Seeing your family member step into the boxing ring to fight is nerve-wracking enough. It gets even crazier when you’re pregnant with their child, watching them go head-to-head to knock each other’s head off. Well, this seems to have become normal for Shane Mosley Jr.’s wife, Alyssa Mosley.

The couple met back in 2001 and quickly became friends! And guess what? After 14 years of friendship, the duo started dating and tied the knot on August 16, 2017. Today, the couple are proud parents of three children (two boys and one girl) with the fourth on the way, which hasn’t been easy with Mosley Jr. fighting back to back. While appearing in an interview with Rich Eisen, the 33-year-old revealed his wife’s state of mind before his fights, especially his recent one.

Alyssa Mosley can’t have what usually calms her down

Speaking to Mosley Jr. during his The Rich Eisen Show on YouTube, the host enquired about Mosley Jr.’s eagerness to get back in the ring to fight. This led Eisen to question Mosley Jr. about what his wife felt about him fighting. So, the 33-year-old revealed his wife couldn’t drink this time around because of her pregnancy, which is her usual move.

“She’s always nervous—she’s been pregnant for the last three fights, so she can’t have any alcohol. But usually, she’s like, ‘I need a shot’,” Mosley Jr. said. The question also reminded him of the time when he was a kid and watched his father fight. “I don’t know how she does it cuz I remember when I was a kid and I would watch my dad fight and that was nerve-wracking,” Mosley Jr. added.

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In his own words, it was the worst thing he witnessed as a kid—and when he saw his father get knocked down for the first time, “It was like seeing Superman die.” This experience has notably impacted the Las Vegas resident, prompting him to impose restrictions on his children from watching him fight.

Shane Mosley Jr. reveals his son’s first boxing match experience

During the same interview, Mosley Jr. recalled allowing one of his sons to attend one of his fights to witness him in action. He shared that he has specific rules about his children watching his fights, influenced by his own experiences watching his father in the ring. In the Mosley household, children must be at least 10 years old to watch a fight. Despite this, the event ended up upsetting Mosley Jr.’s son to the point of tears.

“I told my son that he had to be 10 years old before he [could] go to my first fight,” Mosley Jr. told Eisen. A few years ago, when this transpired, initially his son seemed excited, but “he was crying” by the end, even though Mosley Jr. had won the match. So, the 33-year-old added, “It’s a nerve-wracking experience—I don’t know how you’d watch a family member do it.”

Having said that, Shane Mosley Jr. didn’t just reveal how his wife and children feel before his fights, but he revealed how everyone related to a boxer feels as the boxer puts his life on the line. The statement truly reveals boxing isn’t a sport where just two people fight, it’s a sport that involves the fighter and everyone else who is around them. How would you feel if your loved one had a fight coming up?