Javier Molina
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Javier Molina is an undefeated Mexican-American professional boxer
. He competes in the Junior Welterweight division. He's best known for winning the 2007 U.S. National Championships when he was only 17 years old.
, Mexico
before he migrated to the United States. His older brother Carlos
is a highly regarded prospect with a 13-0 record and his older twin brother Oscar Molina fights on the Mexican
Olympic team.
ring entrance song of "No Me Se Rajar" a tune that reflects the Macho Culture that prevails in Mexico
, Javier finished with an amazing Amateur Record of 111-12. Molina won a bronze medal at the 2006 Cadet World Championships at lightweight and a national title at the 2006 Junior Olympic International Invitational. Javier knocked down Karl Dargan
(Former Two-time 141-pound U.S. champion and winner of the PanAm games
later that year) twice at the US championships. He then continued winning against Jeremy Bryan
, Dan O'Connor
, and beat Brad Solomon
in the finals to win the junior welterweight title. At the World Championships 2007 he beat Azerbaijan's Emil Maharramov, the 2005 bronze medalist 27-10 but lost to England
's 2008 Olympian Bradley Saunders
.
, then sealing his qualification with a win over Canadian Kevin Bizier. He lost his Olympic debut 1:14 to Boris Georgiev
of Bulgaria
. And according to at least one doctor, it was a fight that never should have taken place. After it was over, Coach Dan Campbell said Molina went into the bout with what Campbell described as a small hole in the boxer's lung, which allowed air to seep out beneath the skin.
|align="center" colspan=8|7 Wins (4 knockouts), 0 Losses, 0 Draw
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|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes
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|Win || 8-0-0 ||align=left|
Hector Alatore
|UD || 6 (6) || June 24, 2011 ||align=left| Pechanga Resort and Casino, Temecula, California
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|Win || 7-0-0 ||align=left| David Lopez
|UD || 6 (6) || May 27, 2011 ||align=left| Reno Events Center, Reno, Nevada
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|Win || 6-0-0 ||align=left| Danny Figueroa
|UD || 4 (4) || May 14, 2011 ||align=left| Home Depot Center, Carson, California
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|Win || 5-0-0 ||align=left|
Francisco Rios
|UD || 4 (4) || November 27, 2010 ||align=left|
Oracle Arena, Oakland, California
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|Win || 4-0-0 ||align=left| Antonio Arauz
|TKO || 1 (0:39) || October 7, 2010 ||align=left| Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, Lemoore, California
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|Win || 3-0-0 ||align=left| Miguel Garcia
|TKO || 2 (2:42) || November 27, 2009 ||align=left| Pechanga Resort and Casino
, Temecula, California
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|Win || 2-0-0 || align=left| Gerald Valdez
|TKO || 2 (2:39) || April 23, 2009 ||align=left| Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, Lemoore, California
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|Win || 1-0-0 || align=left| Jaime Cabrera
|TKO || 2 (1:50) || March 27, 2009 ||align=left| Nokia Theater, Los Angeles
, California
|align=left|Pro Debut
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Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
. He competes in the Junior Welterweight division. He's best known for winning the 2007 U.S. National Championships when he was only 17 years old.
Personal life
Molina has boxing in his DNA, father Miguel had a successful amateur boxing career in Ciudad JuárezCiudad Juárez
Ciudad Juárez , officially known today as Heroica Ciudad Juárez, but abbreviated Juárez and formerly known as El Paso del Norte, is a city and seat of the municipality of Juárez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Juárez's estimated population is 1.5 million people. The city lies on the Rio Grande...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
before he migrated to the United States. His older brother Carlos
Carlos Molina
Carlos Molina is an undefeated Mexican-American professional boxer in the Lightweight division. He's also the brother of two Olympic Boxers Javier for the U.S...
is a highly regarded prospect with a 13-0 record and his older twin brother Oscar Molina fights on the Mexican
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
Olympic team.
Amateur career
With a Vicente FernándezVicente Fernández
Vicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...
ring entrance song of "No Me Se Rajar" a tune that reflects the Macho Culture that prevails in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, Javier finished with an amazing Amateur Record of 111-12. Molina won a bronze medal at the 2006 Cadet World Championships at lightweight and a national title at the 2006 Junior Olympic International Invitational. Javier knocked down Karl Dargan
Karl Dargan
Karl Dargan is a US-American amateur boxer best known for winning the gold medal at the 2007 Pan Am Games in the Men's Light Welterweight.-Amateur career:...
(Former Two-time 141-pound U.S. champion and winner of the PanAm games
United States at the 2007 Pan American Games
The United States competed at the 15th Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The USA delegation was formed of 595 athletes, and was the second largest delegation in the competition, right after the Brazilian delegation...
later that year) twice at the US championships. He then continued winning against Jeremy Bryan
Jeremy Bryan
Jeremy Bryan is an American boxer who fights in the light welterweight division.-Amateur career:...
, Dan O'Connor
Danny O'Connor (boxer)
Daniel O'Connor is an undefeated Irish American professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division.-Amateur career:...
, and beat Brad Solomon
Brad Solomon
Brad Solomon is an undefeated boxer in the Welterweight division.-Amateur career:A three time National Golden Gloves Champion, once in the Welterweight and twice in the Junior Welterweight divisions. In 2007 at the United States Amateur championships he Lost the semi-final fight to Mexican...
in the finals to win the junior welterweight title. At the World Championships 2007 he beat Azerbaijan's Emil Maharramov, the 2005 bronze medalist 27-10 but lost to England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
's 2008 Olympian Bradley Saunders
Bradley Saunders
Bradley Saunders is a British amateur boxer who won bronze at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships and who competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.-Amateur career:...
.
2008 Olympics
At the Olympic qualifier he beat Myke CarvalhoMyke Carvalho
Myke Michel Ribeiro de Carvalho is a Brazilian amateur boxer, best known to participate in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics and win a PanAm bronze in 2007.-Career:...
, then sealing his qualification with a win over Canadian Kevin Bizier. He lost his Olympic debut 1:14 to Boris Georgiev
Boris Georgiev
Boris Georgiev is an amateur boxer from Bulgaria who won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Light Welterweight class.- Career :...
of Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
. And according to at least one doctor, it was a fight that never should have taken place. After it was over, Coach Dan Campbell said Molina went into the bout with what Campbell described as a small hole in the boxer's lung, which allowed air to seep out beneath the skin.
Pro career
Molina is signed to promotional company Goossen Tutor. In his third fight he got a second round K.O. over veteran Miguel Gacia.Professional record
|- style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%;"|align="center" colspan=8|7 Wins (4 knockouts), 0 Losses, 0 Draw
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|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Res.
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Record
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponent
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Rd., Time
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes
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|Win || 8-0-0 ||align=left|
Hector Alatore|UD || 6 (6) || June 24, 2011 ||align=left|
Pechanga Resort and Casino, Temecula, California|align=left|
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|Win || 7-0-0 ||align=left|
David Lopez|UD || 6 (6) || May 27, 2011 ||align=left|
Reno Events Center, Reno, Nevada|align=left|
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|Win || 6-0-0 ||align=left|
Danny Figueroa|UD || 4 (4) || May 14, 2011 ||align=left|
Home Depot Center, Carson, California|align=left|
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|Win || 5-0-0 ||align=left|
Francisco Rios|UD || 4 (4) || November 27, 2010 ||align=left|
Oracle Arena, Oakland, CaliforniaOakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
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|Win || 4-0-0 ||align=left|
Antonio Arauz|TKO || 1 (0:39) || October 7, 2010 ||align=left|
Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, Lemoore, CaliforniaLemoore, California
Lemoore is a city in Kings County, California, United States. Lemoore is located west-southwest of Hanford, at an elevation of 230 feet . It is part of the Hanford–Corcoran Metropolitan Statistical Area...
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|Win || 3-0-0 ||align=left|
Miguel Garcia|TKO || 2 (2:42) || November 27, 2009 ||align=left|
Pechanga Resort and CasinoPechanga Resort and Casino
Pechanga Resort and Casino is an Indian Casino on the Pechanga Indian Reservation in Temecula, California. Pechanga Resort and Casino is the largest casino in the state of California, with 3,400 slot machines and approximately of gaming space.-History:...
, Temecula, California
Temecula, California
Temecula is a city in southwestern Riverside County, California, United States with a population of 100,097 according to the 2010 United States Census, making it the lowest populated American city over 100,000 population. It was incorporated on December 1, 1989...
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|Win || 2-0-0 || align=left|
Gerald Valdez|TKO || 2 (2:39) || April 23, 2009 ||align=left|
Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, Lemoore, CaliforniaLemoore, California
Lemoore is a city in Kings County, California, United States. Lemoore is located west-southwest of Hanford, at an elevation of 230 feet . It is part of the Hanford–Corcoran Metropolitan Statistical Area...
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|Win || 1-0-0 || align=left|
Jaime Cabrera|TKO || 2 (1:50) || March 27, 2009 ||align=left|
Nokia Theater, Los AngelesLos Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
|align=left|Pro Debut
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