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Total Fights | 59 |
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Wins | 52 |
Losses | 7 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 3 |
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Title Defenses | 8 |
Title-Fight KOs | 8 |
KO Wins | 33 |
KO Losses | 3 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 15 years and two months, John John Molina fought 59 times with 52 wins and 7 losses.
Molina retired from professional boxing with a record of 52-7, which included three super-featherweight world-title wins and eight successful title defense fights. He had a 55.9% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 33 of his total 59 fights being knockout wins, eight of which were in title fights. Molina suffered three knockout losses in his career, one of which was against Shane Mosley in a lightweight title fight.
His last fight was a 11th round TKO defeat to Juan Lazcano on May 5, 2001.
Some of Molina's best fights and notable victories include wins over Tony Lopez, Manuel Medina, Gregorio Vargas, Juan Laporte, and Ben Tackie.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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59 | May 5, 2001 | 36 | Juan Lazcano | Loss | TKO11 |
58 | Nov 11, 2000 | 35 | Ben Tackie | Win | SD |
57 | May 12, 2000 | 35 | Emanuel Augustus | Win | UD |
56 | Feb 16, 2000 | 34 | Juan Carlos Suarez | Win | TKO8 |
55 | Nov 14, 1999 | 34 | Manuel Garnica | Win | UD |
54 | Oct 20, 1999 | 34 | Javier Carmona | Win | KO1 |
53 | Jul 16, 1999 | 34 | James Crayton | Win | UD |
52 | Mar 20, 1999 | 34 | Ruben Nevarez | Win | TKO7 |
51 | Jan 16, 1999 | 33 | Robert Garcia | Loss * | UD |
50 | May 9, 1998 | 33 | Shane Mosley | Loss * | TKO8 |
49 | Dec 14, 1997 | 32 | Alex Perez | Win | TKO8 |
48 | Nov 11, 1997 | 32 | Moses James | Win | UD |
47 | Oct 2, 1997 | 32 | Joey Negron | Win | RTD6 |
46 | May 31, 1997 | 32 | Elias Quiroz | Win | TKO6 |
45 | Mar 22, 1997 | 32 | Isaac Cruz | Win | DQ |
44 | Jan 18, 1997 | 31 | James Crayton | Win | UD |
43 | Apr 10, 1996 | 31 | Jaime Balboa | Win | PTS |
42 | Dec 1, 1995 | 30 | Eduardo Perez | Win | TKO6 |
41 | May 8, 1995 | 30 | Mark Reels | Win | PTS |
40 | Feb 18, 1995 | 29 | Oscar De La Hoya | Loss * | UD |
39 | Nov 26, 1994 | 29 | Wilson Rodriguez | Win * | KO10 |
38 | Apr 22, 1994 | 29 | Gregorio Vargas | Win * | UD |
37 | Jan 22, 1994 | 28 | Floyd Havard | Win * | RTD6 |
36 | Oct 9, 1993 | 28 | Bernard Taylor | Win * | TKO8 |
35 | Jun 26, 1993 | 28 | Manuel Medina | Win * | UD |
34 | May 14, 1993 | 28 | Tony Duran | Win | TKO3 |
33 | Feb 13, 1993 | 27 | Francisco Segura | Win * | TKO8 |
32 | Aug 22, 1992 | 27 | Fernando Caicedo | Win * | TKO4 |
31 | Jul 2, 1992 | 27 | Donnie Parker | Win | KO7 |
30 | Feb 22, 1992 | 26 | Jackie Gunguluza | Win * | TKO4 |
29 | Jan 14, 1992 | 26 | Francisco Ortiz | Win | TKO2 |
28 | Sep 13, 1991 | 26 | Rowdy Welch | Win | PTS |
27 | Jul 27, 1991 | 26 | Darryl Richardson | Win | TKO3 |
26 | Jun 29, 1991 | 26 | Victor Aponte | Win | TKO4 |
25 | Nov 3, 1990 | 25 | Mario Gomez | Win | TKO3 |
24 | May 20, 1990 | 25 | Tony Lopez | Loss * | SD |
23 | Jan 28, 1990 | 24 | Lupe Suarez | Win * | TKO6 |
22 | Oct 7, 1989 | 24 | Tony Lopez | Win * | TKO10 |
21 | Apr 29, 1989 | 24 | Juan Laporte | Win * | UD |
20 | Oct 27, 1988 | 23 | Tony Lopez | Loss * | UD |
19 | Jul 16, 1988 | 23 | Miguel Medina | Win | TKO8 |
18 | Jun 6, 1988 | 23 | Rafael Solis | Win | DQ |
17 | Nov 28, 1987 | 22 | Fernando Maldonado | Win | TKO4 |
16 | Jul 25, 1987 | 22 | Richard Campbell | Win | KO4 |
15 | May 24, 1987 | 22 | Lupe Suarez | Loss | TKO9 |
14 | Mar 19, 1987 | 22 | Victor Aponte | Win | TKO10 |
13 | Feb 8, 1987 | 21 | Chris Silvas | Win | KO3 |
12 | Dec 20, 1986 | 21 | Carlos Albuerne | Win | TKO3 |
11 | Dec 11, 1986 | 21 | Kevin Marston | Win | UD |
10 | Nov 8, 1986 | 21 | Norris Gautier | Win | KO1 |
9 | Aug 16, 1986 | 21 | Na'eem Muhammad | Win | KO1 |
8 | Jul 12, 1986 | 21 | Don Doster | Win | TKO1 |
7 | Jun 21, 1986 | 21 | Floyd Simmons | Win | KO2 |
6 | May 24, 1986 | 21 | Jose Gonzales | Win | KO5 |
5 | Apr 12, 1986 | 21 | Job Walters | Win | PTS |
4 | Apr 3, 1986 | 21 | John Wesley | Win | TKO1 |
3 | Mar 9, 1986 | 20 | Darrell Jacobs | Win | UD |
2 | Mar 2, 1986 | 20 | Ricky West | Win | UD |
1 | Feb 25, 1986 | 20 | Job Walters | Win | MD |
* World-title fight
John John Molina is a 59-year old retired Puerto Rican professional boxer. He was born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico on March 17, 1965. He is a former super-featherweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 15 years — from 1986 to 2001.
Molina made his professional boxing debut against Job Walters at the age of 20 on February 25, 1986, defeating Walters via 4 round majority decision. He went on to win 13 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 9 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 23 on October 27, 1988 after 19 professional fights, against Tony Lopez for the IBF title. He lost to Lopez via 12 round unanimous decision.
Molina has won three world titles at super-featherweight. For all the details about Molina's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Molina had a total of seven losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Juan Lazcano on May 5, 2001. Molina lost the fight via 11th round TKO. It's been 22 years, 11 months, and 19 days since this fight.
Molina had a total of 16 world-title fights, which includes winning three world titles and eight successful title defenses. He won 11 of these fights and lost five.
John John Molina fought for super-featherweight world titles in seven fights and won three of these fights, two of these victories coming via way of stoppage. In total, he won three super-featherweight belts.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Feb 22, 1992 | Jackie Gunguluza | Super-featherweight | IBF* | TKO |
Oct 7, 1989 | Tony Lopez | Super-featherweight | IBF | TKO |
Apr 29, 1989 | Juan Laporte | Super-featherweight | WBO* | UD |
John John Molina had nine super-featherweight world-title defense fights. He won eight of them and lost only once.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Nov 26, 1994 | Wilson Rodriguez | Super-featherweight | IBF | KO |
Apr 22, 1994 | Gregorio Vargas | Super-featherweight | IBF | UD |
Jan 22, 1994 | Floyd Havard | Super-featherweight | IBF | RTD |
Oct 9, 1993 | Bernard Taylor | Super-featherweight | IBF | TKO |
Jun 26, 1993 | Manuel Medina | Super-featherweight | IBF | UD |
Feb 13, 1993 | Francisco Segura | Super-featherweight | IBF | TKO |
Aug 22, 1992 | Fernando Caicedo | Super-featherweight | IBF | TKO |
Jan 28, 1990 | Lupe Suarez | Super-featherweight | IBF | TKO |
John John Molina lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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May 20, 1990 | Tony Lopez | Super-featherweight | IBF | SD |
Molina fought a total of 59 times during his professional career, which includes 16 world-title fights at two weight divisions. These five fights are the highlight of his career.
October 27, 1988: In his first world-title fight, John John Molina loses to Tony Lopez via 12 round unanimous decision. He was fighting for the IBF super-featherweight title.
April 29, 1989: Molina wins the WBO super-featherweight title from Juan Laporte, by beating Laporte via 12 round unanimous decision.
October 7, 1989: Molina wins the IBF super-featherweight title from Tony Lopez, by beating Lopez via 10th round TKO.
June 26, 1993: Molina successfully defends the IBF super-featherweight title against Manuel Medina, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
April 22, 1994: Molina successfully defends the IBF super-featherweight title against Gregorio Vargas, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
Molina knocked out 33 of his 59 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 55.9%. Of his total 52 wins, 33 of them were via KO (63.5%).
Molina's first world-title win was the WBO (vacant) belt at super-featherweight. He defeated Juan Laporte via 12 round unanimous decision to win the title.
Molina won three world titles at super-featherweight.
Molina had a total of nine title defense fights. He was successful eight times and lost one time.