Daniel Geale

Daniel Geale
Geale in 2013
Statistics
Nickname(s)	Real Deal
Rated at	Light-middleweight Middleweight Super-middleweight
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Reach	180 cm (71 in)
Nationality	Australian
Born	26 February 1981 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	36
Wins	31
Wins by KO	16
Losses	5
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Australia Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester Welterweight

Daniel Geale (born 26 February 1981) is an Australian professional boxer. He is a former unified middleweight champion, having held the IBF middleweight title from 2011 to 2013, and the WBA (Super) title in 2012. Additionally he held the IBO middleweight title from 2007 to 2009. As an amateur, Geale won a gold medal in the welterweight division at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

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

• 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia as a welterweight:
  • Lost to Leonard Bundu (Italy) 2:4
• 2001 East Asian Games in Osaka, Japan:
  • Defeated Naoki Hirata (Japan) +12-12
  • Lost to Gennady Golovkin (Kazakhstan) 3-15
• 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, won Gold Medal:
  • Defeated Tsetsi Davis (Jamaica) rsf
  • Defeated Tony Cesay (Sle) 25-13
  • Defeated Daniel Codling (New Zealand) 27-13
  • Defeated Kwanele Zulu (South Africa)
• 2002 World Cup in Astana, Kazakhstan:
  • Lost to Mustafa Karagollu (Turkey)
  • Lost to Yudel Jhonson (Cuba) RSC 2
• 2003 World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand
  • Lost to Bakhtiyar Artayev (Kazakhstan) 8-30

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 Middlewight 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.

1st Middleweight Major Title

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 the 7th Of March 2012.

Title unification against Felix Sturm & 2nd Major Title

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]

Being unified champion was short-lived however as two months after winning the WBA title, Geale 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]

Mundine Rematch

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]

Title Defence Against Darren 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]

Challenger Against Gennady 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

Professional record summary
36 fights	31 wins	5 losses
By knockout	16	3
By decision	15	2

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
36	Loss	31–5	Renold Quinlan	KO	2 (12), 1:14	14 Oct 2016	Silverdome, Launceston, Australia	For vacant IBO super-middleweight title
35	Loss	31–4	Miguel Cotto	TKO	4 (12), 1:28	6 Jun 2015	Barclays Center, New York City, New York, US	For WBC, The Ring, and lineal middleweight titles
34	Win	31–3	Jarrod Fletcher	UD	12	3 Dec 2014	Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia	Won vacant WBO Asia Pacific interim and PABA middleweight titles
33	Loss	30–3	Gennady Golovkin	TKO	3 (12), 2:47	26 Jul 2014	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US	For WBA (Super) and IBO middleweight titles
32	Win	30–2	Garth Wood	RTD	6 (12), 3:00	19 Feb 2014	Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia	Won WBA Pan African and vacant IBF Pan Pacific middleweight titles
31	Loss	29–2	Darren Barker	SD	12	17 Aug 2013	Revel Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US	Lost IBF middleweight title
30	Win	29–1	Anthony Mundine	UD	12	30 Jan 2013	Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia	Retained IBF middleweight title
29	Win	28–1	Felix Sturm	SD	12	1 Sep 2012	König Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Germany	Retained IBF middleweight title; Won WBA (Super) middleweight title
28	Win	27–1	Osumanu Adama	UD	12	7 Mar 2012	Derwent Entertainment Centre, Hobart, Australia	Retained IBF middleweight title
27	Win	26–1	Eromosele Albert	UD	12	31 Aug 2011	Derwent Entertainment Centre, Hobart, Australia	Retained IBF middleweight title
26	Win	25–1	Sebastian Sylvester	SD	12	7 May 2011	Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, Germany	Won IBF middleweight title
25	Win	24–1	Roman Karmazin	TKO	12 (12), 2:30	31 Oct 2010	State Sports Centre, Sydney, Australia
24	Win	23–1	Kariz Kariuki	TKO	11 (12), 2:49	2 Jun 2010	Entertainment Centre, Wollongong, Australia	Won vacant IBF Pan Pacific super-middleweight title
23	Win	22–1	Samir Santos Barbosa	UD	12	21 Oct 2009	Silverdome, Launceston, Australia	Won vacant IBF Pan Pacific middleweight title
22	Loss	21–1	Anthony Mundine	SD	12	27 May 2009	Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia	Lost IBO middleweight title
21	Win	21–0	Ian MacKillop	KO	1 (10), 1:58	11 Mar 2009	The Cube, Sydney, Australia
20	Win	20–0	Daniel McKinnon	UD	10	5 Dec 2008	The Cube, Sydney, Australia
19	Win	19–0	Geard Ajetović	UD	12	27 Jun 2008	Campbelltown Catholic Club, Sydney, Australia	Retained IBO middleweight title
18	Win	18–0	Daniel Dawson	UD	12	14 Dec 2007	Campbelltown Stadium, Sydney, Australia	Won vacant IBO middleweight title
17	Win	17–0	Lee Oti	KO	2 (8), 2:06	12 Oct 2007	Penrith Stadium, Sydney, Australia
16	Win	16–0	Parkpoom Jangphonak	UD	12	4 May 2007	Endeavour Field, Sydney, Australia	Won vacant IBF Pan Pacific and IBO Inter-Continental middleweight titles
15	Win	15–0	Lee Oti	UD	12	4 Feb 2007	State Sports Centre, Sydney, Australia	Retained IBF Pan Pacific and OPBF interim light-middleweight titles
14	Win	14–0	Somchai Chimlum	UD	6	15 Dec 2006	Fairy Meadow Fraternity Bowling Club, Wollongong, Australia
13	Win	13–0	Sonni Michael Angelo	TKO	4 (10), 2:55	4 Aug 2006	Campbelltown Catholic Club, Sydney, Australia
12	Win	12–0	Nonoy Gonzales	UD	8	7 Jul 2006	Campbelltown Catholic Club, Sydney, Australia
11	Win	11–0	Timo Masua	KO	4 (8), 0:24	4 Mar 2006	City Hall, Hobart, Australia
10	Win	10–0	Garry Comer	TKO	2 (10), 1:40	27 Nov 2005	Vodafone Arena, Melbourne, Australia
9	Win	9–0	Garry Comer	KO	8 (12), 1:48	22 Oct 2005	Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, Australia	Won vacant OPBF interim light-middleweight title
8	Win	8–0	Steve Douet	TKO	2 (12), 1:01	16 Sep 2005	Blacktown RSL Club, Sydney, Australia	Won vacant IBF Pan Pacific light-middleweight title
7	Win	7–0	Steve Douet	UD	6	1 Jul 2005	Panthers World of Entertainment, Sydney, Australia
6	Win	6–0	Domenic DeVanna	TKO	1 (8), 2:08	1 Apr 2005	Panthers World of Entertainment, Sydney, Australia
5	Win	5–0	Peter Rolph	KO	1 (8), 1:37	18 Mar 2005	Mansfield Tavern, Brisbane, Australia
4	Win	4–0	Sean Connell	TKO	3 (6), 1:05	6 Feb 2005	Panthers World of Entertainment, Sydney, Australia
3	Win	3–0	Bruce Glozier	KO	1 (6), 1:12	10 Dec 2004	Fankhauser Reserve, Gold Coast, Australia
2	Win	2–0	Domenic DeVanna	TKO	2 (6), 2:22	19 Nov 2004	Blacktown RSL Club, Sydney, Australia
1	Win	1–0	Danny Bellert	KO	3 (6), 1:27	1 Oct 2004	Fankhauser Reserve, Gold Coast, Australia	Professional debut

Titles in boxing

References

1. The Compendium: Official Australian Olympic Statistics 1896–2002. Australian Olympic Committee. 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". 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.

External links

• Official website
• Professional boxing record for Daniel Geale from BoxRec