
Andrew Moloney wants Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez after dethroning Willibaldo Garcia
Andrew Moloney claimed the IBF junior bantamweight title with a majority decision victory over Willibaldo Garcia in Tokoname, Japan

Andrew Moloney claimed the IBF junior bantamweight title with a majority decision victory over Willibaldo Garcia in Tokoname, Japan

Jason Moloney is targeting another two fights in 2026 in his attempts to win another version of the bantamweight world title.

Two title fights – one at flyweight, the other at junior bantamweight – will take place on June 6 at the Aichi International Exhibition Center in Tokoname City, Aichi, Japan.

BoxingScene has learned that the Willibaldo Garcia-Andrew Moloney IBF mandatory title fight has been pushed back to June 6, at a location to be determined in Japan.

The promoter for Willibaldo Garcia’s first title fight has claimed promotional rights to his first title defense.

The IBF has scheduled a March 5 purse bid hearing for its ordered title fight between defending 115lbs beltholder Willibaldo Garcia and Australia’s Andrew Moloney as his top-rated challenger

Willibaldo Garcia remains locked into an unavoidable mandatory title defense that will head to a purse-bid hearing

Willibaldo Garcia is officially on the clock to honor his mandatory title defense obligations.

Willibaldo Garcia not only lost out on the chance for a high-profile fight, but is still on the hook for the mandatory title defense waiting in the wings.

BIRMINGHAM, England – Eddie Hearn has hinted that it is likely that unified junior bantamweight champion Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez could move up to 118lbs instead of pushing to become undisputed.