Shane Mosley Jr. reached a crossroads seven years ago.

He could’ve remained burdened by the pressures of being the son of a Hall-of-Fame fighter. Or he could forget the unrealistic expectations placed upon him, embrace the benefits of being Shane Mosley’s son and resuscitate his career after losing a one-sided decision to Brandon Adams in the final of “The Contender” reboot in November 2018.

Taking the latter approach liberated Mosley (22-4, 12 KOs), who will face Jesus Ramos (23-1, 19 KOs) for the WBC interim middleweight title Saturday night on the Lamont Roach-Isaac Cruz undercard at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio.

The Pomona, California, native is 9-1 since Adams beat him. His only loss during that stretch came via majority decision to Jason Quigley in May 2021.

Mosley attributes his success to focusing on himself, rather than comparisons to what his famous father accomplished.

The elder Mosley won world titles at lightweight, welterweight and junior middleweight. He was also considered the top fighter, pound-for-pound, in boxing at one time.

“I let go of that [expletive] a long time ago,” Mosley Jr. told The Ring. “Because I look at it like this — that’s everybody else’s [expletive]. Everybody else feels that pressure. Everybody else will want to put that pressure on me. That’s not me. Why? He’s a light for me. He’s shining his light, his work, and he’s pointing that to me so that people can see me. That’s not pressure. That’s love. He’s giving me his love. He’s giving me opportunity. That’s not pressure.

“Now, you could look at it that way. And if you wanna look at it that way, cool. But I don’t look at it that way. I look at it as love, and I’m blessed to have my father in my corner, I’m blessed to have him around and I’m blessed that people watch me because of him. So there ain’t no pressure. He’s like a colleague, somebody that did it before me that I can learn from.”

Mosley Sr. has been by his son’s side throughout training camp for his fight versus Ramos, which was postponed six weeks when Sebastian Fundora suffered a hand injury. The Fundora-Keith Thurman card scheduled for October 26 was canceled.

“My dad is a boxing encyclopedia,” Mosley Jr. said. “He’s incredible when it comes to that. And I feel like being able to have him close to work in tandem with my coach, Eric Belanger, it’s just been great. It’s probably been one of my best camps. And I feel like we’ve been working really, really well together.

“I feel like having him also at my house [in Las Vegas] and being close to the family, being able to do stuff, it’s just really, really comforting to have him there, as well as his knowledge and just having him there as a father and just as somebody that just loves me.”

Mosley Jr., who will turn 35 on December 18, didn’t take up boxing until he was 16. He went 37-10 as an amateur before he made his pro debut in April 2014.

Losing a four-round split decision to Marchristopher Adkins in his fourth professional fight set him back, as did another split-decision defeat to David Toussaint in an eight-rounder in July 2017. Mosley won three fights as part of the fifth season of “The Contender” prior to his loss to Adams.

Win, lose or draw Saturday night, Mosley Jr. is proud of his achievements thereafter. Daniel Jacobs was 37 when they boxed, but Mosley soundly defeated the former IBF/WBA middleweight champ in his last fight at super middleweight in July 2024.

That wouldn’t have happened, according to Mosley Jr., had he not completely changed his mindset following his loss to Adams.

“I let go of that a long time ago because it wasn’t working,” Mosley said. “And I felt like that’s what made me better. When I let go of all that, all the expectations and all that stuff, and really started to view it for, 'This is me and I’m really blessed to have my dad close and people looking at me because of that,’ I feel like I’ve elevated. It’s crazy even when I think about it. I beat Danny Jacobs, in my opinion a Hall-of-Famer, 10 rounds to zero on some scorecards. Nuts. It’s crazy. So, to have that I’m blessed and I’m just gonna keep on rolling that over.”

The Ramos-Mosley match will be part of Premier Boxing Champions’ four-fight pay-per-view show Saturday night (8 p.m. ET; $74.99). Ramos, a southpaw from Casa Grande, Arizona, is a 12-1 favorite according to DraftKings.