{"id":719115,"date":"2026-06-06T14:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T14:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/719115\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T14:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T14:13:09","slug":"boxing-news-2026-andrew-moloney-defeats-willibaldo-garcia-to-become-ibf-super-flyweight-champion-final-scores-and-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/719115\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing news 2026: Andrew Moloney defeats Willibaldo Garcia to become IBF super flyweight champion, final scores and results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A delighted Andrew Moloney has delivered a career-defining victory, defeating Mexico\u2019s Willibaldo Garcia in Japan to complete one of the greatest comeback stories in Aussie boxing.<\/p>\n<p>In a gritty 12-round bout on Saturday, Moloney became the IBF super flyweight champion of the world by majority decision (115-113, 114-114, 115-113).<\/p>\n<p>Fury v Hall | Sunday June 14 from 4am AEST | Tommy \u2018TNT\u2019 Fury makes his return to Misfits Boxing, taking on former strongman champion Eddie Hall in Manchester. | Order Now with Main Event on Kayo Sports.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Just over two years after sensationally walking away from boxing following a heartbreaking and controversial defeat to Pedro Guevara in Perth, Moloney reclaimed world honours at the Aichi Sky Expo in Tokoname.<\/p>\n<p>Moloney was visibly emotional and ecstatic after the judges\u2019 verdict was revealed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am the happiest man in the world,\u201d Moloney said post-fight, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/48960517\/andrew-moloney-willibaldo-garcia-jesse-rodriguez-calixto-yabuki-boxing-japan-fight-live-stream-blog-youtube-how-watch-undercard-highlights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">per ESPN<\/a>. \u201cThere is not one person in the world happier than I am now!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was one tough fight, but the sacrifices were worth it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have given everything in this sport for 20 years. There was no way I could leave this ring without winning this world title.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Garcia put Moloney on the back foot with his aggressive strategy in the early rounds, but the Australian thrived with a patient approach as he impressed with his technique.<\/p>\n<p>Moloney in the lead-up to the fight revealed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/boxing\/this-is-my-moment-aussie-champion-ready-to-complete-boxing-fairytale\/news-story\/6d2ec70bd26f0d069ca4b3b594f58210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">he was offered almost $350,000 (AU) to step aside from the weekend\u2019s IBF super flyweight title fight<\/a> and allow unified WBA, WBO and WBC champ Jesse Rodriguez the opportunity to pursue another unification bout.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the Aussie never considered taking the money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A delighted Andrew Moloney has delivered a career-defining victory, defeating Mexico\u2019s Willibaldo Garcia in Japan to complete one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":719116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[53466,5806,2840,18614,703,711,49,48,260142,116259,18577,25300,3049,3456,260149,222689,260143,36805,260145,217593,260148,2454,13135,24113,18600,69219,14404,82,260147,260150,260146,260144,127,16420,76477],"class_list":["post-719115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-andrew-moloney","tag-asia","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-career-defining-victory","tag-city-of-manchester","tag-eastern-asia","tag-eddie-hall","tag-espn-inc","tag-europe","tag-final-scores","tag-flyweight-champion","tag-flyweight-title-fight","tag-fox-sports","tag-fury-v","tag-george-burgess","tag-happiest-man","tag-japan","tag-jesse-rodriguez","tag-northern-europe","tag-oceania","tag-pedro-guevara","tag-perth","tag-sports","tag-super-flyweight-champion","tag-super-flyweight-title","tag-tokoname","tag-unification-bout","tag-united-kingdom","tag-western-australia","tag-world-champ"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=719115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/719116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}