| Steve Molitor | |
| Nickname: | The Canadian Kid |
| Weight: | |
| Height: | 5 ft 7 in |
| Birth Date: | April 4, 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Sarnia, Ontario, Canada |
| Style: | Southpaw |
| Total: | 37 |
| Wins: | 34 |
| Ko: | 12 |
| Losses: | 3 |
Steve Molitor (born April 4, 1980) is a Canadian former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2012 and held the IBF super-bantamweight title twice between 2006 and 2011.
Born in Sarnia, Ontario, Molitor began boxing at the age of nine, following in the footsteps of his brother, former commonwealth champion Jeremy Molitor. He won five national titles at 112 pounds. He participated in the Olympic trials but lost a decision to Mike Messel. His final amateur record was 93 wins and eleven losses.[1]
Molitor became a professional boxer on May 18, 2000, with an eight-round decision over Julio Luna. In 2002 he scored his most notable win to date when he beat former Olympian Scotty Olson for the Canadian super bantamweight title. Later that year he beat Englishman Nicky Booth for the Commonwealth bantamweight championship. On April 21, 2004, Molitor defeated Hugo Dianzo for the vacated NABA North American title, by a unanimous decision.
On November 10, 2006, he knocked out Michael Hunter in the fifth round for the vacant IBF super bantamweight championship title. On July 14, 2007, Molitor dismantled South Africa's Takalani Ndlovu in his first title defense, by scoring a 9th round TKO at Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario.[2] He also defeated Thailand's Fahsan 3K Battery by unanimous decision on October 27 in his second defense, also at Casino Rama. On January 19, 2008 Molitor defended his title against Ricardo Castillo, with a unanimous decision victory.
On April 5, 2008, Molitor again defended his title defeating Fernando Beltran in a twelve round unanimous decision, running his record to 27–0. The fight took place at Casino Rama.
In the early summer of 2008, Molitor parted ways with his trainer Chris Johnson and replaced him by Stéphan Larouche.[3] On August 29 Molitor defended his title against the then unbeaten Ceferino Labarda. He won the match by TKO. The fight took place at Casino Rama.
On November 21, 2008, Molitor lost in his attempt to unify his IBF super bantamweight title with the WBA title against Celestino Caballero of Panama, the current defending WBA champion. Caballero won the fight in the fourth round by TKO at the Casino Rama, Ontario.[4]
Molitor next fought Heriberto Ruiz on June 26, 2009, again at Casino Rama. Molitor won the fight on a split decision.
Molitor reunited with Chris Johnson before his 5th round knockout win against Feliciano Ledezma on September 4, 2009 at Casino Rama.
On November 21, 2009, Molitor beat Jose Saez in 8 rounds via a unanimous decision.
On March 27, 2010, Molitor regained the IBF Junior Featherweight championship, again defeating Takalani Ndlovu in 12 rounds by unanimous decision.
On March 26, 2011, in his third bout against Ndlovu, Molitor lost his title via unanimous decision. The judges' scores were 118-110, 116-112, and 118-110.
On September 22, 2012, Molitor challenged for the IBF Inter-Continental Super-Bantamweight title in Belfast against Carl Frampton in front of Frampton's home town crowd in the city's Odyssey Arena. Frampton scored an impressive sixth-round TKO and had Molitor on the canvas three times during the one-sided bout.[5]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | Loss | 34–3 | Carl Frampton | TKO | 6 (12), | 22 Sep 2012 | |||
| 36 | Win | 34–2 | Sebastien Gauthier | SD | 10 | 5 Nov 2011 | |||
| 35 | Loss | 33–2 | Takalani Ndlovu | UD | 12 | 26 Mar 2011 | |||
| 34 | Win | 33–1 | Jason Booth | 12 | 11 Sep 2010 | ||||
| 33 | Win | 32–1 | Takalani Ndlovu | UD | 12 | 27 Mar 2010 | |||
| 32 | Win | 31–1 | Jose Saez | UD | 8 | 21 Nov 2009 | |||
| 31 | Win | 30–1 | Feliciano Dario Azuaga | KO | 5 (8), | 4 Sep 2009 | |||
| 30 | Win | 29–1 | Heriberto Ruiz | 12 | 26 Jun 2009 | ||||
| 29 | Loss | 28–1 | Celestino Caballero | TKO | 4 (12), | 21 Nov 2008 | |||
| 28 | Win | 28–0 | Ceferino Labarda | TKO | 10 (12), | 29 Aug 2008 | |||
| 27 | Win | 27–0 | Fernando Beltrán Jr. | UD | 12 | 5 Apr 2008 | |||
| 26 | Win | 26–0 | Ricardo Castillo | UD | 12 | 19 Jan 2008 | |||
| 25 | Win | 25–0 | Fahsan 3K Battery | UD | 12 | 27 Oct 2007 | |||
| 24 | Win | 24–0 | Takalani Ndlovu | TKO | 9 (12), | 14 Jul 2007 | |||
| 23 | Win | 23–0 | Michael Hunter | KO | 5 (12), | 10 Nov 2006 | |||
| 22 | Win | 22–0 | Jorge Antonio Paredes | TKO | 3 (8), | 21 Oct 2005 | |||
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Debendra Thapa | TKO | 8 (10), | 19 Aug 2005 | |||
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Henry Arjona | UD | 8 | 18 Feb 2005 | |||
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Pedro Javier Torres | UD | 10 | 25 Jun 2004 | |||
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Hugo Dianzo | UD | 12 | 21 Apr 2004 | |||
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | John Mackay | PTS | 8 | 16 Jan 2004 | |||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Fausto del Rosario | TKO | 10 (12), | 17 Sep 2003 | |||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Julio Coronel | UD | 10 | 25 Apr 2003 | |||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Vicente Luis Burgo | TKO | 4 (10), | 7 Mar 2003 | |||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Nicky Booth | 12 | 21 Sep 2002 | ||||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Jose de Jesus Lopez | UD | 10 | 21 Jun 2002 | |||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Teofilo Manzueta | 3 (12), | 10 Apr 2002 | ||||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Scotty Olson | TKO | 5 (12) | 15 Feb 2002 | |||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Silvio Luzon | UD | 12 | 4 Apr 2001 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Shane Langford | UD | 4 | 19 Jan 2001 | |||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Steve Trumble | UD | 6 | 15 Dec 2000 | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Jason Adams | UD | 4 | 3 Nov 2000 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Shane Langford | UD | 6 | 28 Sep 2000 | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Joel Lopez | UD | 4 | 8 Sep 2000 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Thierry Naulleau | TKO | 2 (4), | 16 Aug 2000 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Mark McQueen | 3 (4), | 29 Jul 2000 | ||||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Julio Luna | 8 | 18 May 2000 |