Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-05-28, fight not so exciting between Shane Mosley and David Avanesyan: it gets two stars.David Avanesyan entered this fight with a boxing record of 21-1-1 (11 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.16 welterweight in the world. He suffered his only loss at his second professional fight, against Andrey Klimov in 2009, since then he has collected 20 wins and one draw beating Charlie Navarro in his last bout (=Avanesyan vs Navarro).
His opponent, the 44-year-old Shane Mosley (17 years older than Avanesyan), has an official record of 49-9-1 (41 KOs=84%) and he entered as the No.75 in the same weight class. ‘Sugar’ has won world titles in three different weight classes but he won just three out of his last eight bouts defeating Ricardo Mayorga (=Mosley vs Mayorga 2) and Patrick Lopez in 2015 (=Mosley vs Lopez). Avanesyan vs Mosley is valid for the interim WBA World welterweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2016-05-28
Where: Gila River Arena, Glendale, Arizona, USA
Division: welterweight (147 lbs, 66.7 kg)
Title: interim WBA World welterweight title
Avanesyan’s previous fight: David Avanesyan vs Charlie Navarro
Mosley’s previous fight: Shane Mosley vs Patrick Lopez
Avanesyan’s next fight: David Avanesyan vs Lamont Peterson
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Is this the end of the road for Mosley? I would say yes, but I thought he had reached his limit when he lost to Mundine back in 2013. For sure, he’s much slower than he once was, but he’s still in very good shape and got the boxing brain to survive against a B+class fighter fighter like Avanesyan.
I really liked the ringcraft of Mosley when he played the old rendition of “The Nut Cracker suite” and the the more modern version of “Lean On Me “. I think he should stick to commentating, You can’t be on top forever, all that can happen is that his outstanding past legacy will diminished.