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Source: The Toronto Star

In the co-feature, Steve Molitor scored his first knockout win in more than a year, dropping Dario Azuaga twice before finishing him in the fifth round

The fight, the Sarnia native’s second since losing his IBF 122-pound belt last November, was meant to keep him busy while the muddled title picture in his weight class clarifies itself.

Azuaga entered the fight with 64 knockouts in 75 wins, but the undersized and overmatched Paraguayan never threatened Molitor.

After a first round in which both men wanted to counter and neither wanted to lead, Molitor (30-1, 12 KOs) increased the pressure in the second, belting Azuaga’s body with right hooks. He scored his first knockdown in the fourth, landing a hard left to Azuaga’s face.

In the fifth, he crumpled Azuaga with a hard hook to the ribs, and after rising from that knockdown Azuaga wilted under another Molitor flurry.

The bout was Molitor’s first since reuniting with trainer Chris Johnson, and his latest step on a journey his promoters hope will lead to a world title shot.

“We’ve got our game back and we’ve got our confidence back,” Molitor said.

“It was definitely a fight for me to show that I’m still at the world-class level.”

Morgan Campbell