Why the "sugar" in Sugar Shane Mosley ?

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  1. Brownies

    Brownies Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Hello, it's just a quick question that I've had somewhere in my head for the last 10 years but never asked.

    Sugar Ray Robinson - GOAT
    Sugar Ray Leonard - ATG
    Sugar Shane Mosley - Great career and great boxer, but I've always find the "sugar" tag surprising...
    Sugar Nikolai Valuev - A whole different story...

    I know it's nothing really important, but I tought there could be a good story about it that I wasn't aware of and that some quick googling couldn't answer.
     
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  2. Starched Him

    Starched Him Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    have you watched him fight at light weight?
    the answers are their
     
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  3. Leon

    Leon The Artful Dodger Full Member

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    Sugar Ray Leonard passed on the name to Mosley after the Oscar fight.

    Being nice looking helps too. None of the Sugars are ugly or intimidating looking. They all have this clean cut good boy look about them.

    If you look at Mosley from certain angles, you can see that he resembles the TRUE Sugar man.

    That right hand to the body that Mosley throws looks kind of similar to Robinson's right hand to the body.

    Shane Mosley isn't a Sugar at all when it comes to conducting business.
     
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  4. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    hit the nail on the head! Sh
     
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  5. doom bull

    doom bull Certified Limb Boner Full Member

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    Sugar Steve Forbes
     
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  6. Stinky gloves

    Stinky gloves Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    From the bunch of random names above only Nikolai is deserving this term.
     
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  7. Scar

    Scar VIP Member Full Member

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    Only a while ago everyone was "YES MOSLEY DESERVES THE NICKNAME" then he loses to Mayweather at 39 years of age and this is being questioned again. Follow his career closely, watch his ability in the ring and that should answer your question. If it still doesn't answer your question then you are an idiot.
     
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  8. Brownies

    Brownies Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Calm down man, I love Shane as much as anyone. No need to get on you high horses. Leon gave me the kind of answer I was looking for when he said that Ray Leonard called him this way.

    Shane always had some of the quickest hands in the business and always had tremendous power, but I've simply always tought that the "sugar" tag fitted more to a guy like Leonard who had some sweetness in the way he moved and also in his combinations. I don't think that makes me an idiot, internet tough guy.
     
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  9. antonio8904

    antonio8904 Atheist Full Member

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    This...^

    SNV=ATG
     
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  10. DonBoxer

    DonBoxer The Lion! Full Member

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    LW SSM is a beat , a monster. Futch said he could become the greatest P4Per of all time.
     
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  11. DonBoxer

    DonBoxer The Lion! Full Member

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    ****
     
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  12. Requiem4Hvywht

    Requiem4Hvywht Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Brownie the above is incorrect.

    Shane was given the nickname "Sugar" by old school small time trainers in the now "defunct" LA Boxing Gym. He was like 11 yrs old when this took place, and actually they referred to him as the "Little Professional" because he was so advanced at a very early age.

    His Sugar moniker also was NOT given in HOMAGE to Ray Leonard but in HOMAGE to Ray Robinson because people felt like they had similar styles which they do.

    And it is also true that Shane met Ray Robinson and told his nickname was Sugar too, and you probably have heard the rest of this tale I am sure on some HBO special bull****.

    But for the record it was ABSOLUTELY NOT GIVEN TO HIM BY RAY LEONARD!
     
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  13. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    I actually would say Mosley is closer to Robinson in terms of style, the way he moves in the ring, the way he throws shots (that looping overhand right for instance), etc...than Leonard is to Robinson.
     
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  14. DonBoxer

    DonBoxer The Lion! Full Member

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    Absolutely. I wouldnt say SRR and SRL even have my stylistic similarities.
     
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  15. Relentless

    Relentless VIP Member banned

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    he was given that nick name when he was an amateur, idiot.
     
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