I remember watching this fight when it happened. I thought for sure that mosley was gonna get called for being K.O. He was pretty out of it anyways, then he comes back and fights a tremendous fight. It was a pretty outstanding performance considering the devastating second round.

“I went for the double jab and I went to throw the right hands to the body and came back with the hook and we clashed heads,” Forrest explained after the upset win. It wasn’t intentional, we were just going for the same shot.”

Forrest was candid in his assessment of the two knockdowns that he scored in the second round.

“I think I threw a combination and that uppercut was right on the money,” Forrest said. “I got to give it to him, he’s got an extremely good chin and he’s strong, very strong. It was my night, it was just my night.”

Despite losing for the first time in his career, Mosley was gracious in defeat.

“He’s a terrific fighter, he’s tall and rangy,” Mosley explained. “I think early on in the [second] round the head butt got me. I think I got a little dizzy the first part, then he caught me with a right hand after the head butt.”

Sugar Shane Mosley vs. Vernon Forrest