Moloney's Comeback: Bantamweight Showdown in Brisbane

0:00It's April 22nd. This is Sydney News Today, local news powered by AI. Jason Maloney is gunning for a big comeback in the Bantamweight Division, facing Andre Donovan for the IBF Intercontinental title this Thursday night. At Brisbane's Fortitude Musical, the 34-year-old Aussie has a solid record of 28 wins and four losses, including 20 knockouts, and he's dead serious about not. Dropping this one, if he wants another crack at a world title, Maloney held the WBO Bantam weight belt last year before back-to-back losses in Japan knocked him down a peg. He's bounced back with a fourth-round knockout over hurling Gomez on the goal coast, and now under Tasman fighters, he's headlining for the first time. In years, feeling grateful to be back on the billboards. Donovan, a 29-year-old American with 12 wins and two losses, aid by knockout, is stepping overseas for the first time while juggling. Fights with a job at an aluminum foundry in Ohio. He respects Maloney's career, but sees this as his ticket to the big leagues, promising

1:03fireworks from the smallest guys on the card. In the co-main, light heavyweight Connor Wallace takes on Walter Gabriel Secura after 10 months out, missing a shot at Michael Eifer who went elsewhere. The Ireland-born Queenslander, 16 wins in one loss with 11 knockouts, is number two in the IBF rankings down under and ready to make a statement against the tough Argentine. Your motor, Mick Francis calls Maloney one of Australia's best ever, and sees world title paths for both fighters over the next 18 months. These bouts are stepping stones in tough divisions, keeping the pressure on as they chase glory back home.