Career
There he lost by decision in the final by North of Korea"s Gu Yong-Ju. In the United States Army at the time, he did not turn professional. Mooney made the Army his career, and retired with 22 years active service, ending August 29, 1992, with the rank of Sergeant First Class.
Mooney was born in Washington, District of Columbia started his new career at Eastern Senior High school as a United States Army JROTC instructor from 1992–2006 and he also ran the Olympic torch in Washington District of Columbia in 1996.
In 1977–1978 he was an All Army assistant coach. In 1977–1984 he was an athlete representative for the ABF, Olympic committee and a trainer for the 1984 Olympic boxing team
In 1992–2008, Mooney, founded and the Charles M. Mooney Academy of Boxing, a non-profit 501c3 in Rockville and Laurel, Maryland. Mooney also had the opportunity to go to China to train the Chinese Olympics" Boxing Team in Beijing, China.
Defeated Mohamed Rais (Morocco) 5-0
Defeated Juan Francisco Rodríguez (Spain) 4-1
Defeated Bernardo Onori (Italy) 5-0
Defeated Chul Soon-Hwang (South of Korea) 3-2
Defeated Viktor Rybakov (Soviet Union) 4-1
Lost to Gu Yong-Ju (North of Korea) 0-5.