The June 7 edition of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights presented by Corona Extra will feature former Lightweight world- title challenger “The Gladiator” John Molina Jr. (25-2, 20 KOs) and undefeated Lightweight Andrey Klimov (15-0, 8 KOs) in the 10-round main event. Check out the full run down of the main event and the co-feature below.
Main Event:
California’s Molina, who is trained by former Jr. Lightweight titlist Robert Garcia, is coming off a January fourth-round knockout win over Dannie Williams.
“We took care of Dannie Williams now we’ve got to take care of Klimov,” Molina said. “I’ve done my studying of him. He’s a tough cat, undefeated. We’re going to have to take it from him, and we’re training for such. Klimov has a very European style, herky-jerky. But I’ve watched him on several occasions and the one punch he throws very well – he sneaks that right uppercut underneath you where you don’t see it. I’ve got to watch that, because I’ve been caught by that punch before. But now that I’ve got it in my head that he’ll be throwing that punch, I’ll be watching out for it.”
Russia’s Klimov scored a March seventh-round technical decision win over Matias Gomez in his last fight.
Klimov said through an interpreter, “I’m a technical boxer. Molina is a fighter with a lot of professional experience, with very hard punching power, but I’m probably the best guy he’s ever fought.”
Co-Feature:
Friday’s 10-round co-feature will pit Super Middleweights Farah “Quiet Storm” Ennis (20-1, 12 KOs) of Philadelphia against North Carolina’s Tony “The Tyger” Hanshaw (23-2-2, 14 KOs). Ennis scored a 10-round unanimous win over Richard Pierson in his last fight, while Hanshaw will look to get back to his winning ways following a 10-round draw against Derek Edwards.
