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Geale vs Wood: Fight preview, live updates, round-by-round scores plus undercard

19th February, 2014
Geale vs Wood - Main Card (Main Event PPV):

Scheduled: 12 Rounds-IBF Pan Pacific Middleweight Title: Daniel Geale vs. Garth Wood Bet on this fight.

Scheduled: 4 Rounds-Heavyweight: Paul Gallen vs. Herman Ene Purcell

Scheduled: 12 Rounds-PABA Light Heavyweight Title: Robert Berridge vs. Kerry Foley

Scheduled: 6 Rounds-Cruiserweight: Jake Revill vs. Shane Quinn

Scheduled: 6 Rounds-Cruiserweight: Brad Pitt vs. Emosi Solitua

Undercard (Untelevised):

Scheduled: 6 Rounds-Super Featherweight: Kye MacKenzie vs. Arnon Yuchareon

4 Rounds-Lightweight: Lauryn Eagle vs. Shari Ranger
Daniel Geale could be looking at a fight against Miguel Cotto (Image: Paul Barkley/LookPro)
Roar Guru
19th February, 2014
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Tonight’s fight between Daniel Geale and Garth Wood is live from the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney and we’ll bring you all the round-by-round action including full undercard from 7:30pm AEDT tonight.

It’s boxing’s old story: risk vs reward. Geale is coming off just his second career defeat, having lost his IBF Middleweight Title in August last year to Darren Barker.

Barker subsequently lost the title in his first defence to a man Geale vanquished, Felix Sturm, ensuring promoters are now angling to set up Geale-Sturm 2.

It’s not the only fight on Geale’s radar, having been offered Gennady Golovkin, which would have been held instead of tonight’s fight with Wood.

Geale passed on the fight with Golovkin, who is arguably the most dangerous fighter in boxing at the moment. The reason? Risk v reward.

One search of YouTube is all it takes to show that Golovkin is considerable risk and with Main Event TV having scheduled a UFC pay per view for the date of the proposed fight, it meant no Australian pay per view revenue for Geale, and also meant high risk vs little reward.

Instead Geale has taken on the challenge of Garth Wood, a fight that should prove popular with the public given Wood’s love of a scrap and many consider Geale in a different class to him, therefore low risk-high reward.

However Anthony Mundine thought the same thing in 2010 when he was knocked unconscious by the Contender Australia winner.

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Wood does not possess the skills of Geale, but he is willing and has a huge heart. He will always have a punchers chance, but he has achieved a lot for someone who has only had 16 professional fights.

Wood is improving with every fight and on viewing the pre-fight weigh in yesterday looked in supreme condition. Geale on the other hand looked like he had experienced a difficult weight cut and needed two attempts at making the middleweight limit.

He lacked explosiveness in the final round against Barker and it cost him his World Title. Will lightning strike twice against Wood?

Wood on the other hand continues to chase his ultimate dream of becoming a World Champion. Some may scoff at that suggestion, but the scalp of Geale may just land him the shot.

Geale on the other hand needs an impressive performance to get back in the World title picture. A win over Wood should see prospective fights with Sturm and Golovkin back on the agenda, but a loss could be catastrophic.

Wood is a traditional spoiler who can take the best fighter and drag him into a street fight, which I expect will be the game plan against the silky skills of Geale.

It’s a fascinating night of Aussie boxing and as we all know, anything can happen.

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Also on the card is the professional debut of Paul Gallen, who looks to make his mark on the scene after some impressive charity fights in recent years. We also see Lauryn Eagle in the undercard.

Join me from 7:30pm for all the action, let’s get ready to rumble!

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