Courtesy of: PBC
Adrien Broner completely dominated John Molina Jr. for 12 rounds, winning a unanimous decision and only losing two rounds total on all three judges’ combined scorecards.
Adrien Broner didn’t shine quite as bright as his diamond-encrusted boxing trunks—the average disco ball couldn’t have done that—but still, Broner fought his way to a decisive unanimous decision victory over a frustrated John Molina Jr.
Broner routinely used a thundering jab to keep Molina at bay, controlling the range of the fight consistently and largely avoiding Molina’s punches.
At times, he used his superior lateral movement and footwork to bedevil Molina, causing the latter to chase Broner around the ring, firing wild overhand rights that frequently missed their target.
“He can’t hit me,” Broner told Molina’s corner at one point during round 10.
Still, Molina did have his moments, scoring with a stiff right upper cut in round three, where he landed a number of solid punches, and coming on strong in round five, where Molina egged Broner on as he had perhaps his best sustained attack with a series of strafing right hands followed by a thumping left hook.
Nevertheless, Broner began to really pull away from Molina during the latter third of the fight, doubling and tripling his jab before landing a head-swiveling right in round nine.
Things started to get ugly towards the end of the fight, with both fighters complaining of being hit in the back of the head and referee Robert Byrd warning both for roughhouse tactics.
For Molina, it was his third loss in a row, while Broner notched his third consecutive victory after suffering his lone defeat against Marcos Maidana in December 2013.
Adrien Broner:
“The environment I’m in today, a lot of them were not on my side, but at the end of the day the last time I fought for the crowd I took my first loss. So, no disrespect to everyone that came to see me fight today, I had to do what I had to do to get my victory today.”
“Even a vicious guy like [John] Molina, as you can see I stood right inside of his face and didn’t go anywhere. I jabbed and took every shot that he threw. I took mine and won the fight unanimously.”
“John Molina is a great fighter. He’s tough and he can hit. I had to be careful, but at the end of the day my defense was on point like a thorn and I’m still beautiful at the end of the fight.”
“He wanted me to sit there and bang it out with him, but why would I do that when God gave me so many gifts.”
“After a while I knew he was going to start going for the guts, so I just had to stay sharp.”
“This is my first time on NBC so I have to give it to you all.”
“I lived up to the hype. He was swinging for the fence and I had to stay dangerous.”
“I beat all odds tonight. I knew coming into the arena 85 percent of the people were against me.”
“It’s family time now. I just had a baby and I’m going to have some fun.”
John Molina, Jr.
“He should’ve kept his word and sit there and fight me. Everyone saw him running around in there. He did what he had to do to win, he won the fight. It was a tough fight and he’s a tough fighter and he boxes well, but he didn’t exchange well.”
“He moves a lot and doesn’t like to exchange too much. When I got on the inside he said that I was holding him or leading with my head. I’m a professional and I tried to fight on the inside like I do.”
“It is what it is, he got the victory tonight.”
“There wasn’t much of a game plan to stick to because he kept running.”
