Andrew_Moloney

Andrew Moloney

Andrew Moloney

Australian boxer

Andrew Moloney is an Australian professional boxer who held the WBA (Regular) super-flyweight title in 2020, having previously held the interim title since 2019. At regional level he held the WBA Oceania bantamweight title from 2016 to 2017 and the Commonwealth super-flyweight title in 2017. As an amateur, he won a gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the flyweight division. As of June 2020, he is ranked as the world’s seventh best active super-flyweight by The Ring magazine,[1] eighth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board[2] and ninth by BoxRec.[3]

Quick Facts Born, Other names ...

Amateur career

Moloney represented Australia at two Commonwealth Games in 2010 and 2014.

Moloney also competed in the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships, the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships, and the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships.

In his amateur career, Moloney has won 7 state and 7 national titles.[4]

2014 Commonwealth Games

Moloney qualified for the 2014 Commonwealth Games after claiming the Australian national amateur flyweight title.

He progressed through the preliminary bouts with a unanimous 3-0 win over Waisu Taiwo (Nigeria), before facing Northern Ireland's Ruairi Dalton in the quarterfinal stage, where he again progressed with a 3-0 decision.

Moloney then faced the hometown favourite Reece McFadden of Scotland, where Moloney adopted a patient gameplan to upset the Scot 2-1 on the judge's scorecards to progress through to the final.

The gold medal bout, staged at the SEC Armadillo, was contested with Pakistan's Muhammad Waseem. Moloney scored a unanimous 3-0 decision to claim the gold medal.

Professional career

Following his success at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Moloney turned professional in October 2014. In 2018, Moloney fought former titlist Luis Concepción, who was ranked #5 by the WBA and #15 WBC at the time, and beat him via tenth-round stoppage.[5]

On 16 May 2019, legendary boxing promoter Bob Arum announced that Top Rank had signed both Andrew and his twin brother Jason as a part of their stable.[6]

On 15 November 2019, Moloney, ranked #1 by the WBA at the time, challenged WBA #5 Elton Dharry for the vacant WBA interim super-flyweight title and came out victorious via eighth-round TKO.[7] After Román González won his fight against Kal Yafai, originally set for the WBA (Regular) super-flyweight title, González was subsequently elevated to WBA (Super) champion, which left the space for Moloney to be elevated to the new WBA (Regular) super-flyweight champion.[8]

On May 12, 2024 in Perth, Australia, Moloney was scheduled to challenge Carlos Cuadras for the interim WBC junior bantamweight title. [9] On March 27, 2024 it was announced that Pedro Guevara replaced Cuadras, who withdrew due to injury.[10]

Personal life

Andrew is a twin brother to Jason Moloney, who is also a professional boxer.[11]

Professional boxing record

More information 30 fights, 26 wins ...
More information No., Result ...

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Ratings". The Ring. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  2. [2]
    "RANKINGS | Transnational Boxing Rankings Board". Archived from the original on 6 December 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  3. [3]
    "BoxRec: Ratings". boxrec.com. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Team Moloney | Andrew Moloney". Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  5. [5]
    "Moloney vs Concepcion - News, Tape, Ringwalk, TV, Streaming & Tickets". Box.Live. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  6. [6]
    Christ, Scott (15 May 2019). "Top Rank signs Aussie twin contenders Andrew and Jason Moloney". Bad Left Hook. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  7. [7]
    "Moloney vs Dharry - News, Tape, Ringwalk, TV, Streaming & Tickets". Box.Live. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  8. [8]
    "Andrew Moloney elevated to WBA super flyweight world champion". www.sportingnews.com. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  9. [9]
    Iskenderov, Parviz (14 March 2024). "Andrew Moloney vs Carlos Cuadras set for Lomachenko-Kambosos co-feature". FIGHTMAG.
  10. [10]
    Iskenderov, Parviz (28 March 2024). "Andrew Moloney faces Pedro Guevara in new Lomachenko vs Kambosos co-feature". FIGHTMAG.
  11. [11]
    Yiu, Warren (23 June 2020). "How a pair of Australian twins are planning to take boxing by storm". ESPN. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
More information Achievements ...
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Andrew_Moloney, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.