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Murray Wenzel

Moloney's final flurry not enough, loses title in Tokyo

Jason Moloney has relinquished his WBO bantamweight world boxing title in Japan. (HANDOUT/NAOKI FUKUDA)

Jason Moloney's desperate attempts for a final-second knockout have fallen short, the Australian losing his WBO bantamweight world boxing title to Japanese upstart Yoshiki Takei in Tokyo.

Australia is now without a current male world boxing champion after the 33-year-old's unanimous points loss - his first in four years - to a man in just his ninth professional boxing fight.

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