June 6th-Cotto Vs Geale headlines an interest but less than great night of action

6/6/2015

This Saturday isn't a huge day for boxing internationally but there are some interesting match ups taking place in the US.

The biggest bout of the night comes from New York as WBC Middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32) defends his title against former WBA/IBF unified champion Daniel Geale (31-3, 16). This bout has been agreed at a catchweight of 157lbs, though Geale didn't look great on the scales whilst Cotto, strangely, weighed in under then Light Middleweight limit.

The chief support bout here will see Wilfredo Vazquez Jr (24-4-1, 19) battle against Fernando Vargas (28-9-3, 20). Vvazquez, a former world champion, has looked to be on the slide in recent years and is 4-4 and as a result this may be an interesting bout but it's a weak supporting contest.

In California we see another world title fight as the very fun to watch Jesus Marcelo Andres Cuellar (26-1, 20) attempts to finish the career of Armenian Vic Darchinyan (40-7-1, 29). Darchinyan, a former Super Flyweight champion, is up at Featherweight for the WBA title bout and we're actually thinking he could get seriously hurt. It's not a great match up and the WBA need to be questioned for sanctioning the bout considering Darchinyan is 3-4 in his last 7.

On the same card will be several notable names. One of those is Robert Guerrero (32-3-1-2, 18), who battles the horrible over-matched Aaron Martinez (19-3-1, 4). An equally uninteresting mismatch will see Alfredo Angulo (22-5, 18) take on Delray Raines (19-10-1, 14). Whilst both Angilo and Guerrero were beaten last time out they should have far too much for the guys they are in with here.

Possibly the best of the supporting bouts here is actually a Heavyweight bout as American Dominic Breazeale (14-0, 13) faces fellow unbeaten Yasmany Consuegra (17-0, 14). Both guys are relatively untested going in to this one but it's clear that this has the potential to be an explosive match up.

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Daniel Geale stops Garth Wood, is he the one to face Golovkin? Or is that Martin Murray?

2/20/2014

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The Middleweight division got a lot of attention this past Wednesday with several bits of news flying out as well as one major domestic bout in Australia.

The first bit of news was that Britain's Martin Murray had been offered world title fights by both Felix Sturm, the IBF champion, an Gennady Golovkin, the WBA champion. Surprisingly just as that news broke Australian Sam Soliman mentioned, live on TV, that he had a signed contract to fight Felix Sturm in a mandatory title fight organised by the IBF.

Whilst Sturm's comments and mandatory status don't prevent a bout between Sturm and Murray taking place, it would force the winner or a Sturm/Murray bout to face Soliman by August and that would be a quick turn around considering we're already in February.

We'd assume that the Soliman/Sturm bout would take precedence over a Murray contest with the British fighter perhaps given a chance to fight Sturm if he defeated Soliman.

When it came to the only notable fight of the day, which was on the same broadcast as Soliman's comments, we saw former IBF champion Daniel Geale (30-2, 16), pictured, batter fellow Aussie Garth Wood (12-4-1, 8). The bout was a mismatch from the off and Wood was dropped numerous times before his corner saved him from even more embarrassment. What Wood found out was that there is a gulf of difference between domestic class and world class.

Following Geale's victory there was a lot of calls for him to be Golovkin's next opponent. We know that won't happen, Geale has already said as much due to TV issues, though there is nothing stopping Geale from fighting Golovkin later in the year in a bout that seems to be as good as any that Golovkin will get. The other option is that Murray says yes to Golovkin, unfortunately though that bout would likely need to be fought outside of the US as Murray has failed in the past to get a US visa.

It seems likely that Golovkin's next contest won't be with either man but his one after next could be with either depending on how easy they are to negotiate with and what other options they may have going their way.

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June 6th-Cotto Vs Geale headlines an interest but less than great night of action

Daniel Geale stops Garth Wood, is he the one to face Golovkin? Or is that Martin Murray?

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