Australian Jason Moloney has made his first profitable defence of his WBO bantamweight world title on Sunday towards American star Saul Sanchez.
The title battle came about on the Videotron Centre in Quebec, Canada, with the Aussie rising victorious in what was an all-out conflict.
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In an exhausting battle, each males left every part they’d within the ring as the gang in attendance rose to their toes as the ultimate bell rang out.
Sanchez got here out firing and seemed to have the champ on the again foot early as a nasty lower opened up on the best eyebrow of the Aussie.
Whereas it seemed like a possible upset might be on the playing cards, Moloney regained his bearings and got here roaring again to life.
The 2 males traded brutal combos all through everything of the battle with the bout being thrown into the fingers of the judges.
Whereas one choose scored it a 114-114 draw, the remaining two judges scored it 116-112 to see Moloney retain his title.
The win sees Moloney take his report to 27-2 and can now see him look to precise his revenge on IBF champ Emmanuel Rodriquez.
Moloney misplaced to Rodriquez in 2018 in a controversial loss.
“It nonetheless eats away at me,” Moloney stated of the defeat to the IBF titleholder.
“Now that I’m a champion it’s not one thing I cry over, however nonetheless – each time I watch that battle again – I believe I gained it.
“And what makes me need (the rematch) extra is understanding how a lot I’ve improved since that battle.”
Different potential opponents for Moloney together with Japanese rival Junto Nakatani and WBA champion Takuma Inoue.
FULL FIGHT CARD & RESULTS
Callum Smith vs Artur Beterbiev (c) — for IBF, WBC and WBO mild heavyweight world titles
Christian Mbilli vs Rohan Murdock — tremendous middleweight
Jason Moloney (c) def Saul Sanchez by way of majority choice
Imam Khataev def. Joaquin Murrieta Lucio by way of TKO
Leila Beaudoin def. Elizabeth Espinoza by way of unanimous choice
Wilkens Mathieu def. Jose Arias Alvarez by way of unanimous choice
Mehmet Unal def. Dragan Lepei by way of TKO
Christopher Guerrero def. Sergio Herrera by way of unanimous choice
Moreno Fendero def. Victor Hugo Flores by way of KO
