Javier Molina

Javier Molina ( born January 2, 1990 in Commerce, California) is an American boxer.

Career

Javier Molina is the son of a Mexican immigrant family in the United States. He grew up in Commerce, California. His father was an amateur boxer in Mexico and his older brother boxed. It was natural, therefore, that he also started along with his twin brother Oscar Molina at the age of nine years at the Commerce Boxing Club with the boxes. Javier Molina visited the John Glenn High School in Norwalk, Calif. and wants to go to his graduation studies at UCLA record.

Javier Molina developed with his trainer Roberto Luna at an excellent counter- boxer. In 2006 he was U.S. junior champion at lightweight and then became the Junior World Championship ( Cadets ) sent to Istanbul. He won there in lightweight over the locals Karadenic Sefa on points ( 11:7 ) and also defeated Coladimir Sidorov from Russia with 22:8 hits. In the semifinals, but he was defeated by Denis Lazarev from Ukraine by points ( 18:23 ). He thus won the bronze medal.

In 2007, Javier Molina started the age of seventeen already exclusively with the seniors. With the National Golden Gloves he won the light welterweight first against Jeremy Caughem on points, but was defeated by Jeremy Bryan disputed with 2:3 judges votes and had to retire prematurely. Up to a few months later held U.S. Championships, he was further matured and defeated there Welterweight among others the two-time U.S. champion Karl Dargan scarce but surely by points ( 31:27 ). In the final he also won over Brad Solomon on points (17-13 ) and was the first time American champion. During the US- american. Boxing Association was used in the light welterweight Karl Dargan at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, where she won, was allowed Javier Molina represent the USA at the World Championships in Chicago. He won there against Rikardo Smith of Jamaica ( 37:16 ) and against Emil Maharramow of Azerbaijan ( 27:10 ) on points but lost in the second round against Bradley Saunders of England by points ( 12:24 ). As losers in the second round, he finished with seven other second round losers the 9th Place.

Shortly before this World Championships at the U.S. Olympic excretion ( Trials ) had qualified for participation in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing in the light welterweight Javier Molina in Houston. He made the following victories: Point winner over Samuel Martinez ( 26:7 ), point winner over Jeremy Bryan ( 27:20 ), point winner over Dan O'Connor ( 18:10 ) and point winner over Danny Garcia ( 26:12 ).

Since October 2007, Javier Molina is together with his comrades of the U.S. Olympic team in boxing in the power center in Colorado Springs and is preparing for the Olympics. Therefore, in 2008 he started very sparse. As the most important start was to have the qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games of America Group in Port of Spain, Trinidad for him. Javier Molina won there over Myke Carvalho of Brazil (4:1) and Matthew Robinson of Barbados ( 11:4 ) on points and then lost the semi-final against Rosniel Iglesias from Cuba to points ( 4:10 ). In the fight for the important part in the Olympics for the third place he defeated then subsequently Kevon Bizier from Canada on points. At the last test of the U.S. National Javier Molina defeated in June 2008 during an international match against Puerto Rico Luis Gonzalez by his opponent crash in the 3rd round.

In addition to Javier Molina and his twin brother Oscar Molina at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing will be at the start. However, not for the U.S. but for Mexico. Oscar Molina was in the United States do not qualify for the Beijing Olympics, but abolished the in Mexico and was also the American qualifying tournament in Port of Spain qualify for participation in the Olympic Games. He starts doing welterweight and therefore will not meet in Beijing with his brother Javier.

Whether the concept of the U.S. national team, rises to fully concentrate on the preparation for the Olympic Games in Colorado Springs and to make only a few starts in 2008, the boxer Olympic Team participated neither in the U.S. Championships in 2008 still at the National Golden Gloves in 2008, will show up in Beijing.

In Beijing, Javier Molina lost his first fight against Boris Georgiev from Bulgaria convincingly on points ( 1:14 ). He thus left early and remained unplaced.

International success

(WM = World Championship, Le = Lightweight, Hw = light welterweight, welterweight We =, up to 60 kg, 64 kg and 69 kg body weight)

  • 2006, 3rd place, Junior World Championship ( Cadets ) in Istanbul, Le, behind Nurdalet Scharmanow, Kazakhstan and Denis Lazarev, Ukraine, together with Albi Sorra, Albania;
  • 2007, 9th place, World Cup in Chicago, Hw, winner Serik Säpijew, Kazakhstan before Gennady Kovalev, Russia, Bradley Saunders, England & Masatsugu Kawachi, Japan;
  • 2008, 3rd place, Characters. Olympic qualification in Port of Spain, Trinidad, Hw, behind Rosniel Iglesias, Cuba & Johnny Sanchez, Venezuela, before Kevin Bizier, Canada;
  • 2008 unpl, OS in Beijing, Hw to point defeat against Boris Georgiev, Bulgaria.;

Countries fighting

  • 2007 Zunyi / China, China against USA, Hw point defeat against Quiong Maimaititusun,
  • 2007 Zunyi / China, USA against Kazakhstan, Hw point winner over Aschirow Darhkan,
  • 2008 Philadelphia, USA against Puerto Rico, Hw, demolition winner 3rd round of Luis Gonzalez

National success

(Final results )

  • 2007 U.S. Championship, Hw point winner over Brad Solomon (17-13 ),
  • 2007 Olympic Trials, Hs, point winner over Danny Garcia ( 26:12 )

Swell

  • Journal box sport from the years 2006 to 2008,
  • Website " www.amateur - boxing.strefa.pl "
  • Website " www.usaboxing.org "
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