Shaq vs Sugar Shane Mosley in boxing match

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Shaq Vs. was a reality television series, starring now retired NBA star Shaquille O’Neal, that began airing in 2009. The shows premise was that Shaq was “the greatest athlete” and challenged top athletes to compete against him, in their own sport.

The producers selected an interested series of challengers in the second season.

Auto Racing: Shaq took on Dale Earnhardt Jr. in a head-to-head race at Concord Speedway.
Result: Fail

Spelling: Shaq took on National Spelling Bee Champion Kavya Shivashankar.
Result: Fail

Magic: Shaq took on Penn, of Penn and Teller.
Result: Fail

Cooking: Shaq took on Rachael Ray
Result: Fail

Sprinting: Shaq vs. Tyson Gay in handicapped race –
Result: Tie

Eating: Shaq took on Charles Barkley, in a hot dog eating contest, with five random people pulled from the street.
Result: WIN!

Singing: Shaq took on Justin Beiber.
Result: Fail

Boxing: Shaq took on Sugar Shane Mosley, with corner Freddie Roach. There were a number of handicaps:
•2 minute rounds;
•90 second rest period;
•Headgear;
•5 rounds only;
•Final round is one minute; and,
•The 7-foot-1, 335-pound Shaq gets lighter gloves.

Mosley is a former three-weight world champion (Lightweight, Welterweight, Light middleweight), and a former lineal champion at welterweight (twice) and at light middleweight. In 2000 he was the International Boxing Hall of Fame Figher of the Year, and The Ring magazine pound for pound best fighter in the world. Ring gave him the same honors in 2001. At the time of this contest, Mosley had just fought Floyd Mayweather Jr., stunning him in the second, but eventually losing a decisive unanimous decision.

There have been suggestions that Shaq must have held back to avoid hurting Mosley. Those remarks are ignorant of reality. In reality, this was a sparring exhibition, with Mosley taking it pretty easy on the big, scrappy man.

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