
Jason Moloney was a 2010 Commonwealth Games representative as an amateur after winning the 2010 Australian National Championships. He won his first bout at the tournament, defeating Michael Conlan, but lost his quarter final. Moloney narrowly missed selection at the 2012 London Olympics and the 2014 New Delhi Commonwealth Games, turning professionally shortly after.
Alongside his twin brother Andrew, the Moloney brothers established themselves as the premier little men in Australia. Jason won the Commonwealth Bantamweight title on 24 February 2018 and then stopped former WBA junior bantamweight title holder Kohei Kono in 6 rounds on 19 May 2018 to become IBF mandatory to Emmanuel Rodriguez.
For the fight with Rodriguez to take place, Moloney entered the World Boxing Super Series where he would have to face the other title holders as part of a tournament should he win. Rodriguez won a razor-thin split decision to hand Moloney his first professional loss on 20 October 2018. The Transnational Boxing Rankings Board included Moloney in their independent top ten rankings on 11 December.
Moloney battled back from the defeat, winning four fights including stoppage wins over Dixon Flores and Leonardo Baez, the latter win in an ESPN main event which earned Moloney the #5 ranking with the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. On 31 October 2020 Moloney challenged world bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue, losing by seventh-round knockout. Moloney is currently ranked #8 by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board at bantamweight.
Amateur Bouts
2009 Australian National Championships
04-12-2009 54kg Jarred Woods W 11:3
06-12-2009 54kg Bradley Hore L 3:7
2010 Australian National Selection Trials
18-03-2010 Jason Cooper W 6:0
19-03-2010 Aaron Wellman W 4:2
21-03-2010 Jarred Woods W 5:1 (Final)
Konstantin Korotkov Memorial
08-04-2010 Andrey Krupko W 10:4
2010-04-10 Georgiy Balakshin L 1:3
Giraldo Cordova Cardin Memorial
23-04-2010 Jitender Kumar L 2:5
Cuban Olympiad
25-05-2010 Jorge Luis Nunez L 4:19
2010 Oceanian Championships
06-08-2010 Benedict Telovae W 14:0
07-08-2010 D.J.Maaki W 13:0 (Final)
2010 Commonwealth Games New Delhi
07-10-2010 Michael Conlan W +10:10
09-10-2010 Oteng Oteng L 3:5
2011 Australian National Championships
04-03-2011 Jack Michaels W 11:0
05-03-2011 Nick Cooney W 5:0
06-03-2011 Luke Boyd L 3:8 (Final)
2011 Arafura Games
11-05-2011 Mack Hiari W 28:5
12-05-2011 Malachi Sheppard W RSC1
13-05-2011 Ibrahim Balla W 10:25 (Final)
2012 Australian National Championships
01-02-2012 Harley Broome W RSC
04-02-2012 Ibrahim Balla W 10:16
2013 Australian National Championships
12-02-2013 Jayden Hansen W 17:12
14-02-2013 Jeremy Udovich L 10:11
Sting Cup
08-03-2014 Nick Cooney W PTS
2014 Australian National Championships, Fremantle
08-04-2014 Ziad Aaty W 3:0
10-04-2014 Jacob Ng W 3:0
12-04-2014 Jackson Woods L 1:2 (Final)
Professional Bouts
18-05-2014 Chatri Sariphan W TKO1
06-03-2015 Alvin Bais W TKO3
18-12-2015 Markquil Salvana W TKO5
19-03-2016 Junior Bajawa W TKO4
24-06-2016 Virden Rivera W KO3
03-08-2016 Jeffrey Francisco W PTS6
10-12-2016 Enrique Bernache W TKO6
03-02-2017 Marco Demecillo W PTS8
19-08-2017 Lolito Sonsona W PTS10
(OPBF Junior Featherweight title)
21-10-2017 Julias Kisarawe W KO1
19-05-2018 Immanuel Naidjala W TKO3
(Commonwealth Bantamweight title)
19-05-2018 Kohei Kono W TKO6
20-10-2018 Emmanuel Rodriguez L PTS12
(IBF World Bantamweight title)
30-03-2019 Cris Paulino W TKO5
15-11-2019 Dixon Flores W KO2
25-06-2020 Leonardo Baez W TKO7
31-10-2020 Naoya Inoue LKO7
(World Bantamweight title)
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