Molitor To Take A Break From Boxing
Posted November 28, 2008 12:00 pm.
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Steve Molitor is taking a break from boxing.
The Sarnia, Ont., native’s two-year reign as IBF super-bantamweight champion ended with a lopsided loss to Celestino Caballero last weekend at Casino Rama in Rama, Ont. Now he needs time off to regroup. Promoter Allan Tremblay said Thursday that Molitor will fight again, but not until next summer.
“He’s fine physically,” said Tremblay. “He didn’t get hit as much as people perceived.
“It’s the psychological side. You’re shocked, surprised, devastated.”
Molitor (28-1) won the title from Michael Hunter in England on Nov. 10, 2006. He defended it five times before trying to add Caballero’s WBA belt to his collection. The lanky Panamanian dominated the bout, stopping the southpaw Molitor with an uppercut 52 seconds into the fourth.
The Mississauga, Ont., resident was the attraction in six cards held over the past two years at Casino Rama in a bid to revive pro boxing in Ontario.
Tremblay said boxing shows will continue, with a chance that fighters may be brought in from outside Canada for feature fights while prospects like welterweight Phil Boudreault (5-0) of Sudbury, Ont., and Polish heavyweight Grzegorz (Greg) Kielsa (8-0) are nursed along.
Photo Credit: Michael Talbot, CityNews.ca
