Press Release: December 12, 2024 By Lewis Moss and Dragon Fire Boxing -
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This Sunday at the Melbourne Pavillion, Andrew Moloney looks to get back on track when he takes on the experienced Jakrawut Majungoen.
A win for the Aussie has the potential to open doors for the future, as he sets his sights on another world title.
In his last fight, Moloney was on the wrong end of a controversial decision at the hands of Pedro Guevara for the Interim WBC Super Flyweight title. The disappointment of this fight resulted in Molony announcing his retirement.
Moloney says that although the loss was a very tough pill to swallow, he has moved past that night as he looks to get back on the horse.
“I was extremely frustrated that night” Moloney said. “I really felt like everything we planned on doing in that fight went exactly to plan, I felt like I was in total control.
“My corner would basically tell me to keep doing what I was doing and I was very relieved at the end of the fight as I felt like things went my way.
“To have the decision read out as Guevara winning the fight, I was honestly just shocked.
“On that night, I announced that that would be my last fight. I'd had enough of giving everything to the sport and getting nothing back. Winning that fight for the interim world title would have opened up the doors to some really big fights for me.
“It was a pretty tough pill to swallow, it took a bit of time to move past and refocus on the future in the sport but here we are.
“This Sunday I get a chance to put that behind me and move forward with my career and hopefully open up the doors for some big fights in 2025.”
Going into his previous fight, Moloney revealed that he had torn his bicep nine days prior. During rehabilitation, his focus was a chance at redemption against his Mexican foe.
However, due to the urgent need for a unification fight, the WBC would not allow the rematch to go forward.
While looking at other pathways in the Super Flyweight division, Moloney and his management noticed a lot of movement, Particularly in two of the four sanctioning bodies.
“I went through a pretty tough week to get to [the Guevara] fight after tearing my bicep around nine days out.” Moloney told.
“Throughout rehab, my whole motivation was to have a rematch with Guevara and my team were in talks with him to organize that rematch.
“Unfortunately, the WBC mandated that he fought for the full world title against Jesse Rodriguez, basically putting a halt on the rematch happening. [It] took a little bit of time to refocus my goals and work out what was next.
“Thankfully, there's been a little bit of movement in the division, particularly in the IBF and a little bit in the WBO as well, where it looks like I could potentially get a shot at a world title in the not too distant future.”
Moloney is ranked the eighth best Super Flyweight in the world by the IBF and seventh in the WBO, with the former having a lot more room for opportunity.
In the IBF, the title along with the first and second ranking positions are currently vacant. On the same day that Moloney makes his return, the third and fourth ranked Super Flyweights Willibaldo Garcia and Rene Calixto Bibiano fight each other for the IBF crown.
The Aussie says he has his eye on that match up, potentially facing the winner in the future.
“For me, I want to be in the big fights” Moloney told.
“I want to be fighting for world titles, my goal in this sport is to be world champion. I’m trying to plan and map out the fastest route to that and it looks to be the IBF.
“I've watched footage of [Willibaldo Garcia and Rene Calixto Bibiano] and I'm very confident that I have what it takes to beat either one of them, that’s definitely the route I'd like to go.
“I'm hoping that maybe after this fight that I'll be able to be in an eliminator for an IBF title shot, that is, if we can't get the winner of that title fight straight away.”
But before he can think about an eliminator fight, he needs to get past Jakrawut Majungoen, an experienced fighter in the Asian boxing scene.
Having already fought seven times this year and winning five of them by stoppage, the Thai fighter looks to be a good test for Moloney.
“He's a good fighter. He's very experienced” Moloney said.
“He had a very good fight against Daigo Higa quite a few years ago, he gave Higa a very hard fight so I've prepared well.”
“This is a must-win fight for me, so I've prepared very hard. I believe if I fight to my best ability, then I should win this fight no problem.
“But I have to make sure that I'm on my game and I perform at my best.”
Although Moloney has been at boxing’s highest level for a number of years, he is not quite satisfied with his career just yet.
With a world title on his mind, he will stop at nothing to achieve his goal.
“I really still feel like I've got more to achieve in this sport.” Moloney said.
“I've given my life to this sport for 20 years, I'm not satisfied with what I've achieved just yet.
“I really want to get my hands on at least one more world title, that's my complete focus at the moment.
“Hopefully with the way things move after this fight, it won't be too long before I'm back fighting for world titles and hopefully that's next year.”
Despite the disappointment in his last fight, Moloney looks rejuvenated and has a clear focus for the future. On fight night, Andrew will leave no stone unturned to stay on track and retain focus on his world title ambitions.
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