Andrew Moloney


Andrew Moloney is an Australian professional boxer who held the WBA super-flyweight title from February to June 2020, having previously held the interim title since 2019. He also held the WBA Oceania bantamweight title from 2016 to 2017 and the Commonwealth super-flyweight title in 2017. As an amateur, he won a gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the flyweight division. As of June 2020, he is ranked as the world’s seventh best active super-flyweight by The Ring magazine, eighth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and ninth by BoxRec.

Amateur career

Moloney represented Australia at two Commonwealth Games in 2010 and 2014.
Moloney also competed in the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships, the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships, and the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships.
In his amateur career, Moloney has won 7 state and 7 national titles.

2014 Commonwealth Games

Moloney qualified for the 2014 Commonwealth Games after claiming the Australian national amateur flyweight title.
He progressed through the preliminary bouts with a unanimous 3-0 win over Waisu Taiwo, before facing Northern Ireland's Ruairi Dalton in the quarterfinal stage, where he again progressed with a 3-0 decision.
Moloney then faced the hometown favourite Reece McFadden of Scotland, where Moloney adopted a patient gameplan to upset the Scot 2-1 on the judge's scorecards to progress through to the final.
The gold medal bout, staged at the SEC Armadillo, was contested with Pakistan's Muhammad Waseem. Moloney scored a unanimous 3-0 decision to claim the gold medal.

Professional career

Following his success at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Moloney turned professional in October 2014. In 2018, Moloney fought former titlist Luis Concepción, who was ranked #5 by the WBA and #15 WBC at the time, and beat him via tenth-round stoppage.
On 16 May 2019, legendary boxing promoter Bob Arum announced that Top Rank had signed both Andrew and his twin brother Jason as a part of their stable.
On 15 November 2019, Moloney, ranked #1 by the WBA at the time, challenged WBA #5 Elton Dharry for the vacant WBA interim super-flyweight title and came out victorious via eighth-round TKO. After Roman Gonzalez won his fight against Kal Yafai, originally set for the WBA super-flyweight title, Gonzalez was subsequently elevated to WBA champion, which left the space for Moloney to be elevated to the new WBA super-flyweight champion.

Personal life

Andrew is a twin brother to Jason Moloney, who is also a professional boxer.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
22Loss21–1 Joshua FrancoUD1223 Jun 2020MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, US.png" />Lost WBA super-flyweight title
21Win21–0 Elton DharryRTD8, 3:0015 Nov 2019Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne, Australia.png" />Won WBA interim super-flyweight title
20Win20–0 Selemani BangaizaTKO2, 1:5715 Jun 2019 Seagulls Rugby League Club, Tweed Heads, Australia
19Win19–0 Miguel GonzalezTKO8 22 Mar 2019 Gran Arena Monticello, San Francisco de Mostazal, Chile
18Win18–0 Luis ConcepciónTKO10, 1:538 Sep 2018 Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo, AustraliaRetained WBA Oceania super-flyweight title
17Win17–0 Richard ClaverasUD1219 May 2018 Malvern Town Hall, Melbourne, AustraliaRetained WBA Oceania super-flyweight title
16Win16–0 Rene DacquelUD1224 Feb 2018 St Kilda Town Hall, Melbourne, AustraliaRetained WBA Oceania super-flyweight title;
Won OPBF super-flyweight title
15Win15–0 Hashimu ZuberiTKO4, 2:0321 Oct 2017 Melbourne Park, Melbourne, AustraliaRetained WBA Oceania super-flyweight title;
Won vacant Commonwealth super-flyweight title
14Win14–0 Raymond TabugonTKO4, 2:4231 Oct 2014 Melbourne Park, Melbourne, AustraliaWon interim OPBF and WBA Oceania super-flyweight titles
13Win13–0 Aramis SolisKO3, 2:593 Jun 2017 Melbourne Park, Melbourne, AustraliaRetained WBA Oceania bantamweight title
12Win12–0 Renoel PaelUD83 Feb 2017 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia
11Win11–0 Carlos Ruben Dario RuizKO4, 1:0010 Dec 2016 Melbourne Park, Melbourne, AustraliaRetained WBA Oceania bantamweight title
10Win10–0 Jether OlivaTKO6, 1:328 Oct 2016 Melbourne Park, Melbourne, AustraliaRetained WBA Oceania bantamweight title
9Win9–0 Markquil SalvanaTKO1, 1:543 Aug 2016 Hisense Arena, Melbourne, Australia
8Win8–0 Cris AlfanteUD824 Jun 2016 Malvern Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia
7Win7–0 Ricardo David Ocampo2, 2:1020 May 2016 The Melbourne Pavilion, Melbourne, Australia
6Win6–0 Ryohei TakahashiUD1019 Mar 2016 Malvern Town Hall, Melbourne, AustraliaWon vacant WBA Oceania bantamweight title
5Win5–0 Roberto LerioKO4 18 Dec 2015 Malvern Town Hall, Melbourne, AustraliaWon vacant Australian bantamweight title
4Win4–0 Ronerex DalutUD619 Aug 2015 Hisense Arena, Melbourne, Australia
3Win3–0 Nilben Lottila46 Mar 2015 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Australia
2Win2–0 Jonathan LigasKO1, 3:0012 Dec 2014 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, AustraliaWon vacant Australia - Victoria State bantamweight title
1Win1–0 Willem Marahina3, 1:0931 Oct 2014 The Melbourne Pavilion, Melbourne, Australia