Andrew Moloney is an Australian

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who held the

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title in 2020, having previously held the

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title since 2019. At regional level he held the WBA Oceania

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title from 2016 to 2017 and the

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super-flyweight title in 2017. As an

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, he won a gold medal at the

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in the flyweight division. As of June 2020, he is ranked as the world’s seventh best active super-flyweight by ''The Ring'' magazine, eighth by the

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and ninth by

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Amateur career

Moloney represented Australia at two Commonwealth Games in

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and 2014. Moloney also competed in the

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, the

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, and the

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

2014 Commonwealth Games

Moloney qualified for the

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

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, 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

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, was contested with

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. 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

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, who was ranked #5 by the WBA and #15 WBC at the time, and beat him via tenth-round stoppage. On 16 May 2019, legendary boxing promoter

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announced that

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had signed both Andrew and his twin brother

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as a part of their stable. On 15 November 2019, Moloney, ranked #1 by the WBA at the time, challenged WBA #5

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for the vacant WBA

title and came out victorious via eighth-round TKO. After Román González won his fight against

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, originally set for the WBA (Regular) super-flyweight title, González was subsequently elevated to

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champion, which left the space for Moloney to be elevated to the new WBA (Regular) super-flyweight champion.

Personal life

Andrew is a

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brother to

Jason Moloney Jason Moloney (born 10 January 1991) is an Australian professional boxer who challenged twice for the IBF bantamweight title. At regional level, he has held the WBA Oceania bantamweight title since 2017 and held the Commonwealth bantamweight ...

, who is also a professional boxer.

Professional boxing record

References

External links

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Moloney Twins Official WebsiteAndrew Moloney - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings
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