Editing John John Molina (section)

===Latter career===
After that, Molina engaged in a series of fights against mostly lower-level opposition for the next two years, and he grew frustrated over the fact that his opposition level was being downgraded by promoters after the fight with de la Hoya. He won his next nine bouts, but the only two opponents that can probably be called respectable names in his list of opponents during that span were Jaime "Rocky" Balboa, beaten by decision in ten, and Isaac Cruz, beaten by a disqualification in four.

On May 9, 1998, Molina was given a second chance at a world lightweight championship, when he met IBF champion [[Shane Mosley|Sugar Shane Mosley]], in Molina's second [[Home Box Office|HBO]] fight. Mosley retained the title by a knockout in the eighth round, and Molina went back to the super featherweight division.

His next fight was also for the world title, but he had to wait nine months for that fight. In February 1999, he faced IBF super featherweight champion [[Robert Garcia (American boxer)|Robert Garcia]], dropping the champion in their [[pay per view]] event but losing a 12-round decision in what turned out to be his last world title fight.

Molina wasn't done with boxing, and he went on to win seven more fights in a row, including two decision wins, one of which was televised by the [[USA Network]] over [[Emanuel Burton]], and another one over future [[Kostya Tszyu]] world title challenger [[Ben Tackie]], which was on the undercard of the [[Lennox Lewis vs. David Tua]] fight's pay per view program.

His last fight was a T.K.O. loss to Mexican [[Juan Lazcano]], Molina retired from boxing after the fight.