Hunter to fight for IBF title

glahn · Post by **glahn** » 20 Sep 2006, 14:03

Anyone know who this is going to be against? I assume it's going to be Molitor, since his fight with Vabaze was called off (and Vabaza possibly won't fight again), but the dangerous and underrated Ricardo Cordoba is above Molitor in the IBF rankings.

Just wondering if anyone knows for sure, like.

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 20 Sep 2006, 15:21

Yes against Molitor. Dont fancy his chances much.

Cannibal · Post by **Cannibal** » 20 Sep 2006, 18:14

At least he has a rebound fight against the winner of Dunne/Pickering if he loses.

Achybreaky · Post by **Achybreaky** » 21 Sep 2006, 07:14

is dunne vs pickering confirmed yet?

Macanuff · Post by **Macanuff** » 21 Sep 2006, 08:38

Yes the purse bid is october 11th and fight should resume within 60 days from that!!!
Lets hope its a good one

achybreaky wrote:is dunne vs pickering confirmed yet?

jomothepure · Post by **jomothepure** » 27 Sep 2006, 05:40

From fightnews:

Molitor-Hunter for IBF title!
On November 10 at the Borough Hall in Hartlepool, England, Toronto-based Steve “The Canadian Kid” Molitor will step into the ring to face the undefeated Michael Hunter for the IBF Junior Featherweight Championship of the World. After a succession of disappointments, culminating with a failed medical in South Africa by Gabula Vabaza, Molitor is refocused and hard into training for his long awaited opportunity.

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 27 Sep 2006, 06:08

Good to see a fight for one of the major titles over here again, Hunter has won the Lonsdale belt outright, won the euro title and defended it a couple of times , so this is the next step up.

Molitor will start favourite for this one, I don't think fighting in Hunters home town will faze him much, as he's proved he can do it when beating Booth over here a couple of years ago. The only thing that Molitor doesn't have is a knockout punch, so its a good chance for Hunter to gatecrash the world scene, even losing this fight but putting up a good challenge won't do Hunter any harm.

Max Molyneux · Post by **Max Molyneux** » 27 Sep 2006, 06:51

I read in Boxing News that Matchroom were trying to pay some people who were running a jumble sale to step aside so they could have the fight at some Hartlepool place.

Don't know if it was that hall mentioned though.