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Murray Wenzel

UNCOVERED: Moloney carries aussie title load into tokyo defence - The Untold Story

Bantamweight Jason Moloney is Australia's only current world boxing champion. (Jason O'BRIEN/AAP PHOTOS)

Two decades of toil will reverberate in Jason Moloney's head when he puts his WBO bantamweight belt - and Australian boxing pride - on the line in a $30 million Tokyo tussle.

Tim Tszyu's controversial loss to Sebastian Fundora in Las Vegas and Jai Opetaia's decision to relinquish his IBF cruiserweight status to remain active has left the pint-sized Moloney as Australia's sole boxing world champion.

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