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Shane Mosley and Sergio Mora engaged in a light middleweight bout last night at Los Angeles' Staples Center, producing a 12 round draw in a bout that looked more like a track and field event than a boxing match.

Mora's strategy entailed running from the 39 year old Mosley and clinching whenever the former multi-weight champion got into range. Mora's ten year youth advantage allowed him to wear down his opponent in this manner and there was very little action until the later rounds.

When Mosley began to tire by the tenth, Mora started to score well but could not take control of the contest. Mosley got his second wind by the eleventh with some good exchanges resulting.

Mosley became the boss in the final round by the time he finally could get to grips with Mora but it was too late to make a real difference in the scoring, which was announced as a draw with the cards going 114-114 even, 116-112 for Mosley and 115-113 for Mora.

Mosley goes to 46-6-1 (39) while Mora stands at 22-1-2 (6). More...

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Shane Mosley returns to the squared circle for the first time since losing to Floyd Mayweather Jr, taking on Sergio Mora in a light middleweight 12 rounder at Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA.

Mora is really a middleweight, as evidenced by his 157 pound showing at yesterday's weigh-in, and while he's much taller, younger and possibly stronger than Mosley, this one is only competitive because "Sugar Shane" is now 39 years of age.

Mosley, 46-6 (39), has fought so many top level opponents in the course of his career, highlighted by 20 world title bouts at lightweight, welter and light middle, that his experience advantage over Mora is sizable to say the least. More...