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John John Molina 2024 Florida Boxing Hall of Fame Induction 6.23.24

John John Molina was born March 17, 1965, in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. As an amateur Molina represented Puerto Rico as a Bantamweight at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. He also won the Boxing World Cup in Seoul, South Korea, November 1985, by knocking out Kelcie Banks in the finals. After his decorated amateur career, John John turned professional on February 25, 1986, beating Job Walters by a four-round decision. He won his first 14 bouts, nine by knockout. His first loss was to Lupe Suarez. Immediately after he embarked on a five-fight win streak and was then ranked as the number one challenger by the IBF. On October 27, 1988, he challenged IBF super featherweight champion Tony Lopez, in what marked the beginning of a three-fight rivalry between Molina and Lopez. Molina dropped Lopez in round two, but Lopez went on to retain the title by a split decision. In his next fight, April 29, 1989, the WBO put him and former WBC featherweight champion Juan LaPorte against each other for the vacant WBO super featherweight title. Molina became a world champion by defeating LaPorte by a 12-round unanimous decision. Then, in September of that year, he added the IBF belt to his WBO crown by knocking Tony Lopez out in the tenth round. On January 28, 1990, he avenged his loss to Suarez by knocking him out in the sixth round to retain the belt, but then, on May 20 of that year, he and Lopez met for their rubber match, this time Lopez won a unanimous decision to recover his world Jr. Lightweight championship. Between then and 1992, Molina won five straight fights, four by knockout. And after Brian Mitchell (who had beaten Lopez), left the IBF title vacant due to retirement, Molina travelled to South Africa, where he met Jackie Gunguzula for the vacant world title. He knocked Gunguzula out in the fourth round to become world champion once again, and, days later, he was the object of a large welcoming at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan. During this period of his reign, Molina made seven successful title defenses. Molina moved up in weight to challenge the WBO lightweight champion Oscar De La Hoya, losing by a unanimous decision in 12 rounds in an HBO Boxing televised event. He fought on for six more years and finished his great career with a final record of 52 – 7 (with 33 K.O.s).