The Moloney twins are officially set for their next U.S. adventure.

BoxingScene.com has learned that opponents have been finalized for Australia’s Jason and Andrew Moloney who appear in separate undercard bouts as part of an April 9 ESPN show from The Hangar in Costa Mesa, California. Andrew Moloney will face Gilberto Mendoza (19-11-3, 10KOs) in a scheduled eight-round junior bantamweight bout to open the main telecast on ESPN. Jason Moloney (22-2, 18KOs) will face Tijuana’s Francisco Javier Pedroza (17-10-2, 10KOs) in a scheduled ten-round bout.

Jason Moloney returns to the ring following an unwelcomed eight-month inactive stretch. The former two-time title challenger is coming off a ten-round, unanimous decision win in a strong showing over Joshua Greer Jr. last August 14 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The same ESPN card saw twin brother Andrew fall short in his bid to regain the secondary version of the WBA junior bantamweight title in a twelve-round decision loss to Joshua Franco in their trilogy bout.

Andrew Moloney has since bounced back with a ten-round, unanimous decision win over Froilan Saludar last December 21 in Sydney. The win was his first since the pandemic, having gone 0-2 with one No-Contest in his three-fight set with Franco over a 14-month stretch from June 2020-August 2021.

A win is expected versus Mendoza, a reliable journeyman from Modesto, California who is not to be confused by the WBA president of the same name. In his most recent start last November, Mendoza dropped an eight-round decision to unbeaten blue-chip prospect Joselito Velazquez—an unbeaten prospect who represented Mexico in the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Pedroza has won four straight entering his scheduled ten-round bantamweight bout with Jason Moloney. All four wins came in his Tijuana hometown, including three straight at the Tim Boxeo-approved Big Punch Arena. Pedroza is also better known for going rounds in defeat than for any of his career wins, including a ten-round points loss to unbeaten bantamweight prospect Gary Antonio Russell in July 2019.

Headlining the ESPN telecast, Los Angeles-raised Mikaela Mayer (16-0, 5KOs) fights in her childhood home state for the first time in four years. The reigning IBF/WBO junior lightweight queen defends her crown against former IBF featherweight titlist Jennifer Han (18-4-1, 1KOs) of El Paso, Texas, in Mayer’s first fight since her unforgettable win over Maiva Hamadouche in their unification bout last November, which was recognized as the BoxingScene.com 2021 Female Fight of the Year.

Jake Donovan is a senior writer for BoxingScene.com. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox