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RAMA, Canada (AFP) – Canada’s Steve Molitor will attempt to reclaim the International Boxing Federation super bantamweight title on Saturday against revenge-minded Takalani Ndlovu of South Africa.

Molitor, 31-1 with 12 knockouts, stopped Ndlovu in the ninth round in 2007 in the first defence of the IBF crown he had taken from Britain’s Michael Hunter in 2006.

Molitor, fighting a week ahead of his 30th birthday, defended his crown five times before being stopped in the fourth round of a 2008 unification fight with Panama’s Celestino Caballero.

“I had the big fights, the big paydays, and I lost all that,” said Molitor, ahead of the fight at this northen Ontario venue. “I’m hungrier than ever to get that back.”

The Canadian has won three times since then to put himself in position to reclaim the crown vacated by Caballero, but to do so must beat Ndlovu, 30-5 with 18 knockouts.

“He should be less concerned about what I did against Caballero and worry about how I beat him around the ring in our first fight,” Molitor said.

“I’m healthier and stronger than ever heading into a fight. And given the fact that I’ve already smacked him around the ring once, I know what to expect out of him. Come Saturday night I’m going to reclaim my title.”

Ndlovu will try to avenge the defeat in his first world title fight and claim his first major world title.

Molitor took less money to have the fight staged in his homeland but Ndlovu is not concerned about how judges in Canada might see him compared to those in South Africa.

“I’m not fighting the judges,” he said. “I’m fighting Steve Molitor.”

The Boxing Examiner has all the highlights of Thursday’s Rumble at Rama XI press conference.