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IN LOS ANGELES AGAINST DE LA
HOYA, AND SINCE THAT TIME SUGAR
SHANE HAS ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE
IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
>> LOGICAL CONCLUSION TO A
SPECTACULAR EVENING IN STAPLES
CENTER.
SHANE MOSLEY GETS THE SPLIT
DECISION.
A BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE
PARTICULARLY IN THE LATE ROUNDS
AS MOSLEY BUILT THE CRESCENDO
AND GAINED THE VICTORY.
JIM: IT WAS ONLY FIVE MONTHS
AGO WHEN SHANE MOSLEY TOOK THE
WELTERWEIGHT CROWN AWAY FROM
THEOLDEN BOY, OSCAR DE LA
HOYA.
ALONG WITH THAT TITLE CAME A
COMPLEX SET OF HURDLES WHICH
CAN EITHER VAULT MOSLEY TO THE
PEAKS OF STARDOM OR LEAD HIM
DOWN TO THE LOWEST ROADS OF
DESPAIR.
NOW THAT SHANE HAS THE TITLE HE
WANTED, CAN HE HANDLE THE
PRESSURES THAT COME WITH BEING
THE CHAMPION AND BEING
CONSIDERED ONE OF THE THREE
BEST POUND-FOR-POUND FIGHTERS
IN THE WORLD?
>> I THINK I WANT THE PRESTIGE
AND THE FAME, BUT I DON'T KNOW
IF AT THE EXTENT OF WHAT DE LA
HOYA HAS.
IT'S GREAT, BUT YOU WANT TO
HAVE A LIFE OUTSIDE OF BOXING
AS WELL.
JIM: WINNING THE BIGGEST FIGHT
OF HIS LIFE IN HIS HOME CITY OF
LOS ANGELES WAS ESPECIALLY
SWEET FOR SUGAR SHANE.
HE WAS THROWN A VICTORY PARADE.
HE WAS HONORED IN THE STATE
LEGISLATURE AND EVEN HIT THE
STAGE IN HOLLYWOOD.
>> PLEASE WELCOME WORLD
CHAMPION "SUGAR" SHANE MOSLEY.
HOW ARE YOU, CHAMP?
SAY HI TO JIM.
JIM: SHANE MOSLEY'S NEW LEVEL
OF POPULARITY AND EXPOSURE HAVE
PUT HIM ON UNFAMILIAR GROUND.
A POSITION THAT FOR SOME
FIGHTERS HAS HELPED CREATE NEW
AVENUES FOR POPULARITY IN THE
SINGING AND RAPPING INDUSTRIES,
A PLATFORM WHICH HAS CREATED
NATIONAL HEROES BUT ONE WHICH
CAN ALSO TRAP A MAN WHO DOESN'T
ANTICIPATE THE TEMPTATIONS AND
TROUBLES THAT COME WITH EASY
MONEY.
>> MAYBE YOU ARE CAUGHT UP IN
THE HYPE OF PEOPLE TELLING YOU
HOW GOOD YOU ARE AND HOW GREAT
YOU ARE AND THIS AND THAT.
IT COULD BE A BURDEN DEPENDING
ON HOW YOU HANDLE IT.
I THINK THAT SOME PEOPLE GET IT
AND NEVER HAD IT AND JUST SPEND
IT AND LOSE IT, AND THEN
THEY'RE BACK WHERE THEY
STARTED.
AS THE PRESTIGE GETS GREATER,
IT BECOMES HARD TO TRUST A LOT
OF PEOPLE.
JIM: SHANE'S STRATEGY FOR
KEEPING THOSE PROBLEMS AT A
DISTANCE IS TO USE HIS FAMILY
AS A SHIELD AND A SWORD, A
SYSTEM WITH AN INDIFFERENT
HISTORY IN THE BOXING WORLD.
>> I AM HIS FATHER AND HIS
TRAINER.
OTHER FIGHTERS WILL GET A
MANAGER, TRAINER AND EVERYBODY
IS IN A DIFFERENT HOUSEHOLD OR
SOMETHING, A DIFFERENT ENTITY
IF YOU WILL.
THEN WHEN YOU BRING IT ALL
TOGETHER, IF IT'S NOT FLOWING
SMOOTHLY YOU HAVE A PROBLEM,
CHAOS.
JIM: ALTHOUGH THE VICTORY OVER
DE LA HOYA HAS FILLED SHANE'S
POCKETS WITH FRESH MONEY, HE
INSISTS HIS NEW FOUND WEALTH
WON'T AFFECT HIS FOCUS OR
CHANGE HIS MILD MANNERED
PERSONA.
>> FOR ME IT'S NOT WORRYING
ABOUT THE NEXT TIME I AM GOING
TO EAT OR NOT WORRYING ABOUT
THE PRICE OF THE GAS OR A CAR.
I CAN KIND OF DO WHAT I WANT TO
DO.
JIM:mç IN FACT MOSTLEELS THIS
NEW LEVEL OF CELEBRITY AND
FANFARE HAVE NOT TAKEN HIM OFF
HIS INTENDED PATH.
THE NEWLY MINTED SUPERSTAR
INSISTS HE HAS TAKEN IT IN
STRIDE AND IS CONTINUING TO
STAY WITH THE THINGS THAT GOT
HIM TO THIS POINT.
>> I THINK I AM THE SAME IN A
LOT OF WAYS, BUT MAYBE I DO
HAVE A LITTLE MORE CONFIDENCE
IN THE THINGS THAT I DO.
IT'S JUST, THIS IS WHAT I WANT
TO DO.
BOXING.
>> SHANEOVES BOXING.
THIS IS WHAT THEY DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND.
IT'S NOT -- MONEY COMES WITH
IT, BUT IT'S NOT THE MONEY.
IT IS THE LOVE OF THE ART.
THAT'S SHANE.
JIM: THAT SEEMS TO BE THE
ONGOING KEY TO SHANE MOSLEY'S
SUCCESS.
HE CONTINUES TOWARD HIS GOAL OF
BEING THE BEST FIGHTER IN THE
GAME AND LETTING THE SPOILS OF
VICTORY PILE UP BEHIND HIM.
AS LONG AS SUGAR SHANE KEEPS
RACKING UP IMPRESSIVE VICTORIES
IN THE RING, THERE IS NO LIMIT
TO HOW BRIGHTLY HIS LONG STAR
HEIGH IN HALO
HBO DE WELRWT
IT 1 AND DZT
O LL COME FORWANDRY
HES.
L THEM,OSLEY,
CI RRER ATE
EIGHT
CASTHT, ONLY THE RER
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IF THEEF I TOLD TO STOHE
ITT OCTO HTO
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ATENOTENALONTEND AT
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INREST THIO U
YESTER
WHICH I -- AIO SAIN
INTESTTHG YTERDAY.
ICH IF HE ME SEONEHO W
FOR PNDSD AS HE
WAS, WOULDUS.
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WELL,HE LIVE NEAR
CH OTHN LOS ANGELES
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