Posts Tagged Steve Molitor
Posted by Durell Wambolt on December 15, 2011 at 23:19 pm
Put up or shut up time for Sebastian Gauthier
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MISSISSAUGA, Ontario (December 15, 2011) — Two-time world super bantamweight champion Steve “The Canadian Kid” Molitor has picked out the perfect Christmas present for provincial rival Sebastian Gauthier, wrapped with a bow on top and even delivered it to Quebec City. Unfortunately, at least for now, the gift remains unopened.
Last month in Gauthier’s backyard, after Molitor (34-2, 12 KOs) won a 10-round split decision on the Lucian Bute-Glenn Johnson card at Pepsi Center in Quebec City, Team Gauthier loudly complained about an unfair outcome and requested an immediate rematch. Team Molitor has officially offered a rematch February 11 to Gauthier (21-3, 13 KOs) at Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, which is where Steve lives and trains.
“It was a fairly easy fight for me,” Molitor said, “other than for the massive cut over my eye that I got from a head-butt in the first round. The cut bled into my eye (left) the whole fight and it was difficult for me to see. I hurt him a few times but couldn’t stick to my plan because of all the blood in my eye. It riled me a little and I lost my train of thought. I’ve been boxing 23 years and knew that a cut above the eye wasn’t dangerous or reason to stop the fight. I was a little worried about that, though, when the doctor checked me right before the 10th round. Read More
Posted by Durell Wambolt on November 23, 2011 at 11:31 am
By Durell Wambolt with Jeff Emond Jeffrey
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The Boxing Examiner.com recently spoke with Steve Molitor, one of the finest Canadian and International boxing talents around. Indeed, his track record speaks for itself with 34 wins and only 2 defeats. The Canadian Kid went on to conquer the Canadian Super Bantamweight division plus the WBF, Commonwealth and NABA bantamweight championships. Most importantly, this fast and accurate southpaw from Sarnia, Ontario, has excelled worldwide, wining the IBF Jr Featherweight Championship on two occasions. Since losing his title last March in South Africa against Takalani Ndlovu, Molitor is on a mission to reassert his dominance in the super bantamweight division.
The Boxing Examiner: How did you first become interested in boxing?
Steve Molitor: My older brother started boxing about a year before I did, he inspired me.
TBE: What are some of the highlights of your amateur days?
SM: I’m a 10 time Ontario champion, 5 time National Champion, and I fought at the Pam-Am Games where I lost a close decision to the Cuban 5-4. I fought in the World Championships where I lost to the eventual Silver medalist Omar Navarez, who is a multi-time world champion and recently fought Nonito Donaire.
TBE: How many amateur fights did you have? Read More
Posted by Durell Wambolt on November 17, 2011 at 11:37 am
Video of the November 5, Quebec City, Bute-Johnson fight card has made its way to the internet. We have posted footage of five Canadian fights for your viewing pleasure, including Lucian Bute’s unanimous decision victory over Glen Johnson!
First, we have Lucian Bute (29-0-0) making his ninth defense of the IBF super middleweight championship of the world against “The Road Warrior” Glen Johnson (51-15-2). The fight went the full twelve, with Bute handling the former Showtime Super Six contender with ease. While waiting patiently for the winner of the Super Six to be decided, why not give Bute’s most recent conquest another look? Who would you rather see him fight, Ward or Froch? Tell us in our comments section! Read More
Tags:Allan Green, Christian Bladt, Glen Johnson, Jorge Luis Teron, Kevin Bizier, Lucian Bute, Lucian Bute-Glen Johnson, Pier-Olivier Cote, Sebastien Gauthier, Sébastien “Double Trouble” Demers, Steve Molitor
Filed Under: Video & Photos
Posted by Rick McLean on November 14, 2011 at 08:47 am
By Jeff Emond Jeffrey
Sebastien Gauthier is a young and dynamic boxer from Saint-Jerome, Québec. Motivation, hard work and determination is a big part of this rising stars life. On November 5th 2011, Gauthier impressed boxing fans and experts with an inspired performance against former two time IBF Super Bantamweight champion Steve Molitor. In this marvellous contest between the two pugilists, Gauthier lost the fight by split decision. In fact, it was a very close fight that could have gone either way. Nevertheless, the fearless warrior promise that he would be a champion in a near future.
On this day, Gauthier agreed to talk to us about is amateur days, his pro-career and his exciting fight against “The Canadian Kid” Steve Molitor.
The Boxing Examiner: Good evening Sebastien, how are you?
Sebastien Gauthier: Very good, thank you. Read More
Posted by Rick McLean on November 7, 2011 at 22:33 pm
By Jeff Emond Jeffrey
© Photos Courtesy Robert Levesque / A.R. PhotoZone
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On Saturday, November 5, 2011, Interbox presented Lucian Bute versus Glen Johnson from Quebec City, Quebec, live on Showtime PPV. The main event was complemented by six thrilling bouts featuring Pier Olivier Coté, Steve Molitor, Sebastien Gauthier, Sebastien Demers, Kevin Bizier and other talented pugilists. The event marked Lucian Bute’s first contest in Quebec City since his second fight with Librado Andrade. An impressive 15,306 fans were in attendance.
In the twelve round IBF super middleweight championship attraction, defending champion Lucian Bute ( 29-0-0, 24 KO), a native Romanian, now fighting out of Montreal, Quebec, faced the “Road Warrior” Glen Johnson ( 51-15-2, 35 KO), a former IBF light heavyweight champion from Miami, Florida. The contest marked Bute’s ninth title defence and Johnson’s second super middleweight title challenge in a row.
Johnson is a proud warrior with many accomplishments in the ring, including the 2004 fighter of the year award. The “Road Warrior” came into this contest with victories over Roy Jones Jr, Antonio Tarver, Eric Harding and Clinton Woods. Johnson also earned a victory over Allan Green – Sebastien Demers’ opponent on the card – in the Showtime Super Six Tournament. In his sixty-nine fight career, Johnson has been stopped just once, by future hall of famer, Bernard Hopkins in 1997. Bute knew this would be a tough defence. No stranger to success himself, Bute holds notable victories on Edison Miranda, Librado Andrade, William Joppy and Alejandro Berrio. Most recently, Bute needed less than four rounds to stop undefeated contender Jean Paul Mendy (29-0-1) in Romania. Read More
Tags:Alejandro Barrera, Allan Green, Christian Bladt, Dale Golden, Glen Johnson, Jorge Luis Terron, Kevin Bizier, Lucian Bute, Pier-Olivier Cote, Rances Barthelemy, Schiller Hyppolite, Sebastien Demers, Sebastien Gauthier, Steve Molitor
Filed Under: Fight Results
Posted by Durell Wambolt on November 5, 2011 at 18:16 pm
J-F Emond Jeffrey @ Ringside
Allan Green W UD10 Sebastien Demers
100-92 / 98-92 / 97-93
Lucian Bute W UD12 Glen Johnson
120-108 / 120-108 / 119-109
Pier Olivier Cote TKO2 Jorge Luis Teron
Schiller Hyppolite TKO1 Dale Golden
Steve Molitor W SD 10 Sebastian Gauthier
96-94 / 96-94 / 94-96
Kevin Bizier TKO3 Christian Bladt
Rances Barthelemy TKO2 Alejandro Barrera
Full report to follow…..
Tags:Alejandro Barrera, Allan Green, Christian Bladt, Dale Golden, Glen Johnson, Jorge Luis Teron, Kevin Bizier, Lucian Bute, Pier-Olivier Cote, Rances Barthelemy, Schiller Hyppolite, Sebastien Demers, Sebastien Gauthier, Steve Molitor
Filed Under: Fight Results
Posted by Durell Wambolt on November 4, 2011 at 14:43 pm
Mark Erwin Newmarket Infiniti @ the Scales -
Lucian Bute 167.4lbs. vs Glen Johnson 166.5lbs.
IBF Super Middleweight Title
Pier Olivier Cote 140lbs. vs Jorge Luis Terron 139.3lbs.
Steve Molitor 123.1lbs.vs Sebastian Gauthier 121.6lbs.
** Sebastien Demers 169.4lbs. vs Allan Green 173lbs.
(Green 3lbs over contract weight)
Kevin Bizier 148.7lbs. vs Christian Bladt 147.4lbs.
Rances Barthelemy 133.2LBS. vs. Alejandro Barrera 133.6LBS.
Schiller Hyppolite 173.4LBS. vs. Dale Golden 171.7LBS.
Posted by Durell Wambolt on September 14, 2011 at 20:20 pm
© Photo Courtesy Ryan Tilley
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Former 2 time Jr Featherweight World Champion Steve Molitor (L) and Sebastien Gauthier met face-to-face today at a Toronto press conference to officially announce their November 5 bout at Pepsi Colisée in Quebec City. Tickets will be available on September 17 at the Pepsi Colisée box office or by calling Billetech at 1.800.900-SHOW or at billetech.com
Posted by Durell Wambolt on August 31, 2011 at 20:51 pm
© Photo Courtesy – Team Molitor
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IBF Super Middleweight Champion Lucian Bute (L) former two time IBF Jr Featherweight Champion Steve Molitor (centre) and former IBF Light Heavyweight Champion Glen Johnson (R) make the media rounds in Toronto today to promote their upcoming bouts on November 5th in Quebec City.
Posted by Eugene on August 31, 2011 at 14:46 pm
Montreal, Wednesday, August 31st – Much like Lucian Bute, Sebastien Gauthier (21-2-0, 13 KO) will also be facing the biggest test of his career on November 5th at the Pepsi Colisee in Quebec City. The InterBox protégée will step into the ring against former two-time IBF World Champion Steve “The Canadian Kid” Molitor (33-2-0, 12 KO) in a very interesting all-Canadian match-up. This bout will be presented on the undercard of the Lucian Bute (29-0-0 24 KO) vs. Glen “Road Warrior” Johnson (51-15-2, 35 KO) Main-Event bout where Bute will be defending his IBF World title defense for a 9th consecutive time. Read More
Posted by Durell Wambolt on April 1, 2011 at 19:55 pm
Steve and Tiffany Molitor would like to proudly announce the birth of their daughter Mira Marie Molitor. Baby Mira arrived at 10:31am on Wednesday March 30, 2011 and weighed in at 6lbs. 11oz. Congratulations from the entire Team at TheBoxingExaminer.com
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WBC Weigh-in: The mandatory 7 day weigh-in for the David Lemieux v Marco Antonio Rubio fight on April 8th in Montreal. WBC rules state that the maximum weight be 168lbs. Lemieux weighed in at 167.4lbs. today. No word on Rubio’s weight yet.
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Follow knockout sensation David Lemieux (25-0 24KO’s) on facebook here
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The WBA officials for Lisa “Bad News” Brown’s first defense of her Super Bantamweight title tomorrow against Chanttell “La Fiera” Martinez of Panama in Panama City, Panama. Judges will be Ted Gizma USA, Steve Weisfield USA and Manuel Rodriguez COLUMBIA the referee will be Luis Pabon PUERTO RICO.
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Tickets are on sale for the Light Heavyweight Championship rematch between Jean Pascal and Bernard Hopkins here. Ticket prices are as follows: Table: $777.50 /$ 587.63 / $492.69 Ticket: $518 / $368 / $268 / $218 / $190 / $125 / $90 / $62 / $47
Posted by Durell Wambolt on March 26, 2011 at 15:40 pm
“The Canadian Kid” Steve Molitor lost a unanimous decision to Takalani “The Panther” Ndlovu moments ago in South Africa. The official scores were 118-110 / 118-110 and 116-112. This was the third meeting between Molitor and Ndlovu with Molitor winning the first 2 bouts, one by knockout and the other by unanimous decision. more to come….
Posted by Durell Wambolt on March 25, 2011 at 09:54 am
Steve Molitor 121.1lbs. vs Takalani Ndlovu 121.5lbs.
IBF Jr Featherweight Championship
Posted by Durell Wambolt on March 24, 2011 at 23:40 pm
(PRESS RELEASE) Territorial advantage and screams from the crowd will not be enough to help Takalani “The Panther” Ndlovu dethrone IBF junior featherweight champion Steve Molitor on Saturday night, warned the Canadian.
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“There is no shadow of doubt that I will beat Takalani in front of his supporters on Saturday,” said Molitor straight up at a press conference in Johannesburg yesterday.
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Molitor is a seasoned campaigner who has been to war.
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Ndlovu will need to fight like a man possessed in every round in order to convince the judges and make up for two failed attempts against Molitor.
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Their highly anticipated third meeting will take place at Nasrec Arena near Soweto where Ndlovu, the mandatory challenger, comes from.
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Promoter Branco Milenkovic, who will present the fight, wants Ndlovu to win in order for South Africa to have two IBF champions.
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Posted by Durell Wambolt on March 24, 2011 at 09:00 am
(Press Release – Sowetan) CANADIAN boxer and IBF junior featherweight champion Steve Molitor’s future prospects will not be jeopardised by the defence on Saturday night against Takalani Ndlovu.
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Calm yet lively, Molitor told Sowetan in an exclusive interview at a top hotel in Sandton on Sunday that he was targeting WBO junior featherweight holder Wilfredo Vazquez Jr for a money-spinning unification bout.
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“I am looking far beyond Takalani. There is no shadow of a doubt that I will beat him on Saturday. I beat him twice before and I will do it again on Saturday. But for me the man I must really beat is Vazquez, he said.
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Their third meeting at Nasrec Arena on Saturday night will be Molitor’s mandatory defence. Read More
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MISSISSAUGA, Ontario (December 15, 2011) — Two-time world super bantamweight champion Steve “The Canadian Kid” Molitor has picked out the perfect Christmas present for provincial rival Sebastian Gauthier, wrapped with a bow on top and even delivered it to Quebec City. Unfortunately, at least for now, the gift remains unopened.
