John Molina may not be a household name in the sport of boxing, but those watching closely won't forget his April fight with Lucas Matthysse. Molina lost by TKO in the 11th round of that brawl, but it is a sure contender for 2014 Fight of the Year, and he was able to knock the heavily favored Matthysse down twice.
He has been linked in the past to a fight with Adrien "The Problem" Broner, but it never materialized for the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana undercard; instead Broner handled Carlos Molina and made waves with a post-fight press conference in which he referred to himself as the "Can Man," since "anyone can get it."
Molina isn't impressed, judging by recent comments he made about Broner, who is without an opponent for a scheduled September 6 fight date. "I believe, and again this is face value, I believe that he's trying to avoid punchers," Molina said of Broner.
"I believe the fight can happen in due time. The 'Can Man' set himself up because he calls himself the 'Can Man.' He's not the 'Can Man' he's more the 'Tin Man.' You build yourself up to be a certain person that you're not and you shouldn't do that."
Molina's known to be an entertaining fighter-on July 19, 2013 he was involved in a shocking scrap with Mickey Bey that he appeared to be losing handily before pulling out a TKO in Round 10. His style is crowd pleasing, and now he believes his relationship with Al Haymon will get him the correct exposure.
"That's why I'm with Al Haymon who knows how to handle the whole business," Molina said to Boxingscene.com. "I'm happy with whatever he says. I'm looking at any of those big fights at 140. I think the fans would love a rematch with Matthysse, and I think fans would love a fight with Adrien Broner as well.
"There are a lot of question marks above Adrien Broner that need to be answered, and I think that I'm going to give him those questions."
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