Nazim Richardson Speaks on Why He No Longer Trains “Sugar” Shane Mosley

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In every sport there are stars who continue their craft past their prime, leaving the public feeling sorry for the guy when they watch a guy is a former shell of himself.

Shane Mosley is nearing this area as he continues to box well past his prime, but he hasn’t gotten to the Roy Jones Jr. level yet. Mosley retired in 2012 only to come right back out of retirement almost a year later to fight Pablo Cesar Cano in May.

Mosley (47-8-1, 39 KOs) keeps getting offered seven-figure paydays and anyone would have trouble turning those down, especially when you’re nearing the end of your career and those paydays will be just a memory (and hopefully stockpiled in one’s bank account).

Although Mosley’s former trainer didn’t come right out and say he thought that Mosley should retire, but from what he said you could tell it was a contributing factor.

On Tuesday Mosley will return to the ring yet again, in what will be his 56th professional bout against Anthony Mundine in Sydney, Australlia.

Although Mosley has never been stopped early in his entire 20-year career, he has taken his fair share of punishment during that time. With safety of athletes becoming increasingly a bigger deal in sports, the boxing community has slowly started to express concern for Mosley.

Despite a less than stellar record of 5-4-1 in his last ten bouts, Mosley has lost those fights to a whos-who of boxing. Those four losses came at the hands of Miguel Cotto, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Manny Pacquiao and Saul “Canelo’ Alvarez.

One could argue that he beats the fighters he should, but loses the fights that matter these past few years. With Mosley once being one of the best in the sport, him losing every time he faces elite competition is a big red flag and should give him evidence enough that his time has come and past.

Even with the money still being dangled in front of him, Mosley should retire for good soon to make sure he doesn’t end up being boxing’s latest sorrow story in the end.