(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. a
“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. a
Molitor is a seasoned campaigner who has been to war. a
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. a
Their highly anticipated third meeting will take place at Nasrec Arena near Soweto where Ndlovu, the mandatory challenger, comes from. a
Promoter Branco Milenkovic, who will present the fight, wants Ndlovu to win in order for South Africa to have two IBF champions.
(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. a
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. a
“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. a
Their third meeting at Nasrec Arena on Saturday night will be Molitor’s mandatory defence. Read More
The Boxing Examiner.com recently had the opportunity to sit down at Clancy’s boxing gym in Mississauga, Ontario with 2 time IBF Junior Featherweight world champion Steve “The Canadian Kid” Molitor as he finishes the final preparations for his training camp for his big upcoming title defence against mandatory challenger Takalani Ndlovu in South Africa. Molitor has already defeat Ndlovu twice before and once by knockout.
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The Boxing Examiner.com: I am here with the IBF Junior Featherweight World Champion Steve “The Canadian Kid” Molitor. Steve how has training camp been so far?
Steve Molitor: This has probably been the most complete training camp that I have had thus far with the addition of Mark Erwin as camp supervisor and Courtney Shand . Everything has really fallen into place and I have had to do less of the technical stuff and focus completely on training.
TBE: The same Courtney Shand that worked with Lennox Lewis throughout his career?
Molitor: Yes, Courtney worked with Lennox Lewis throughout his professional career and in some of the Klitschko camps as well. Read More
THE IBF junior featherweight championship between one of the best pound-for-pound fighters, Canadian Steve Molitor, and mandatory challenger Takalani “The Panther” Ndlovu, will top the exciting Branco Sports Production bill at Nasrec Arena on March 26
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What makes the clash even more exciting is that the two fighters will be meeting for the third time.
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“Canadian Kid” Molitor beat Sowetan Ndlovu in two previous clashes in Canada.
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But Ndlovu’s promoter Branco Milenkovic’s victory over American boxing supremo Bob Arum of Top Rank in the purse bid has afforded Ndlovu the opportunity to fight at home.
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BSP’s winning bid was R2,3 million, while Arum had bid R1,6million.
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Ndlovu, who is under respected trainer Manny Fernandez, won the rights to challenge Molitor after defeating Jeffrey “The Mongoose” Mathebula in the official IBF title eliminator at Carnival City on September 1 last year. Read More
Reigning 2 time IBF Jr Featherweight Champion Steve “The Canadian Kid” Molitor is set to make the 2nd defense of his 2nd reign as Champion against nemesis Takalani “The Panther” Ndlovu on March 26th in South Africa.
South African Promoter Branco Milenkovic recently won a purse bid ($320,000) and the right to host the bout beating out Molitor’s promoter, Top Rank ($227,500). This is the second purse bid for the bout with Top Rank having won the initial bid ($215,000) easily beating Milenkovic’s bid ($154,240) but failed to host the bout within the allotted 90 days. That left a door open for a protest by the South African’s and the IBF ordered the new purse bid.
Molitor’s not complaining though, he’s beaten “The Panther” on the 2 previous occasions they met and fighting in hostile territory isn’t anything new for the Champion either. Molitor won his first title in Hartlepool, England against the then undefeated Michael Hunter.
Montreal, Tuesday January 18 2011 – Steve “The Canadian Kid” Molitor (33-1-0 12 KO) will not box at the Bell Centre on March 19th as previously expected, due to an IBF technicality. Top Rank had won the November 30th Purse Bid to present the Molitor vs. Takalani Ndlovu (31-6-0, 18 KO) bout, and decided to work together with InterBox to place the fight on InterBox’s March 19th 2011 Showtime boxing card. However, according to IBF Rule 10.F.1, the winning bidder had the obligation to promote the bout within 90 days of the opening of the bids. The March 19th date surpassed this period by a little over 2 weeks. This opened the door for Ndlovu’s promoter to complain to the IBF. Read More
The IBF jr. featherweight championship purse bid was held earlier today at the IBF office where champion Steve Molitor and challenger Takalani Ndlovu will meet for a third fight. Branco Sports Productions won the bid with $320,000. Top Rank’s bid was $227,500. Branco Sports has up to 90 days to stage the fight. The BoxingExaminer.com had a moment to catch up with champion Steve Molitor and asked him how he felt about the bid and the potential of defending his belt in South Africa. ”Great money, easy fight! The pressure is on Ndlovu, he’s got to do something he’s never done before!”
Copyright Photo: Richard Cloutier @richarcnetboxe on twitter
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Today at a press conference hosted by Interbox in Montreal it was announced that IBF Super Middleweight champion Lucian Bute (27-0, 22KO’s) of Montreal will be defending his world title against the IBF #8, WBA#1 & WBC#2 contender Brian Magee (34-3-1, 24KO’s) of Ireland at the Bell Centre in Montreal on Saturday March 19th. The card will be televised live on the Showtime Network.
It was also announced that the IBF Jr. Featherweight champion Steve “The Canadian Kid” Molitor (33-1, 12KO’s) of Mississauga will be facing IBF #1 contender Takalani Ndlovu (31-6, 18KO’s) of South Africa for a third time. Molitor won their first contest by a 9th round knockout and the second fight by a close 12 round decision. Ndlovu earned his third title shot against Molitor by narrowly winning a 12 round split decision against Jeffrey Mathebula back in September. Molitor recently signed with Top Rank promotions.
In addition, Quebec’s Renan St Juste (22-2-1, 15KO’s) will take on the hard hitting former world title challenger Edison “Pantera” Miranda (33-5, 29KO’s) of Columbia. St Juste is coming off a spectacular second round knockout over Sebastien Demers.
The IBF Jr. Featherweight Championship mandatory defense purse bid between champion Steve Molitor and Takalani Ndlovu was held today. Top Rank won with a bid of $215,000, 75% of which goes to the champion and 25% to the challenger. Branco Sports Production bid $154,240.
Reigning IBF Jr Featherweight Champion Steve Molitor has confirmed with TheBoxingExaminer.com that he has in fact signed an exclusive 4 year contract with Bob Arum’s Las Vegas based Top Rank Boxing.
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Moilitor must face his mandatory challenger Takalani Ndlovu of South Africa in his first bout with Top Rank. The Canadian Kid has twice turned back challenges from Ndlovu stopping him in the first defense of his first reign as Champion and decisioning him in a bout for the vacant title.
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TheBoxingExaminer.com will have a full interview with Steve Molitor within the next few days!
There have been several reports that reigning IBF Jr. Featherweight Champion ”The Canadian Kid” Steve Molitor has signed a short term Managerial agreement with Manager Cameron Dunkin.. read more
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“The Filipino Flash” Nonito Donaire himself has indicated that he’d like to fight “The Canadian Kid” for his IBF title if both are successful in their upcoming bouts. Molitor will undoubtedly have to fulfil his mandatory against Takalani Ndlovu, meanwhile Donaire has a December 4th bout set and will then likely meet Fernando Montiel in Febuary 2011.
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It looks as if reigning undefeated Canadian Heavyweight Champion Neven “No Surrender” Pajkic has found a dance partner for October 30th’s Rumble @ Rama XIII. Pajkic will face 47 year old Andreas Sidon (34-9 24KO’s) of Germany. In Sidon’s last appearance in Canada he was stopped in 3 rounds by Sheldon Hinton and has been stopped in 3 of his last 5 bouts.
Hall of Fame Boxing announcer, Al Bernstein spoke with IBF Jr Featherweight Champion Steve Molitor (33-1 12KO’s) and trainer Chris Johnson on behalf of TheBoxingExaminer.com at the weigh-in for Undisputed Rivals promoted by United Boxing Promotions on September 25, 2010.
“The Canadian Kid” Steve Molitor (33-1 12KO’s) successfully defended his IBF Jr Featherweight Title against Jason “2 Smooth” Booth (35-6 15KO’s) in England this past weekend. For those of you that didn’t have the opportunity to see the bout here this the Canadian Broadcast Schedule.
TSN Premiere: Wed, Sep 15 @ 7 p.m. ET
Repeat: Thurs, Sep 16 @ midnight ET
TSN2 Premiere: Mon, Sep 20 @ 7 p.m. ET
Repeat 1: Wed, Sep 22 @ 3 p.m. ET
Repeat 2: Sat, Sep 25 @ 4 a.m. ET
IBF World Junior Featherweight champion Steve “The Canadian Kid” Molitor (33-1, 12KO’s) retained his world title tonight against the challenger from Nottingham, England Jason “2 Smooth” Booth (35-6, 15KO’s) by a 12 round majority decision. Judges Marcus McDonnell scored the bout 116-113, Alfred Asaro had it 116-112 and Pasquale Procoppio scored it even at 114-114. The referee for the bout was Dave Parris.
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Molitor started out slow in the fight giving many of the early rounds away to Booth. The champion was cut over the left eye near the end of the second round. However, the cut did not seem to bother Molitor throughout the rest of the fight. As the fight progressed Molitor’s size started to show as he established a solid body attack that slowed the pace of Booth throughout the middle rounds. Booth was landing more punches to the head however it did not seem to faze Molitor as he piled up points with body punches and some counter punches to Booth’s head.Read More
FTM Sports (Maloney Promotions) has released Part 6 of Molitor v Booth ‘Inside Out’ which is based on the successful HBO 24/7 Countdown programs which have given fans a chance to understand the build up and preparation a fighter has to make lead up to a big fight.
(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.
