Heavyweight Eric Molina (25-3, 19 knockouts) shocked a portion of the world, though not himself, when he stopped Tomasz Adamek April 2 in Poland.

The Texan, who doubles as a special education teacher in his neck of the woods, snagged a WBC regional belt in the process.

We wondered what he’s contemplating for his desired next.

“I’m not interested in an international title. We are looking at facing (newly-crowned IBF titlist) Anthony Joshua or the Deontay Wilder/Alexander Povetkin winner (for Wilder’s WBC belt). Or possibly Lucas Browne.”

His promoter, Don King – yep, he’s still in the mix, a couple years after Bernard Hopkins thought he defenestrated him – is on the hunt, Molina told us.

For those of you not in the know, “defenestrated” basically means “to remove from authority.” Woodsy brings it; doesn’t he?

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