With a
Vicente Fernández ring entrance song of "No Me Se Rajar", a tune that reflects the macho culture that prevails in
Mexico, Molina finished his amateur career with a record of 111-12. He won a bronze medal at the 2006 Cadet World Championships at lightweight and a national title at the 2006 Junior Olympic International Invitational. He knocked down
Karl Dargan (a two-time 141-pound U.S. champion and winner of the
2007 Pan American Games) twice at the U.S. championships. He then won against
Jeremy Bryan and
Dan O'Connor, followed by
Brad Solomon in the finals, to win the junior welterweight title. At the World Championships in 2007, he beat
Azerbaijan's Emil Maharramov, the 2005 bronze medalist, 27-10, but lost to
England's 2008 Olympian
Bradley Saunders.
2008 Olympics At the Olympic qualifier, Molina beat
Myke Carvalho and then sealed his qualification with a win over
Canada's
Kevin Bizier. He lost his Olympic debut 1:14 to
Boris Georgiev of
Bulgaria. According to at least one doctor, it was a fight that never should have taken place. ==Professional career==