Inter-Continental light middleweight title
^Note 2 For WBC welterweight title
| Country | Broadcaster |
|---|---|
 Hungary | Sport 2 |
 United States | HBO |