Fight Menu
VS
May 19 2018
Saturday

Town Hall, Victoria, Australia

12 round contest @ Bantamweight
16-0-0
TKO 6
RTD 6
33-11-1

Your Scorecard

The tape

28
Age
38
5' 5" / 165 cm
Height
5' 6" / 167 cm
65" / 165 cm
Reach
67.7" / 172 cm
Orthodox (R)
Stance
Orthodox (R)

Tape record

TKOKOUDTKOUD
Form
TDTKOTKOUDUD
16
Wins
33
13
By KO
14
81
KO%
42
0
Loses
11
0
Draws
1
2014
Debut
2000

Tape rankings @ Bantamweight

-
The Ring
-
4
WBA
-
13
WBC
-
5
WBO
-
11
IBF
-

Jason Moloney vs Kohei Kono report


Who won Moloney vs Kono?

Jason Moloney beat Kohei Kono by technical knockout in the 6th round on Saturday 19th May 2018 at Town Hall in Victoria.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Jason Moloney.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 118 pounds (8.4 stone or 53.5 KG).

Moloney vs Kono stats

Back in May 2018, Jason Moloney stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 16 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Kohei Kono made his way to the ring with a record of 33 wins, 11 loses and 1 draw, with 14 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Moloney had a massive power advantage over Kono, boosting at 81% knock out percentage over Kono's 42%.

Jason Moloney was the younger man by 10 years, at 28 years old.

Kono had a height advantage of 1 inch over Moloney. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Both Jason Moloney & Kohei Kono fought out of an orthodox stance.

Moloney was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 29 less fights, and made his debut in 2014, 13 year and 8 months later than Kono, whose first professional fight was in 2000. He had fought 171 less professional rounds, 174 to Kono's 345.

Jason Moloney went into the fight ranked number 4 by the WBA, 13 by the WBC, 5 by the WBO and 11 by the IBF at bantamweight.

Moloney vs Kono form

Kono had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Rex Tso on 7th October 2017 by technical decision in their 7 round contest at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Hong Kong, China.

Previous to that, he had beat Yuranan Dokrathok on 23rd July 2017 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Naoya Inoue on 30th December 2016 by technical knockout in the 6th round in their WBO World Junior Bantamweight championship fight at Ariake Colosseum, Auckland.

Before that, he had lost to Luis Concepcion on 31st August 2016 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Flyweight championship fight at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo.

He had won against Tanawat Phonnaku on 27th April 2016 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Flyweight championship fight at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo.

Activity check

Moloney's last 4 fights had come over a period of 11 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.8 rounds on average.

Kono's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 42 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.4 rounds on average.

What time did Moloney vs Kono start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM UTC at Town Hall, Victoria, Australia, which was 5:00 PM EST or 2:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:00 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Moloney vs Kono?

Jason Moloney was a 11/50 (-450) favourite going into the contest, while Kohei Kono made his way into the ring at 3/1 (+300) with oddsmakers.

Jason Moloney vs Kohei Kono news

Moloney vs Kono Full Fight Video

Sorry, we couldn't find any replay videos for Moloney vs Kono yet. Please check back later.
Fighter photo
Fighter photo
Back to fight

Result

Jason

Moloney

Kohei

Kono

0

total score

0

Round 1

Moloney
draw
Kono
Fight Finished Early

Fight ended in round

Winner announced as

back
edit
Go To My Scorecards

my scorecard

Jason Moloney

Kohei Kono

108

total

120

-

round 1

-

-

round 2

-

-

round 3

-

-

round 4

-

-

round 5

-

-

round 6

-

-

round 7

-

-

round 8

-

-

round 9

-

-

round 10

-

-

round 11

-

-

round 12

-

Discuss

Give us your thoughts on Moloney vs Kono

Join Box.Live, it’s free!

Sign up