Boxing In Canada: Molitor Retains IBF Title

IBF 122 lb Champion Steve Molitor was stretched the distance for the first time in five contests last night at Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario when the 27 year old from Sarnia battled Thailand’s Fashan 3K Battery to a wide points win on an Allan Tremblay/Orion Sports promotion.

Once again, it was Molitor’s patient application of considerable skills which saw him past another another highly experienced opponent. Facing a fellow southpaw for the third time in his past five contests, “The Canadian Kid” waited for his adversary to make mistakes and forced 3K Battery to pay the price when he inevitable missed with arcing powershots.

Molitor was never able to hurt his opponent but did win round after round, building an insurmountable lead that the Thai visitor was unable to put a dent in despite his best efforts in the seventh round.

The home fighter used good movement to keep 3K Battery from ever getting set and rattled the challenger with an educated jab and sporadic attacks
before the two let rip with a vicious slugfest in the 12th and final round.

When the smoke cleared, Molitor cruised to a 120-108, 119-109 (twice) victory on the cards and has positioned himself for a unification bout in the highly competitive super bantamweight class.

The chief support bout, Brampton’s Martin Lindsay, 9-0 (3), claimed the IBF Youth Featherweight belt with a dominating performance against Uriel Barrera, 12-2 (6), of Mexico.

Quebecois middleweight Paul Clavette, 12-1-1 (2), had his hands full with Toronto based Guyanese southpaw Shawn Garnett, 11-5-1 (3), but pulled out a 58-56 win on all three scorecards.

Hard punching 22 year old Michigan heavyweight Demetrice King, 14-15 (12), won his fifth contest in a row by knocking out promising 6 foot 7 inch tall Toronto man Raymond “Mt. Kilimanjaro” Olubowale, 5-2-1 (3).