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Moloney brothers post impressive victories, Akkawy outclasses De Giovanni, Trigg claims national crown

By Anthony Cocks

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Australian super flyweight Andrew "The Monster" Moloney 16-0 (10) took a big leap forward in his career with a hard-fought 12 round points decision win over world ranked Filipino Rene "Commander" Dacquel 20-7-1 (6) at the St Kilda Town Hall on Saturday night. Scores were 117-111, 118-111 and 119-109.

 

Moloney, who was defending his WBA Oceania bantamweight title at the seventh instalment of Hosking Promotions’ Punches at the Park series, picked up Dacquel’s OPBF belt with the victory.

 

"Thank-you very much Rene Dacquel for giving me such a tough fight," said Moloney after the win. "That’s exactly what we need to get us ready for what’s to come in the future."

 

The 27-year-old from Kingscliff on the northern New South Wales coast utilised a piston-like jab to control the fight, while his body attack was sustained and ferocious.

 

Dacquel had his moments landing some wild right uppercuts in the first, seventh and eleventh rounds, but overall his success was few and far between.

 

Moloney was able to force the action on the inside in the fifth round where his body shots, short hooks and compact uppercuts made the difference.

 

In the sixth he bullied Dacquel along the ropes where he continued to rough him up on the inside and by the seventh the visitor’s resolve seemed to be waning.

 

There wasn’t much for the Filipino to write home about in the eighth and ninth rounds either. Dacquel was throwing single shots, favouring the right uppercut, while Moloney controlled him with the jab and punished his ribs with left hooks.


Dacquel had his last roll of the dice in the 11th when he opened with a big right uppercut but failed to follow up with anything of significance.

 

With all the hard work already done, Moloney boxed confidently to protect his lead in the 12th

round.

 

It was a clinical performance from Moloney, who had only been extended the 10 round distance once before in his career back in his sixth professional bout. The tough and durable Dacquel maintains his record of never having been stopped.

 

Moloney, the WBA #6 and IBF #9 at super flyweight, can expect a boost in the rankings after his win over Dacquel who is ranked IBF #5 and WBC #10 at the same weight.

 

On the same card Andrew’s world-ranked twin brother Jason "The Smooth One" Moloney 16-0 (13) took another step towards a world title shot with a comprehensive victory over former world title challenger Immanuel “The Prince” Naidjala 23-5-1 (13) of Namibia, stopping him in the third round of a scheduled 10 round bantamweight bout.

 

It was an important fight for Moloney who was not only defending his WBA Oceania title but also contesting the vacant Commonwealth crown.

 

Moloney started fast, looking to establish his jab against the much taller African. Both landed some tentative shots as they looked to establish their range, Moloney with hooks while Naidjala looked to loop his right cross around the Australian’s tight guard.

 

Halfway through the second round Moloney caught Naidjala on the ropes and force-fed him a steady diet of left hooks to the short ribs. The challenger fired back in retaliation with some body shots of his own but it was Moloney who had all the mustard on his shots.

 

In the third round Moloney trapped Naidjala in his own corner and when the visitor threw out a lazy jab, Moloney followed it home with an overhand right that connected flush on the 33-year-old African’s jaw. Naidjala was stunned and Moloney went in for the kill, unloading a two-fisted assault. Eight punches later, the referee stepped in to save Naidjala from further punishment. It was the first time Naidjala had been stopped in 29 pro bouts.

 

The official time of the stoppage was 1:14 of the third round.

 

"I had the best camp, everything went so smoothly,” said Moloney. “Andrew and I learned so much from Angelo Hyder. I feel like we’re ready for the next level.”

 

With the win Jason and his twin brother Andrew become the first siblings to simultaneously hold Commonwealth championships since Troy and Guy Waters held the junior middleweight and light heavyweight crowns almost 30 years ago.

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Meanwhile in Sydney knockout artist Bilal Akkawy 17-0-1 (14) was able to prove the doubters wrong as he outboxed experienced former world titleholder Giovanni De Carolis 25-9-1 (13) over ten rounds to successfully defend his WBA Oceania super middleweight title at Club Punchbowl on a Neutral Corner promotion.

 

Akkawy, who had previously been the 10 round distance just once against dour survivor Istvan Zeller, was in control throughout the bout running away the winner by scores of 100-89 and 99-90 twice.

 

The 24-year-old from Peakhurst in Sydney’s inner south-west took De Carolis’s best shots without blinking and delivered his own stiff blows in return.

 

The 33-year-old Italian challenger’s plan to clinch in order to mute Akkawy’s power shots cost him in the fourth round when the referee docked him a point for excessive holding.

 

It was a very mature and poised performance from 24-year-old Akkawy who boxed a composed fight considering he doesn’t have any amateur experience to draw from.

 

De Carolis won the WBA super middleweight title by TKO 11 from Vincent Feigenbutz in 2016 and successfully defended the strap with a majority draw against Tyron Zeuge in his following fight. He dropped the title in his rematch with Zeuge four months later when he went down by KO 12 in what was a closely contested bout.

 

The undefeated Akkawy can expect a boost in the rankings with his dominant win over De Carolis.


In Brisbane bantamweight Robert Trigg 3-1-1 (1) successfully defended his Australian 118-pound title with a fourth round TKO of Jarrett Owen 6-6-3 (3) at Fortitude Stadium on a Eureka Promotions card.

 

The 24-year-old Trigg from Mt Gambier in South Australia claimed the national crown with a 10 round decision over the experienced and skilful Mark Quon at the Melbourne Pavilion in August 2016. A subsequent challenge for the Australian super bantamweight title against heavy-handed former Olympian Luke Boyd 4-0 (4) last October resulted in a sixth round loss.

 

Owen was coming off a third round victory over Indonesian journeyman Rasmanudin in September. The 32-year-old from Brisbane appeared on the Battle of Brisbane card last July when he was stopped in three by highly-touted Irish prospect Michael Conlan at featherweight.

 

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