Andrew Moloney has revealed he’s in negotiations for a direct rematch Pedro Guevara with a goal date of November.
The 33-year-old junior bantamweight contender was on the improper finish of a break up choice in opposition to Guevara in Could after they met over 12 rounds on the undercard of the George Kambosos Jr versus Vasiliy Lomachenko bout in Perth, Western Australia. Choose 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 gained 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 this present day that he was robbed of victory.
“It was a very disappointing combat outcome,” stated Moloney (26-4, 16 KOs) to Past The Ropes on 7plus. “I actually felt that I gained that combat convincingly. It’s exhausting as a result of I at all times go away every part within the ring however on that night time, I truthfully felt that I used to be in complete management of the combat.
“On combat night time, I felt like I used to be profitable ten rounds to 2. That’s the way in which my nook was seeing it, too; that’s the way in which 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 combat was gut-wrenching.”
Moloney entered the combat with an damage after tearing his biceps 10 days out from the bout, hampering his skill to throw his left hook. He has since had surgical procedure to restore the broken muscle and says it has healed effectively.
Whereas Moloney has been recovering, the 35-year-old Guevara (42-4-1, 22 KOs) has been plotting his personal ring return in October. Crew Moloney has petitioned Guevara to sit down out for an additional month as a way to make the extra profitable rematch.
“I’m simply actually hoping that we will get this rematch executed,” stated Moloney, 33. “We’ve began talks together with his group now. I do know he’s attempting to prepare one other combat in opposition to another person in Mexico in October, and we’ve stated to him I’ll be prepared in November, simply wait, that is going to be an even bigger combat.
“He did promise me the rematch, so I’m actually hopeful we will get it executed, but it surely’s nonetheless early phases in the mean time.”
Moloney added: “I’ll combat him wherever, to be sincere. However I feel it is sensible to both do it in America or right here in Australia. He’s not with a giant promoter in Mexico and we may pay him extra over right here than what he would recover from there, so it is sensible to do it some other place. 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 will get this executed earlier than the tip of the yr, get this rematch and I can put it behind me,” stated Moloney. “In any other case, you consider what may have been endlessly.”
