Molina: The Underdog No More

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Junior middleweight "King" Carlos Molina will be playing a different role than the one he's become accustomed to lately when he meets fellow spoiler Allen Conyers in the April 29 main-event broadcast of ESPN2's Friday Night Fights from the deck of the Boulevard Pool at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

 

Coming off the biggest fight of his career, a majority draw against red-hot Cuban prospect Erislandy Lara that most observers felt he had won, Molina will be entering the ring as the favorite.

 

He's not used to that.

 

"I'm usually the underdog," laughs the 27-year-old Chicagoan via Mexico. "But it doesn't affect me at all. When you're the favorite, you go do what you're supposed to do and not worry about anybody else."

 

Back in 2009, Molina (17-4-2, 5 KOs) had put together an excellent nine-fight string of victories over fighters he was not expected to beat including Alexis Camacho (then 17-1); current WBO #9-rated Ed Paredes (then 21-2); and Danny Perez (then 34-5) for the WBO NABO Light Middleweight title. The Perez victory even put Molina in the top 15 of their world ratings. Unfortunately after that fight, Molina spent nearly two years inactive because of a contract dispute with his former promoter, Don King.

 

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