Carlos Molina vs. Abraham Juarez - July 25, 2020

[Ruthless-RKO]

Press Release

King Carlos Promotions is coming back with another electrifying boxing event July 25th in his home state of Michoacan, Mexico, The 5 fight card closed-door event will stream live on FITE TV (8 p.m. ET/ 4 p.m. PT).

After successfully promoting the first live boxing event in Mexico pre covid era and second in the world. Promoter Carlos Molina says he plans to stay busy promoting even if it has to be closed door events for the rest of the year.

“The boxing community has taken a big hit during this difficult time not being able to fight and that’s more of a reason for me to promote as many shows as I can” said Molina. “I want to make competitive fights to make it an exciting night of live boxing for all the fans watching. I’m ready to conquer the middleweight division. I feel very strong at this weight and ready to prove myself once again, this time against all the top middleweights.”

Molina (32-11-2, 11 knockouts), a former IBF junior middleweight titleholder, now campaigning in the middleweight division is coming off of three consecutive wins all by way of KO and under his own promotional banner King Carlos Promotions. He last fought on June 6th on the first live boxing event in Mexico pre covid era and won against Michie Muñoz (27-11-1, 18 KOs) via 6 round RTD.

During his career that began in October 2003, Molina has defeated Kermit Cintron, Ishe Smith, Cory Spinks, and Ed Paredes. He is best known for his highly-controversial draws against Erislandy Lara and Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., both of which many media thought he did enough to win, and his disqualification loss to James Kirkland in a fight he was winning up until the point of the stoppage.

Molina will face Abraham “Pitbull” Juarez (16-5, 6 KOs) from Mexico City, who is coming off of a loss to Abass Baraou via RTD 4, Molina fought Abass Baraou February 16, 2019 for the WBC International title where Molina lost a controversial decision in Germany.

The co-main bout will be an explosive 10 round fight in the welterweight division for the FECOMBOX title between Alejandro “Pajaro” Davila (20-1-2, 8 KOs) of Mexico City against Jose “Bronco” Rosales (38-25, 20 KOs) from San Luis Potosi, Mexico, in a sure to be action-packed fight as both fighters are excellent at applying pressure and won’t back down.

Rounding out the undercard are young prospects Christopher Ramirez vs Guadalupe Mendez in a 4 round fight; in a superwelter weight fight Mauricio Estrada vs Brandon Perez; also in the light heavyweight division Salvador Zavala vs Luis Acuña in a 4 round bout.

We’re working with the local commission and taking very strict medical precautions far beyond the typical boxing event to ensure the safety of the fighters, their teams and the event production staff. Molina has promised the safety of the fighters, officials, and all those involved will be paramount.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Carlos Molina outpoints Abraham Juarez over 10 rounds in Mexico

Carlos Molina fulfilled two objectives Saturday night: promote a card and defeat his opponent.

Molina outpointed Abraham Juarez over 10 rounds to win by unanimous decision in Morelia, Mexico, although no officials scores were announced.

With the victory, Molina, who resides in nearby Patzcuaro, improves to 33-11-2, 11 knockouts.

The 27-year-old Molina was the sharper and more-effective fighter against the game Juarez. As much as Juarez attempted to initiate combinations, Molina effectively countered him with an array of combinations to the head and body.

Juarez, who resides in Mexico City, drops to 16-6, 5 KOs.

Molina, a former IBF junior middleweight titleholder, is best known for draws against Julio Cesar Chavez in 2005 and Erislandy Lara in 2011, both of whom some at ringside thought Molina did enough to beat

In the co-feature, fringe welterweight contender Alejandro Avila of Mexico City defeated former junior lightweight contender Jose Guadalupe Rosales by unanimous decision.

Scores were 100-90, 100-90 and 99-91 for Avila, who improves to 21-1-2, 8 KOs.

The 32-year-old Davila has won his last two bouts since losing by knockout to Mikael Zewski on November 23 in Quebec City, Canada.

Rosales, who resides in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, drops to 38-26, 20 KOs. He has now lost five of his last six bouts.

In flyweight action, Luis Guadalupe Mendez dropped previously-unbeaten Christopher Ramirez (2-1, 2 KOs) once in the opening round to win by unanimous decision. Mendez improves to 2-4.

Molina promoted the card under his King Carlos Promotions.