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Boxing: Vincent Astrolabio bows to Moloney in WBO title bout

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Agence France-Presse

LOS ANGELES -- Australia&#x27;s Jason Moloney won his first world title on Saturday, taking a majority decision over Vincent Astrolabio of the Philippines for the vacant World Boxing Organization bantamweight crown.The 32-year-old from Melbourne won on judges&#x27; scores of 115-113 and 116-112 with the third judge scoring a 114-114 draw in the showdown at Stockton, California.Moloney improved to 26-2, suffering his only losses in his two prior world title bouts, falling to Puerto Rico&#x27;s Emmanuel Rodriguez in 2018 and Japan&#x27;s Naoya Inoue in 2020.Astrolabio, 26, fell to 18-4.Also on the card later is WBO middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly of Kazakhstan defending his crown for the first time against Canada&#x27;s Steven Butler.Unbeaten southpaw Alimkhanuly, 13-0 with eight knockouts, turned 30 last month. He was a 2013 world amateur middleweight champion and 2014 Asian Games middleweight champion.Butler is 32-3 with one drawn and 26 knockouts.<div>© Agence France-Presse</div>

Australia's Jason Moloney took a majority decision over Vincent Astrolabio of the Philippines for the vacant WBO bantamweight crown.