Andrew Moloney has revealed he’s in negotiations for a right away rematch Pedro Guevara with a goal date of November.
The 33-year-old junior bantamweight contender was on the flawed finish of a break up choice towards Guevara in Could once they met over 12 rounds on the undercard of the George Kambosos Jr versus Vasiliy Lomachenko bout in Perth, Western Australia. Decide Samantha Bulner noticed Moloney because the winner 116-113, however judges Humberto Olivares and Zanashir Taznaa disagreed, each handing in playing cards of 115-113 for Guevara.
Moloney was adamant he had received the bout and even vowed to stroll away from the game in his post-fight interview within the ring. When the emotion of the loss wore off Moloney put his retirement on maintain, however he stays satisfied to today that he was robbed of victory.
“It was a very disappointing battle consequence,” mentioned Moloney (26-4, 16 KOs) to Past The Ropes on 7plus. “I actually felt that I received that battle convincingly. It’s laborious as a result of I at all times depart every little thing within the ring however on that night time, I actually felt that I used to be in whole management of the battle.
“On battle night time, I felt like I used to be profitable ten rounds to 2. That’s the best way my nook was seeing it, too; that’s the best way all of us thought it was going. It was virtually like I didn’t have to do something extra, I used to be profitable, after which not getting a call on the finish of the battle was gut-wrenching.”
Moloney entered the battle with an harm after tearing his biceps 10 days out from the bout, hampering his capacity to throw his left hook. He has since had surgical procedure to restore the broken muscle and says it has healed properly.
Whereas Moloney has been recovering, the 35-year-old Guevara (42-4-1, 22 KOs) has been plotting his personal ring return in October. Group Moloney has petitioned Guevara to take a seat out for an additional month with the intention to make the extra profitable rematch.
“I’m simply actually hoping that we are able to get this rematch performed,” mentioned Moloney, 33. “We’ve began talks along with his crew now. I do know he’s making an attempt to arrange one other battle towards another person in Mexico in October, and we’ve mentioned to him I’ll be prepared in November, simply wait, that is going to be an even bigger battle.
“He did promise me the rematch, so I’m actually hopeful we are able to get it performed, however it’s nonetheless early phases in the mean time.”
Moloney added: “I’ll battle him wherever, to be trustworthy. However I believe it is smart to both do it in America or right here in Australia. He’s not with an enormous promoter in Mexico and we may pay him extra over right here than what he would recover from there, so it is smart to do it someplace else. We’ll see.”
Guevara and Moloney are separated by only one spot in The Ring’s 115-pound rankings. The Mexican sits at quantity six, whereas the Australian is rated at seven.
“I’m actually hopeful we are able to get this performed earlier than the top of the 12 months, get this rematch and I can put it behind me,” mentioned Moloney. “In any other case, you concentrate on what may have been ceaselessly.”
