Press Release: May 27, 2022 By Team Moloney – Mayhem comes home, as
Jason Moloney gets ready for the biggest stage of his career, as he defends his
WBC silver and competes for the WBO international bantamweight strap
against highly touted Aston Palicte.
Credit: Mikey Williams/Top Rank Boxing
Palicte has been on the world stage before, having
controversially drawn with a great of the little big men, Donny Nietes back in
2018 at the Inglewood Forum in Los Angeles. The Filipino standout has since
challenged another monster of the lower-weight classes, Kazuto Ioka for the
Japanese warrior's world title.
Moloney weighed in on his highly-rated
opponent on June 5 in his native Australia. 'Mayhem' said, "I'm really
excited for this fight. Thank you to Top Rank, DiBella Entertainment, and my
manager Tony Tolj for putting it together and getting me a great opportunity
against a world-class fighter.
"Palicte is well known to anybody in
the lower weight classes, he's exciting, he comes to win and he's handled
himself with the best in the business. This is a real test against a top
fighter and I have to come through this and look good in order to push for
another world title shot, and I believe this fight is the quality of a world
title fight.
"I'm not looking past Palicte, but he's a
far better opponent than who Paul Butler boxed for his world title. Paul Butler
won't want to fight me after this performance, we're going to have to force
that fight to happen. I have the team that makes things happen and we will make
that fight happen eventually unless he vacates."
Moloney acts as chief support for the
undisputed world lightweight title clash between George Kambosos Jr and Devin
Haney. The all-action Aussie discussed featuring on the high profile showdown
down under.
The world-ranked bantamweight said,
"Australia has been deserving of events of this size for years, and I'm
delighted to be involved with such a massive event. It's a global event, and I
can't wait to show my skills on a platform that is going to be watched
worldwide, it's a massive opportunity.
"The main event is a great fight, and it
represents what boxing needs more, unified/undisputed champions. It really is
the best fighting the best. I've fought the best at my weight class in Naoya
Inoue, so have all the respect in the world for how good you have to be a
unified world champion. It's elite-level competition that you can't miss
if you're a boxing fan.
"I'm also sharing this card with my
brother. We've shared cards before but this one is special, and I'm expecting
two career-best Moloney performances."
Material Courtesy of: Team Moloney/Photo Courtesy of:
Mikey Williams/Top Rank Boxing Used with permission.
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