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Molina says Joshua will be dancing if he makes a mistake

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By Scott Gilfoid: American Eric Molina (25-3, 19 KOs) says he’ll be ready to take full advantage of any mistakes IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (17-0, 17 KOs) makes this Saturday night. Molina, 6’4”, says Joshua will be in trouble if he messes up inside the ring. Joshua tends to leave himself open quite a bit when he’s attacking his opponents unfortunately.

All it takes is one mistake by Joshua and he could be out on his feet from one of Molina’s hard power shots. Molina realizes what’s at stake in this fight. If he can score a knockout over Joshua, he’ll make a bundle of cash in the rematch.

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Anthony Joshua wants to retire in 5 years

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By Scott Gilfoid: IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua figures he’s got maybe five more years left in his boxing career before he hangs up his gloves and retires from the sport. That’s if everything goes as planned with his career. Joshua needs to keep his eye on the task at hand for this Saturday, because he’s facing a real big puncher in Eric Molina (25-3, 19 KOs) at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.

It wouldn’t be surprising at all of Joshua gets knocked out in that fight, because Molina is going to be fighting above his head knowing that if he beats AJ, he’ll get a huge money rematch. Molina will be set for life if he beats Joshua. The cash that Molina will get for the rematch will be out of this world good.

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Eric Molina: I need a KO to beat Joshua

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By Scott Gilfoid: #8 IBF contender Eric Molina (25-3, 19 KOs) realizes that his only chance of beating IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (17-0, 17 KOs) this Saturday night is if he knocks him when the two fighters face each other at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, UK. Molina, 6’4”, will be the visiting fighter walking into the lion’s den in this fight. That means there will be very few Molina fans when he gets inside the ring with the 27-year-old Joshua.

There will be a lot of cheering when Joshua lands his shots and likely next to no applause for Molina when he does anything good in the fight. You can argue that judges tend to pick up their cues in who to score the fight for based on the cheering of the crowd, Joshua would seem to be in a very good position to win this fight on Saturday night if it goes to the scorecards, which is why Molina doesn’t plan on letting the fight go the distance.

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Joshua needs win over Molina to get Klitschko

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By Scott Gilfoid: IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (17-0, 17 KOs) one last obstacle in front of him in Eric Molina (25-3, 19 KOs) before he faces 40-year-old Wladimir Klitschko on April 29, 2017. According to ESPN, the Joshua-Klitschko fight is a done deal. The Joshua-Klitschko fight will take place at the 80,000 seat Wembley Stadium in London, UK.

It would be funny as heck if Joshua loses to Molina. He’s supposed to be just an opponent for this fight, but you know how that goes. Molina is the B-side in the equation on Saturday. In other words, Molina is not supposed to win. There’s too much at stake. Molina isn’t going to let it to go the cards.

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Haye to be ringside for Joshua vs. Molina

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By Scott Gilfoid: David Haye will be at ringside this Saturday night to scout out IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (17-0, 17 KOs) in his title defense against American KO artist Eric Molina (25-3, 19 KOs) at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, UK. Haye is hoping to get a fight against Joshua in the near future, and he wants to pick up some of his vulnerabilities before he faces him.

I hate to say it, but Haye doesn’t need to see Joshua live at ringside to see all the weak spots in his armor. The flaws are there to be seen just by looking at some of the video of Joshua’s recent fights. He’s pretty much the same fighter that won a controversial gold medal in the 2012 Olympics.

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Eric Molina: I know I can hurt Anthony Joshua

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By Scott Gilfoid: Eric Molina (25-3, 19 KOs) will be challenging IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (17-0, 17 KOs) for his title this Saturday night on Sky Box Office pay-per-view in what will be a packed house of Joshua supporters at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. The Joshua and Molina fight will be televised on Showtime Championship Boxing in the States starting at 5:30 p.m. ET.

Molina, 34, is going to be out there pretty much by his lonesome with his training team and a tiny number of fans rooting for him on Saturday night. Molina doesn’t care, because he knows he can hurt the 6’6” Joshua if he hits him right.

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Joshua says Molina won’t hit him on Saturday

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By Scott Gilfoid: IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (17-0, 17 KOs) says he’s going to go 12 rounds and not let his opponent #8 IBF Eric Molina (25-3, 19 KOs) hit him this Saturday night on December 10 when the two of them face each other at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.

Joshua, 27, wants to out-box the 34-year-old Molina and show a comparison between how beats him and how WBC champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber defeated him in their fight in 2015. Wilder stopped Molina in the 9th round last year in June. That was a fight in which Wilder was coming off of a fractured right hand injury from his previous fight against Bermane Stiverne.

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Chris Eubank Jr. wants to fight on Joshua-Molina card

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By Scott Gilfoid: Middleweight contender Chris Eubank Jr. wants to be added to the December 10 card headlined by IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua vs. Erick Molina at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. The card will be televised by Sky Box Office pay-per-view. The 27-year-old Eubank Jr. (23-1, 18 KOs), who has been out with an injury since his 4th round knockout win over domestic level fighter Tom Doran last January, took to Twitter last Saturday to let the boxing fans know that he wants to be added to the Joshua-Molina card. Eubank Jr’s promoter Eddie Hearn says he’s going to meet with Eubank Jr. to discuss whether it’s possible for him to fight on the card.

Hearn asked Joshua if it’s possible for Eubank Jr. to fight on the card. Hearn figures that Eubank Jr. might want a lot of money to fight on the card, and he thinks he would want another soft opponent.

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Joshua explains why he selected Molina over Price

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By Scott Gilfoid: Heavyweight David Price was hoping to get a title shot against IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua for his next fight in December. Instead, Joshua surprised many boxing fans by opting to fight 34-year-old Eric Molina (25-3, 19 KOs) instead on December 10 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. Not long before Joshua made his decision to fight Molina next, news surfaced about an old sparring incident between Price and Joshua involving a knockdown of Joshua.

It was thought that Price only revealed the incident in an attempt to get a fight against Joshua. Joshua still chose to fight Molina #8 IBF next rather than Price (21-3, 18 KOs). A fight between Joshua and Price would have likely been the bigger fight due to Price being a more recognizable name in the UK than Molina, who is mostly known for his knockout losses to World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder last year and Chris Arreola in 2012.

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Joshua was thinking of fighting Whyte on December 10

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By Scott Gilfoid: Before IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua decided on fighting #8 IBF Eric Molina in his fight on December 10, he had been kicking around the idea of facing Dillian Whyte in a rematch. Joshua stopped Whyte in the 7th round last December in their competitive fight at the O2 Arena in London, England.

Whyte had Joshua out on his feet in the 2nd round after clipping him with a left hook to the head. If not for Whyte suffering a shoulder injury in the same round, he likely would have knocked Joshua out.

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