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Press Release: November 7, 2025 By Murray Wenzel -  Credit: Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS) Talks have begun to bring Andrew Moloney 's world title fight to Australia as the pint-sized champion eyes a move to Jai Opetaia 's stable. The IBF has ordered that the winner of December's clash between Mexico's super flyweight champion Willibaldo Garcia and Japan 's two-division king Kenshiro Teraji must fight the Australian before June 25 next year. Moloney, who shook off ring rust with a win in Fiji on Saturday, expects Teraji to beat the Mexican champion in their Saudi Arabia bout. The Kingscliff-based boxer, who stopped Indian Pawan Kumar in the fifth round in Suva, thinks Garcia has "sold his belt" by seeking an exemption to delay their bout and fight on the big-money Saudi card. So a trip to Japan as challenger appears the likely route, but Moloney's manager Tony Tolj is hopeful an allegiance with Opetaia's Tasman Fighters can bring...

Press Release: February 21, 2024 By Team Moloney/ Murray Wenzel- Andrew Moloney wants to be part of Australian boxing's "insane" uprising, ignoring calls from those inside and outside his circle to retire to stand on the brink of another world title shot.   Credit: Australian Associated Press The former WBA super flyweight champion's American promoter Top Rank is pushing for Japanese star Kosei Tanaka to fight the Australian on the George Kambosos-Vasiliy Lomachenko May 12 card in Perth.   That's assuming Tanaka takes care of Mexico's Christian Bacasegua in Tokyo this Saturday when the pair fight for the vacant WBO belt.   Moloney (26-3-1) is the No.3 WBO contender behind that duo and is banking on the status of the Perth card to drag Tanaka out of Japan to build his global audience with an Australian defence.   Last May Moloney suffered a brutal final-round knockout in his Las Vegas world title fight with Junto Nakatani, who will fight Alexandro S...