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.

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. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.AIS at the Olympics

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 Boxing 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 Early stages

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 three 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.Daniel Geale wins unification title bout with split points decision over Germany's Felix Sturm

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.Geale Stripped of WBA title, Fox Sports Australia, 2 November 2012

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.Geale dominates Mundine to win re-match, Ciaran Baynes, ABC News Online, 30 January 2013

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.

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. Entering the fight as the clear underdog with Golovkin listed by most bookmakers as the 14 to 1 favourite 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.

Geale vs. Fletcher Geale defeated Jarrod Fletcher by unanimous decision to win the vacant WBO Asia Pacific interim and PABA middleweight titles at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, Australia, on 3 December 2014.

Geale vs. Cotto On 6 June 2015, Geale challenged WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto at the Barclays Center in New York City, USA. He lost by technical knockout in the fourth round.

Geale vs. Quinlan Moving up in weight divisions, Geale fought Renold Quinlan for the vacant IBO super-middleweight title at the Silverdome in Launceston, Australia, on 14 October 2016. He lost by knockout in the second round.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes36Loss31–5Renold QuinlanKO2 (12), 14 Oct 201635Loss31–4Miguel CottoTKO4 (12), 6 Jun 201534Win31–3Jarrod FletcherUD123 Dec 201433Loss30–3Gennady GolovkinTKO3 (12), 26 Jul 201432Win30–2Garth Wood6 (12), 19 Feb 201431Loss29–2Darren BarkerSD1217 Aug 201330Win29–1Anthony MundineUD1230 Jan 201329Win28–1Felix SturmSD121 Sep 201228Win27–1Osumanu AdamaUD127 Mar 201227Win26–1Eromosele AlbertUD1231 Aug 201126Win25–1Sebastian SylvesterSD127 May 201125Win24–1Roman KarmazinTKO12 (12), 31 Oct 201024Win23–1Kariz KariukiTKO11 (12), 2 Jun 201023Win22–1Samir Santos BarbosaUD1221 Oct 200922Loss21–1Anthony Mundine1227 May 200921Win21–0Ian MacKillopKO1 (10), 11 Mar 200920Win20–0Daniel McKinnonUD105 Dec 200819Win19–0Geard AjetovićUD1227 Jun 200818Win18–0Daniel DawsonUD1214 Dec 200717Win17–0Lee OtiKO2 (8), 12 Oct 200716Win16–0Parkpoom JangphonakUD124 May 200715Win15–0Lee OtiUD124 Feb 200714Win14–0Somchai ChimlumUD615 Dec 200613Win13–0Sonni Michael AngeloTKO4 (10), 4 Aug 200612Win12–0Nonoy GonzalesUD87 Jul 200611Win11–0Timo MasuaKO4 (8), 4 Mar 200610Win10–0Garry ComerTKO2 (10), 27 Nov 20059Win9–0Garry ComerKO8 (12), 22 Oct 20058Win8–0Steve DouetTKO2 (12), 16 Sep 20057Win7–0Steve Douet61 Jul 20056Win6–0Domenic DeVannaTKO1 (8), 1 Apr 20055Win5–0Peter RolphKO1 (8), 18 Mar 20054Win4–0Sean ConnellTKO3 (6), 6 Feb 20053Win3–0Bruce GlozierKO1 (6), 10 Dec 20042Win2–0Domenic DeVanna2 (6), 19 Nov 20041Win1–0Danny Bellert3 (6), 1 Oct 2004

References

External links

Daniel Geale - Bujutsu Martial Arts Centre