Fans are fearing the worst as ‘Sugar’ Sean Mosley prepares to return to the ring.
The former three-weight world champion is set to headline a Celebrity Boxing event in Pennsylvania on Saturday night.
Paul and Mosley have been working together for the last couple of yearsInstagram – Shane Mosley
Mosley, 53, will take on full-contact karate fighter Bob Kofroth in a light-heavyweight scrap, eight years removed from his retirement from professional boxing.
During a career stretching from 1993 to 2016, Mosley won world titles at lightweight, welterweight and super-welterweight – achievements that earned him a first-ballot International Boxing Hall of Fame induction in 2020.
Mosley never shied away from a challenge and shared the ring with several great fighters including Floyd Mayweather, Canelo Alvarez, Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya.
Since hanging up his gloves he has turned his attention to being a boxing trainer and is currently working with YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul.
But after 61 pro fights (49-10-1) the California puncher is struggling to kick the boxing bug.
Promoting his upcoming clash with Kofroth on social media, Mosley sent a message to his fans: “Make sure you watch my fight on September 28.”
However, his supporters were left concerned by the delivery of Mosley’s message, with many claiming his speech is ‘slurred’.
Reacting to the video, one fan wrote: “Don’t do it your voice is slurring you’re gonna wind up like Muhammad Ali.”
Another commented: “Please cancel this! This man does not need to get into another fight in the ring.”
A third added: “Dude you can barely talk as it is. Stay on your damn couch my guy. Nothing for you to prove.”
Mosley put Mayweather through his paces in his primeGetty
Instagram – Celebrity BoxingBut at 53 years old fans are concerned for his health as he gears up to make a return[/caption]
Somebody else posted: “Naw you don’t need to be fighting… your cognitive skills are expiring.”
Meanwhile, a fifth follower remarked: “You don’t look nor sound good, Shane. Let it go, bruh.”
Despite calls for the fight to be cancelled, Mosley insists this is ‘the first of many’ exhibition bouts for him.
Explaining his decision to box again during an interview with The Philadelphia Inquirer, Mosley said: “Because I’m a fighter, and it is something that is a part of you that never leaves.
“I know people may have concerns about me. I’m OK. Listen, I work in the ring with my son, [Shane Mosley Jr], and I appreciate the fact that people are concerned about my health, but I’m OK.
“This is the first of many [exhibitions] for me. I’m hoping to get in the ring with Manny Pacquiao pretty soon, and we’re talking to Mayweather, Conor McGregor, all of them.
“I feel great. I feel amazing. I want to show people where I am.
“This is just an exhibition, with another coming in November in Temecula, California, against someone to be determined.”
