Amateur Career
Molina represented Puerto Rico as a Bantamweight at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. His results were:
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Jarmo Eskelinen (Finland) 5-0
- Lost to Pedro Nolasco (Dominican Republic) 2-3
Molina won the amateur world boxing championships in 1985, by knocking out Kelcie Banks in the finals. Upon returning to Puerto Rico, the 20-year-old youngster announced to Rafael Bracero on TV he would be ready to fight professional world Featherweight champion Victor Luvi Callejas within a year. That wasn't to happen, however.
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