Shane Mosley Sues Doctor Over Surgery, Claims it Ended Career

[Ruthless-RKO]

According to TMZ Sports, former three division world champion 'Sugar' Shane Mosley has filed a lawsuit with claims that a simple surgery to correct an elbow injury was allegedly botched and eventually ended his career.

Mosley claims he was training for a fight in March 2017, when he went to Dr. Gary Brazina about pain and clicking in his right elbow.
He says the doctor suggested arthroscopic surgery to fix it, and explained it would be relatively quick and painless, with plenty of time to recover for his fight.

According to the legal documents ... it didn't go as planned at all.

Mosley says the surgery took hours longer than he was told, and Brazina revealed he had to "detach some ligaments and reattach them with screws."

Mosley claims he developed a fever and rash the next day, and Brazina failed to tell him he also suffered a severe burn during his surgery ... which became infected.

What's worse -- the boxer claims his doctor altered some pre-op paperwork to make it appear like Mosley consented to a more invasive surgery than he did.

He's suing Brazina and the hospital where his surgery was performed for damages.

Mosley advised BS.com in August of 2017, that he never planned to retire from the sport - at least at that point - but the surgery ended his career.

"I had a few more years left in me and had a few big fights lined up for 2017 and 2018. [Bernard] Hopkins fought up to 50 at the world class level and he has always been a role model and friend. However, fate if you will stepped in and took those options away from me earlier this year," Mosley detailed to BS.com.

"I went in for a minor arthroscopic surgery to remove a couple of loose bone fragments from my elbow and the surgery turned into a whole ordeal after the surgeon admittedly... accidentally burned me on my forearm leading to me getting a sick infection and needing like 4 or 5 days of IV antibiotics and two weeks of antibiotics at home. It was crazy and surreal to learn that I could never fight again."

"I still can’t even straighten my arm or bend my arm to this day and have numbness in my fingers. It’s really sad and I have been dealing with some depression over losing something that was this important to me. I have been in physical therapy since it happened."

[Stuarty]

Doctor probably done him a favour. Love Mosely but he was shot to shít at the end man!

[gilgamesh]

I'm sorry for Shane if this is true, but if he wins the lawsuit it probably was better for his health in the long run not to have fought again.

[Ruthless-RKO]

He was supposed to fight Kurbanov in Russia. That was a tough fight.

[Loki]

I have no sympathy for BALCO Shane. He should’ve been banned for life.

[Enlightened-One]

I have no sympathy for BALCO Shane. He should’ve been banned for life.

The problem with your accusation is that it was never determined whether Mosley intended to cheat.

Shane Mosley never faced any punishment because he never failed a test, and his usage didn't become public knowledge until years later. However, he does openly admit to previously consuming substances that his strength and conditioning coach gave him, which he claims he didn’t know were banned.

I don’t know… perhaps Shane really was a drug cheat or maybe he simply trusted a member of his team to make the right choices for him. I guess we’ll never know for sure.

In the absence of any incriminating evidence, I refuse to condemn the man based on suspicion alone, but I guess it’s your prerogative to hate or criticise whomever you deem fit based purely on gut instinct.

To each their own, I guess...

[caldo2025]

I have no sympathy for BALCO Shane. He should’ve been banned for life.

The problem with your accusation is that it was never determined whether Mosley intended to cheat.

Shane Mosley never faced any punishment because he never failed a test, and his usage didn't become public knowledge until years later. However, he does openly admit to previously consuming substances that his strength and conditioning coach gave him, which he claims he didn’t know were banned.

I don’t know… perhaps Shane really was a drug cheat or maybe he simply trusted a member of his team to make the right choices for him. I guess we’ll never know for sure.

In the absence of any incriminating evidence, I refuse to condemn the man based on suspicion alone, but I guess it’s your prerogative to hate or criticise whomever you deem fit based purely on gut instinct.

To each their own, I guess...

You're a jackass per usual. The guy ADMITTED to taking PEDs dude and it wasn't from a "coach", it was from the Al Capone of steroids, Victor Conte. Shane admitted to doing them all; the clear. The cream. He even admits to injecting himself on multiple occasions. "You don't know" if he was a cheater? HE ADMITTED IT, YOU JOKE. The fact that he wasn't caught means absolutely nothing. Does that mean that Mark McGuire and Barry Bonds were clean too using your warped rational? Shane Mosely was giving himself 2 injections each day in his stomach along with the everything else he could shove in his body. The DUMBEST excuse used in that whole scandal came from Mosely when he played dumb saying that he didn't realize it was not on the approved list. Conte fully explained it all to him as he stated under oath.

Shane Mosely will go down as the most overrated boxer in the history of the sport in my book. In my book, once you get pinched for cheating whether it's illegal wraps or PEDS, the wins prior have to be called in question. After Shane Mosely got found out, he fought 19 more times and was 10-8-1 and lost every big fight he was in. His Son just got pinched for PEDS as well so at least he's keeping the cheating in the family.

[Enlightened-One]

I have no sympathy for BALCO Shane. He should’ve been banned for life.

The problem with your accusation is that it was never determined whether Mosley intended to cheat.

Shane Mosley never faced any punishment because he never failed a test, and his usage didn't become public knowledge until years later. However, he does openly admit to previously consuming substances that his strength and conditioning coach gave him, which he claims he didn’t know were banned.

I don’t know… perhaps Shane really was a drug cheat or maybe he simply trusted a member of his team to make the right choices for him. I guess we’ll never know for sure.

In the absence of any incriminating evidence, I refuse to condemn the man based on suspicion alone, but I guess it’s your prerogative to hate or criticise whomever you deem fit based purely on gut instinct.

To each their own, I guess...

You're a jackass per usual. The guy ADMITTED to taking PEDs dude and it wasn't from a "coach", it was from the Al Capone of steroids, Victor Conte. Shane admitted to doing them all; the clear. The cream. He even admits to injecting himself on multiple occasions. "You don't know" if he was a cheater? HE ADMITTED IT, YOU JOKE. The fact that he wasn't caught means absolutely nothing. Does that mean that Mark McGuire and Barry Bonds were clean too using your warped rational? Shane Mosely was giving himself 2 injections each day in his stomach along with the everything else he could shove in his body. The DUMBEST excuse used in that whole scandal came from Mosely when he played dumb saying that he didn't realize it was not on the approved list. Conte fully explained it all to him as he stated under oath.

Shane Mosely will go down as the most overrated boxer in the history of the sport in my book. In my book, once you get pinched for cheating whether it's illegal wraps or PEDS, the wins prior have to be called in question. After Shane Mosely got found out, he fought 19 more times and was 10-8-1 and lost every big fight he was in. His Son just got pinched for PEDS as well so at least he's keeping the cheating in the family.

You didn't read what I wrote...

I researched my claims immediately prior to submitting my post... "Someone gave [Darryl Hudson] a tip that [Conte] could help with my strength and explosiveness and [Hudson] talked to [Conte] a couple of times, I guess," Mosley said

He didn't deny taking banned substances, but he does deny knowingly cheating. There's a difference.

Now of course, we can choose to either believe him or not. However, none of us can read minds, hence the reason why he never received any punishment.

• If you claim that Mosley cheated, then I won't attempt to undermine your claims. He even admitted under oath that he injected himself with banned substances that his strength and conditioning coach gave him (or at the very least recommended he take).

• If you claim that Mosley has admitted to the media and also to a jury that he made a premeditated decision to take PED's in order to gain an unfair advantage, then I'd have to disagree, since this is something that did not happen. All of us might have our suspicions about the sincerity of Shane's words, but no one should claim that Mosley said something that he clearly didn’t.

The difference might be a little too subtle for you to comprehend.

[jamesmcdonnell]

Shane's probably just skint and looking for a payday

[Ruthless-RKO]

Shane's probably just skint and looking for a payday

and his son isn't really a top prospect either.

[Counter-puncher]

If he's looking for the main factor that fvcked his career he should go retrieve his testicles
from Jins handbag.

[chuck9788]

Mosley is a legendary hall of fame boxer. By the looks of this lawsuit the "Dr" did an awful job. I hope Shane wins a lot of money and recovers from the botched surgery soon.

[caldo2025]

The problem with your accusation is that it was never determined whether Mosley intended to cheat.

Shane Mosley never faced any punishment because he never failed a test, and his usage didn't become public knowledge until years later. However, he does openly admit to previously consuming substances that his strength and conditioning coach gave him, which he claims he didn’t know were banned.

I don’t know… perhaps Shane really was a drug cheat or maybe he simply trusted a member of his team to make the right choices for him. I guess we’ll never know for sure.

In the absence of any incriminating evidence, I refuse to condemn the man based on suspicion alone, but I guess it’s your prerogative to hate or criticise whomever you deem fit based purely on gut instinct.

To each their own, I guess...

You're a jackass per usual. The guy ADMITTED to taking PEDs dude and it wasn't from a "coach", it was from the Al Capone of steroids, Victor Conte. Shane admitted to doing them all; the clear. The cream. He even admits to injecting himself on multiple occasions. "You don't know" if he was a cheater? HE ADMITTED IT, YOU JOKE. The fact that he wasn't caught means absolutely nothing. Does that mean that Mark McGuire and Barry Bonds were clean too using your warped rational? Shane Mosely was giving himself 2 injections each day in his stomach along with the everything else he could shove in his body. The DUMBEST excuse used in that whole scandal came from Mosely when he played dumb saying that he didn't realize it was not on the approved list. Conte fully explained it all to him as he stated under oath.

Shane Mosely will go down as the most overrated boxer in the history of the sport in my book. In my book, once you get pinched for cheating whether it's illegal wraps or PEDS, the wins prior have to be called in question. After Shane Mosely got found out, he fought 19 more times and was 10-8-1 and lost every big fight he was in. His Son just got pinched for PEDS as well so at least he's keeping the cheating in the family.

You didn't read what I wrote...

I researched my claims immediately prior to submitting my post... "Someone gave [Darryl Hudson] a tip that [Conte] could help with my strength and explosiveness and [Hudson] talked to [Conte] a couple of times, I guess," Mosley said

He didn't deny taking banned substances, but he does deny knowingly cheating. There's a difference.

Now of course, we can choose to either believe him or not. However, none of us can read minds, hence the reason why he never received any punishment.

• If you claim that Mosley cheated, then I won't attempt to undermine your claims. He even admitted under oath that he injected himself with banned substances that his strength and conditioning coach gave him (or at the very least recommended he take).

• If you claim that Mosley has admitted to the media and also to a jury that he made a premeditated decision to take PED's in order to gain an unfair advantage, then I'd have to disagree, since this is something that did not happen. All of us might have our suspicions about the sincerity of Shane's words, but no one should claim that Mosley said something that he clearly didn’t.

The difference might be a little too subtle for you to comprehend.

And THIS is why no one takes you seriously. What a waste of time