Daniel Geale

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Daniel Geale
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Geale in 2013
Born (1981-02-26) 26 February 1981 (age 44)
NationalityAustralian
Other namesReal Deal
Statistics
Weight(s)
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Reach180 cm (71 in)
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights36
Wins31
Wins by KO16
Losses5
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Manchester Welterweight
East Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Osaka Welterweight

Daniel Geale (born 26 February 1981) is an Australian former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2016. He held the unified WBA (Super) and IBF middleweight titles between 2011 and 2013, and the IBO middleweight title from 2007 to 2009. As an amateur boxer, Geale won a welterweight gold medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

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Early life

Born in Launceston, Tasmania, Geale is of mixed British and Aboriginal ancestry.

Amateur career

Other than winning the 2002 Commonwealth Games at welterweight, Geale also represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He lost in the first round to Italy's Leonard Bundu. [1] He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. [2]

Amateur highlights

Professional career

Geale turned pro in 2004, knocking out Danny Bellert in the third round. He then went on to build a record of 17 bouts for 17 wins with 12 KO's. On 14 December 2007, Geale fought for the IBO Middleweight Championship of the world against another undefeated Australian, Daniel Dawson, who was 29-0-0 with 20 KO's coming into the fight. Geale outclassed Dawson over 12 rounds to win the IBO Middleweight title with the judges scoring the bout 120-110, 120-110 and 119-109.

In June 2008, Geale defended his IBO Middleweight Championship with another 12 round unanimous decision over Geard Ajetovic. In December 2008, Geale faced Daniel MacKinnon in a non-title bout. Geale was down in the 8th, McKinnon was down in the 4th, 6th & twice in the 8th, Geale won a unanimous decision with judges scoring the bout 100-87, 100-87, 100-88. In March 2009 Geale defeated Ian MacKillop with a first-round knockout but in May of that year he lost his next fight in a controversial split decision to former WBA super middleweight champion Anthony Mundine to lose his IBO middleweight title. Mundine later stated that he hardly studied Geale during his training camp for the fight. Geale however, would rebound from the controversial defeat with 3 wins including an IBF Eliminator setting himself up for a world title shot.

IBF middleweight champion

In May 2011, Geale defeated Sebastian Sylvester in Germany by split decision (scores of 118-110, 118-112, 110-118) to become the new IBF middleweight world champion. In August 2011, he made his first successful title defense against contender Eromosele Albert, winning by unanimous decision. Geale made his second successful IBF title defense by defeating Ghana's Osumanu Adama via unanimous decision (scores of 118-110, 117-111, 115-113) on 7 March 2012.

Unified middleweight champion

On 1 September 2012 Geale defeated long time WBA champion Felix Sturm in Oberhausen, Germany via split decision (scores of 116-112, 116-112, 112-116), thus unifying the WBA title with his already held IBF title . [3]

Geale's reign as unified champion was short-lived, as two months after winning the WBA title, he was stripped of it for choosing to fight Anthony Mundine in a rematch over mandatory challenger Gennady Golovkin. Geale was punished for Sturm's refusal to fight mandatory challengers when he was champion. When Geale won the title, the WBA gave him four-and-a-half months instead of the regular nine to defend against the mandatory - in this case Golovkin. Their reasoning was that their mandatory challengers had been ignored for too long. [4]

Geale vs. Mundine II

On 30 January 2013 Geale beat Anthony Mundine in a unanimous points decision (scores of 116-112, 117-111, 117-111) at the Sydney Entertainment Centre to retain his IBF middleweight world title. Immediately after ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. read out the result, Mundine and his entourage stormed out of the ring and left the arena. [5]

Geale vs. Barker

On 17 August 2013, Geale fought British fighter Darren Barker for Geale's IBF Middleweight world title in Atlantic City. Despite knocking down Barker in the sixth round, Geale lost in a split-decision. [6]

Geale vs. Golovkin

In what was billed as the biggest night of his career and taking place in the legendary Madison Square Garden, Geale lost by TKO in the third round to the Kazakh Gennady Golovkin. [7] Entering the fight as the clear underdog with Golovkin listed by most bookmakers as the 14 to 1 favourite [8] and despite having fought, according to Golovkin "like a champion", Geale was clearly outclassed by Golovkin when during the final exchange Golovkin counterpunched Geale after Geale had connected with a right to the Kazakh's head. [9]

Professional boxing record

36 fights31 wins5 losses
By knockout163
By decision152
No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
36Loss31–5 Renold Quinlan KO2 (12), 1:1414 Oct 2016Silverdome, Launceston, AustraliaFor vacant IBO super-middleweight title
35Loss31–4 Miguel Cotto TKO4 (12), 1:286 Jun 2015 Barclays Center, New York City, New York, USFor WBC and The Ring middleweight titles
34Win31–3 Jarrod Fletcher UD123 Dec 2014Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, AustraliaWon vacant WBO Asia Pacific interim and PABA middleweight titles
33Loss30–3 Gennady Golovkin TKO3 (12), 2:4726 Jul 2014 Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, USFor WBA (Super) and IBO middleweight titles
32Win30–2 Garth Wood RTD6 (12), 3:0019 Feb 2014 Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, AustraliaWon WBA Pan African and vacant IBF Pan Pacific middleweight titles
31Loss29–2 Darren Barker SD1217 Aug 2013 Revel Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USLost IBF middleweight title
30Win29–1 Anthony Mundine UD1230 Jan 2013 Entertainment Centre, Sydney, AustraliaRetained IBF middleweight title
29Win28–1 Felix Sturm SD121 Sep 2012 König Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, GermanyRetained IBF middleweight title;
Won WBA (Super) middleweight title
28Win27–1 Osumanu Adama UD127 Mar 2012Derwent Entertainment Centre, Hobart, AustraliaRetained IBF middleweight title
27Win26–1 Eromosele Albert UD1231 Aug 2011 Derwent Entertainment Centre, Hobart, AustraliaRetained IBF middleweight title
26Win25–1 Sebastian Sylvester SD127 May 2011Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, GermanyWon IBF middleweight title
25Win24–1 Roman Karmazin TKO12 (12), 2:3031 Oct 2010State Sports Centre, Sydney, Australia
24Win23–1Kariz KariukiTKO11 (12), 2:492 Jun 2010 Entertainment Centre, Wollongong, AustraliaWon vacant IBF Pan Pacific super-middleweight title
23Win22–1Samir Santos BarbosaUD1221 Oct 2009 Silverdome, Launceston, AustraliaWon vacant IBF Pan Pacific middleweight title
22Loss21–1 Anthony Mundine SD1227 May 2009 Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, AustraliaLost IBO middleweight title
21Win21–0Ian MacKillopKO1 (10), 1:5811 Mar 2009The Cube, Sydney, Australia
20Win20–0 Daniel McKinnon UD105 Dec 2008The Cube, Sydney, Australia
19Win19–0 Geard Ajetović UD1227 Jun 2008Campbelltown Catholic Club, Sydney, AustraliaRetained IBO middleweight title
18Win18–0 Daniel Dawson UD1214 Dec 2007 Campbelltown Stadium, Sydney, AustraliaWon vacant IBO middleweight title
17Win17–0Lee OtiKO2 (8), 2:0612 Oct 2007 Penrith Stadium, Sydney, Australia
16Win16–0Parkpoom JangphonakUD124 May 2007 Endeavour Field, Sydney, AustraliaWon vacant IBF Pan Pacific and IBO Inter-Continental middleweight titles
15Win15–0Lee OtiUD124 Feb 2007 State Sports Centre, Sydney, AustraliaRetained IBF Pan Pacific and OPBF interim light-middleweight titles
14Win14–0Somchai ChimlumUD615 Dec 2006 Fairy Meadow Fraternity Bowling Club, Wollongong, Australia
13Win13–0Sonni Michael AngeloTKO4 (10), 2:554 Aug 2006Campbelltown Catholic Club, Sydney, Australia
12Win12–0Nonoy GonzalesUD87 Jul 2006 Campbelltown Catholic Club, Sydney, Australia
11Win11–0Timo MasuaKO4 (8), 0:244 Mar 2006 City Hall, Hobart, Australia
10Win10–0Garry ComerTKO2 (10), 1:4027 Nov 2005 Vodafone Arena, Melbourne, Australia
9Win9–0Garry ComerKO8 (12), 1:4822 Oct 2005 Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, AustraliaWon vacant OPBF interim light-middleweight title
8Win8–0Steve DouetTKO2 (12), 1:0116 Sep 2005Blacktown RSL Club, Sydney, AustraliaWon vacant IBF Pan Pacific light-middleweight title
7Win7–0Steve DouetUD61 Jul 2005Panthers World of Entertainment, Sydney, Australia
6Win6–0Domenic DeVannaTKO1 (8), 2:081 Apr 2005Panthers World of Entertainment, Sydney, Australia
5Win5–0Peter RolphKO1 (8), 1:3718 Mar 2005 Mansfield Tavern, Brisbane, Australia
4Win4–0Sean ConnellTKO3 (6), 1:056 Feb 2005Panthers World of Entertainment, Sydney, Australia
3Win3–0Bruce GlozierKO1 (6), 1:1210 Dec 2004Fankhauser Reserve, Gold Coast, Australia
2Win2–0Domenic DeVannaTKO2 (6), 2:2219 Nov 2004 Blacktown RSL Club, Sydney, Australia
1Win1–0Danny BellertKO3 (6), 1:271 Oct 2004 Fankhauser Reserve, Gold Coast, Australia

References

  1. The Compendium: Official Australian Olympic Statistics 1896–2002. Australian Olympic Committee. 2003. p. 181. ISBN   0-7022-3425-7.
  2. AIS at the Olympics Archived 9 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Daniel Geale wins unification title bout with split points decision over Germany's Felix Sturm
  4. Geale Stripped of WBA title, Fox Sports Australia, 2 November 2012
  5. Geale dominates Mundine to win re-match, Ciaran Baynes, ABC News Online, 30 January 2013
  6. "Boxing: Darren Barker becomes IBF world middleweight champion after defeating Daniel Geale by a split decision in Atlantic City". Independent. 18 August 2013.
  7. "Daniel Geale crushed by Gennady Golovkin in Middleweight title". The Guardian. 27 July 2014.
  8. "Golovkin vs Geale odds: I'm at my best when I'm the Underdog". fightsaga. 26 July 2014.
  9. "Gennady Golovkin vs Daniel Geale: Winner, Recap and Analysis". Bleacher Report. 26 July 2014.
Sporting positions
Regional boxing titles
Vacant
Title last held by
Shannan Taylor
IBF Pan Pacific
light-middleweight champion

16 September 2005 – May 2007
Vacated
Vacant
Title next held by
Ryan Waters
Vacant
Title last held by
Seiji Takechi
OPBF light-middleweight champion
Interim title

22 October 2005 – May 2007
Vacated
Vacant
Vacant
Title last held by
Peter Mitrevski Jr.
IBF Pan Pacific
middleweight champion

4 May 2007 – December 2007
Vacated
Vacant
Title next held by
Himself
Vacant
Title last held by
Aaron Mitchell
IBO Inter-Continental
middleweight champion

4 May 2007 – 14 December 2007
Won world title
Vacant
Title next held by
Osumanu Adama
Vacant
Title last held by
Himself
IBF Pan Pacific
middleweight champion

21 October 2009 – June 2010
Vacated
Vacant
Title next held by
Sam Soliman
Vacant
Title last held by
Peter Mitrevski Jr.
IBF Pan Pacific
super-middleweight champion

2 June 2010 – October 2010
Vacated
Vacant
Title next held by
Shannan Taylor
Preceded by WBA Pan African
middleweight champion

19 February 2014 – 26 July 2014
Lost bid for world title
Vacant
Title next held by
Dowayne Combrink
Vacant
Title last held by
Les Sherrington
IBF Pan Pacific
middleweight champion

19 February 2014 – July 2014
Vacated
Vacant
Title next held by
Michael Zerafa
New title WBO Asia Pacific
middleweight champion
Interim title

3 December 2014 – June 2015
Vacated
Vacant
Vacant
Title last held by
Jarrod Fletcher
PABA middleweight champion
3 December 2014 – June 2015
Vacated
Minor world boxing titles
Vacant
Title last held by
Raymond Joval
IBO middleweight champion
14 December 2007 – 27 May 2009
Succeeded by
Major world boxing titles
Preceded by IBF middleweight champion
7 May 2011 – 17 August 2013
Succeeded by
Preceded by WBA middleweight champion
Super title

1 September 2012 – 2 November 2012
Stripped
Succeeded by