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 unsuitable finish of a cut up resolution in opposition to Guevara in Might once 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 at the present time that he was robbed of victory.
“It was a very disappointing combat outcome,” mentioned Moloney (26-4, 16 KOs) to Past The Ropes on 7plus. “I actually felt that I gained that combat convincingly. It’s onerous as a result of I all the time go away the whole lot within the ring however on that night time, I actually felt that I used to be in complete management of the combat.
“On combat night time, I felt like I used to be successful 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 successful, 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 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 sit down out for an additional month as a way to make the extra profitable rematch.
“I’m simply actually hoping that we are able to get this rematch completed,” mentioned Moloney, 33. “We’ve began talks together with his staff now. I do know he’s attempting to arrange one other combat in opposition to 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 a much bigger combat.
“He did promise me the rematch, so I’m actually hopeful we are able to get it completed, however it’s nonetheless early levels in the meanwhile.”
Moloney added: “I’ll combat him wherever, to be sincere. However I believe 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 are able to get this completed earlier than the tip of the 12 months, get this rematch and I can put it behind me,” mentioned Moloney. “In any other case, you consider what may have been ceaselessly.”
