Talks have begun to bring Andrew Moloney's world title fight to Australia as the pint-sized champion eyes a move to Jai Opetaia's stable.

The IBF has ordered that the winner of December's clash between Mexico's super flyweight champion Willibaldo Garcia and Japan's two-division king Kenshiro Teraji must fight the Australian before June 25 next year.

Moloney, who shook off ring rust with a win in Fiji on Saturday, expects Teraji to beat the Mexican champion in their Saudi Arabia bout.

The Kingscliff-based boxer, who stopped Indian Pawan Kumar in the fifth round in Suva, thinks Garcia has "sold his belt" by seeking an exemption to delay their bout and fight on the big-money Saudi card.

So a trip to Japan as challenger appears the likely route, but Moloney's manager Tony Tolj is hopeful a

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