{"id":622786,"date":"2026-04-22T04:12:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/622786\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T04:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:12:17","slug":"headliner-moloney-poised-for-late-career-title-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/622786\/","title":{"rendered":"Headliner Moloney poised for late-career title surge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former world champion Jason Moloney is hunting another belt in front of home fans in Queensland. (Zain Mohammed\/AAP PHOTOS)<\/p>\n

Jason Moloney reckons he’s winning the war with Father Time as the 35-year-old prepares to headline on home soil for the first time since becoming a world boxing champion.<\/p>\n

The popular bantamweight will face American Andre Donovan at Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall on Thursday, headlining a stacked Stan Sport card that includes Ben Mahoney, Conor Wallace and Max McIntyre.<\/p>\n

Moloney (28-4) won and defended the WBO title strap in brutal fights in Californian and Quebec more than two years ago before back-to-back losses in Tokyo blockbusters to world-class pair Yoshiki Takei and Tenshin Nasukawa.<\/p>\n

His only other losses came against pound-for-pound star Naoya Inoue in 2020 and two-time world champion Emmanuel Rodriguez in 2018.<\/p>\n

Now fighting under the Tasman Fighters banner, Moloney has earned headline status in what is practically a hometown fight for the Kingscliff-based talent.<\/p>\n

Victory would push Moloney towards the top of the WBC, IBF and WBO rankings and “one phone call away” from another title shot.<\/p>\n

Twin brother Andrew will fight for the IBF’s super-flyweight world title against Willibaldo Garcia in Japan on June 6 and the unrealised dream is for the pair to both hold belts at the same time.<\/p>\n

“People can write me off if they want,” Moloney told AAP.<\/p>\n

“The guys that have beaten me have been undefeated world champions and with all respect to Donovan I don’t think he’s at my level and it’s my job to prove that.<\/p>\n

“The division’s wide open and I look at all the current champions and think I can beat all of them.”<\/p>\n

\"(L-R)Boxing twins Andrew (left) and Jason Moloney (right) still have plenty to achieve in their careers. (Jason O’BRIEN\/AAP PHOTOS)<\/p>\n

Moloney thinks his experiences, particularly in Japan, have helped him find new gears in what is looming as a defining late chapter in a 13-year professional career.<\/p>\n

“Those losses haven’t derailed me, they’ve helped me progress,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I know people say ‘age is only a number’, but when you live the life I live, you’re as committed as I am, you look after your body.<\/p>\n

“I’m boxing better than I ever have and (trainer) Angelo Hyder said that to me last night after our last session and he doesn’t sugar coat it.<\/p>\n

“As you’re getting older you know your time’s going to come, but I still have time to achieve the goals I want to achieve.”<\/p>\n

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