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AUSSIE boxer Andrew Moloney didn't need any psyche up from his coaches to get ready for his gold medal fight on Sunday morning.
His teammate Shelley Watts did that for them.
Watts, the slugger from Laurieton in NSW, became Australia's first-ever women's Commonwealth Games boxing champion when she beat India's Laishram Devi in the second fight on the program.
Andrew Moloney cops a stray elbow from Pakistan's Muhammad Waseem. Source: AFP
Moloney's bout against Pakistani Mahammad Waseem was scheduled immediately after the women's medal presentation.
"I was just about to go out and get in the ring and when I heard them playing the National Anthem there was no way I was going to come off second best," he said.
A 23 year-old personal trainer from Mitcham in Victoria, Moloney fought a well-devised and perfectly controlled fight against his more volatile opponent.
While Waseem would have liked to drag Moloney into a street fight, he stayed disciplined and recorded the tightest of wins, all three judges giving him the decision by just one point after the Pakistani took the final round.
Andrew Moloney (R) rocks Muhammad Waseem with a right. Source: Getty Images
With the finals moved to the magnificent 10,000-seat Hydro Arena, Moloney was fighting in front of easily the largest audience of his career but as he had in his previous bout against Scot Reece McFadden in front of a deafening parochial crowd, he cut out all distractions and stayed on task.
"I've been thinking about nothing else but this for four years, "he said. "I've had a picture of Glasgow as background on my phone so I'm surprised how calm I stayed the whole tournament. I put a lot of it down to our coach Kevin Smith because he is so quiet and relaxed in the corner.
"The game plan this time was to use my feet a lot more and try to come at the angles because he's a straight up and down fighter. It didn't work out as well as I would have hoped but I got the win so I can't complain."
Australia's Andrew Moloney (blue-corner) celebrates his win over Pakistan's Muhammad Waseem (L). Source: AFP
Which cannot be said of his opponent Waseem who, in the vernacular of the old-time boxing stadiums, "went off like a two-bob watch", when the judges' decision was announced.
Asked for a comment by the host broadcasting service immediately after leaving the ring, he said, ""F****ing crazy f**k. He cheating. The referee, the judges they're all cheating. Not happy with silver. Lying, f**ing cheating."
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England's Joseph Joyce (red) dominated the gold medal bout against Joe Goodall. Source: AFP
IT was a case of too big, too strong, too experienced, too everything when the two Joes fought out the super-heavyweight final.
England's Joe Joyce gave Australia's Joe Goodall a valuable lesson that will hold him in good stead as he embarks on the difficult task of qualifying for Rio through Asia.
"He was just too big and experienced for me," said Goodall who has been boxing only four years.
"I tried to get a shot on him but I just didn't have anything. No excuses, he was really the first true world class super heavyweight I've ever fought and I'll learn a lot from it."
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