Jason Moloney was born on 10 January 1991 and is an Australian professional boxer, who held the WBO bantamweight title from May 2023 to May 2024.
44 Facts About Jason Moloney
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Jason Moloney previously challenged twice for the IBF bantamweight title.
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Jason Moloney's first fight of the competition was against Michael Conlan.
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Jason Moloney beat Conlan via a points decision on count-back, in one of the best fights of the tournament.
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Jason Moloney made his professional debut against Chatri Sariphan on 15 August 2014.
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Jason Moloney won the fight by a first-round technical knockout.
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Jason Moloney made his first WBA Oceania title defense against Junior Bajawa on 19 March 2016.
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Jason Moloney retained the belt by a fourth-round technical knockout.
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Jason Moloney won the fight by a fifth-round technical knockout.
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Jason Moloney was scheduled to face Virden Rivera in another non-title bout on 24 June 2016.
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Jason Moloney faced Jeffrey Francisco on 3 August 2016, in a yet another non-title bout.
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Jason Moloney made his second WBA Oceania super bantamweight title defense against Gerpaul Valero on 8 October 2016, at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia.
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Jason Moloney won the fight by a seventh-round technical knockout.
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Jason Moloney made his third title defense against Enrique Bernache on 10 December 2016, with the fight taking place at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia.
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Jason Moloney won the fight by a sixth-round technical knockout.
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Jason Moloney faced Marco Demecillo in a non-title bout on 3 February 2017, in his first fight of the year.
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Jason Moloney made his fourth WBA Oceania title defense against Emanuel Armendariz on 3 June 2017.
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Jason Moloney was scheduled to face Julias Kisarawe for the vacant WBA Oceania bantamweight title on 21 October 2017, in his first fight at bantamweight.
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Jason Moloney won the fight by a first-round stoppage, knocking Kisarawe out with two seconds left in the round.
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Jason Moloney made his first WBA Oceania bantamweight title defense against the one-time WBO title challenger Immanuel Naidjala on 24 February 2018, with the vacant Commonwealth bantamweight title being on the line as well.
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Jason Moloney won the fight by a third-round technical knockout, after winning the first two rounds on all three of the judges' scorecards.
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Jason Moloney made his second WBA Oceania title defense against the former WBA super-flyweight titleholder Kohei Kono on 19 May 2018.
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Jason Moloney was awarded a stoppage victory after the sixth round, after the ringside doctor determined that a cut to the outside of Kono's left eye was too severe for him to continue fighting.
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Jason Moloney participated in the second season of the World Boxing Super Series, which took place in October 2018 and November 2019, and focused on the bantamweight division.
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Jason Moloney appeared to take the fight over as it neared the championship rounds, but was unable to overcome the points lead that Rodriguez had accumulated up to that point.
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Jason Moloney made the third defense of his secondary title against Cris Paulino on 30 March 2019.
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Jason Moloney won the fight by a fifth-round technical knockout, stopping Paulino at the very last second of the round.
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Jason Moloney made his fourth WBA Oceania title defense against Goodluck Mrema on 15 June 2019.
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Jason Moloney won the fight by a third-round knockout, flooring Mrema with a left hook at the 2:23 minute mark.
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Jason Moloney made his fifth and final WBA Oceania title defense against the one-time WBC super-flyweight title challenger Dixon Flores on 15 November 2019.
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Jason Moloney won the fight by knockout, stopping Flores midway through the second round.
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Jason Moloney faced Leonardo Baez in a stay-busy non-title bout on 25 June 2020.
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Jason Moloney stepped in as a replacement for the WBO bantamweight champion John Riel Casimero, who was forced to withdraw due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Jason Moloney, who entered the bout as a +550 underdog, lost the fight by a late seventh-round knockout.
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Jason Moloney was knocked down in the seventh round, with a short right hook, and was unable to beat the ten count.
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Jason Moloney was outlanded by Inoue 107 to 62 in total punches and 63 to 32 in power punches landed.
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Jason Moloney was losing on all three of the judges' scorecards at the time of the stoppage.
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Jason Moloney called for a world title fight against either the WBC champion Nonito Donaire or John Riel Casimero in his post-fight interview.
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Jason Moloney made his first WBC Silver title defense against Aston Palicte on 5 June 2022, on the George Kambosos Jr.
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Jason Moloney first knocked Palicte down with a right straight, before finishing the fight with a flurry of punches at the 2:35 minute mark.
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On May 13,2023 in Stockton, CA, USA, Jason Moloney defeated Vincent Astrolabio by majority decision to win the vacant WBO bantamweight title.
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On January 13,2024 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, Jason Moloney successfully defended his WBO bantamweight title against Saul Sanchez.
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Jason Moloney was scheduled to make the second defense of his WBO bantamweight title against Yoshiki Takei on May 6,2024 at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.
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Jason Moloney lost the bout via unanimous decision.