Comments Thread For: Jason Moloney Still Urges For Revenge Rematch With Emmanuel Rodriguez

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Last weekend in Las Vegas, Jason Moloney retained his WBO bantamweight title with a very tough twelve round majority decision win over Saul Sanchez.
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[Boricua181]

Maloney is full of baloney, if he rematches Rodriguez he'll wind up with another loss on his record, and lose his title to boot!

[MulaKO]

Maloney is full of baloney, if he rematches Rodriguez he'll wind up with another loss on his record.

Thinking the same thing
He lost his last fight but got gifted

[Boricua181]

Thinking the same thing
He lost his last fight but got gifted

That fight was close, it could've gone either way, he was lucky to get the decision in his favor.

[Elheath]

For the sake of storyline I want Jason Moloney to fight Nakatani next (after he defeats Santiago next month) as a revenge unification fight for Andrew, then the winner fights Rodriguez.

[Idunnoshet]

For the sake of storyline I want Jason Moloney to fight Nakatani next (after he defeats Santiago next month) as a revenge unification fight for Andrew, then the winner fights Rodriguez.

That's the plan for team Nakatani.

Top Rank will press for it because of the " Revenge " factor.

Sounds like Maloney's has different plans though.

[Elheath]

That's the plan for team Nakatani.

Top Rank will press for it because of the " Revenge " factor.

Sounds like Maloney's has different plans though.

Given his age I think Moloney also wants unification fights, so he will probably take any chance for another belt. However younger Inoue and Santiago both have matches already scheduled next month (on the same card in Japan too) and they both have a solid chance of losing them then quite bluntly, so he probably chose to call out Rodriguez for now with the history being a bonus gravy. Now Rodriguez can't plan his next fight until after his mandatory defense against Nishida in March/April either, but until the purse bid is settled he is free for now so it makes sense.

Moloney isn't the type that ducks to keep his record since he already has two losses in his career against Rodriguez and elder Inoue, so if Nakatani comes knocking on the door next month after he grabs the belt from Santiago he will probably accept the offer.

[Idunnoshet]

Given his age I think Moloney also wants unification fights, so he will probably take any chance for another belt. However younger Inoue and Santiago both have matches already scheduled next month (on the same card in Japan too) and they both have a solid chance of losing them then quite bluntly, so he probably chose to call out Rodriguez for now with the history being a bonus gravy. Now Rodriguez can't plan his next fight until after his mandatory defense against Nishida in March/April either, but until the purse bid is settled he is free for now so it makes sense.

Moloney isn't the type that ducks to keep his record since he already has two losses in his career against Rodriguez and elder Inoue, so if Nakatani comes knocking on the door next month after he grabs the belt from Santiago he will probably accept the offer.

From what I know.
The plan was for Nakatani to face Maloney.
And it was pretty much agreed to at the last WBO convention.

Nakatani's team relinquished the Superfly weight title and petitioned to be the #1 contender to Maloneys strap.

The WBO agreed.
But team Maloney asked for an optional defense against Sanchez first.
So team Nakatani went after Santiago.

[Elheath]

From what I know.
The plan was for Nakatani to face Maloney.
And it was pretty much agreed to at the last WBO convention.

Nakatani's team relinquished the Superfly weight title and petitioned to be the #1 contender to Maloneys strap.

The WBO agreed.
But team Maloney asked for an optional defense against Sanchez first.
So team Nakatani went after Santiago.

I don't know exactly what happens or was said during an alphabet convention so you could be correct, but I think timing may have played a role.

Moloney got his strap on mid-May last year, and his voluntary defense with Sanchez was on mid-January. I believe the news first was released to public in the beginning of November, so the negotiations were probably already in play by October or perhaps earlier before Nakatani's last match. Nakatani had his second and last match at 115 on late September and announced the Santiago match and also officially vacated the belt in mid-December. Prior to it, he was talking about a potential unification if possible, so they probably called around the 115 belt holders prior to calling 118 guys.