Geale Says The Public is Begging For a Mundine Knockout
By Mark Vester
IBO middleweight champion Daniel Geale says the Australian public is begging him to knock Anthony Mundine out. The two meet on May 27 at the Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Geale, though unbeaten, is a heavy underdog.
"Just about everybody that I meet says 'when you knock Anthony Mundine out, make sure you pick him back up and knock him out again.' I get a lot of that. It's good to know that I have a lot of support out there - it gives me confidence," Geale told the Sydney Morning Herald.
"I'm glad to be under the radar. But this is a massive opportunity for me. He (Mundine) used to not really fight people who he thought were going to give him a tough fight. He thinks it is going to be easy - it is definitely not going to be an easy fight."
Mundine is moving down after a long stint at super middleweight. He sees Geale as the perfect opponent to begin a campaign for a major title fight at 160. Geale is not convinced that Mundine has any punching power at the weight and plans to test him out.
"He is coming down from super middleweight - he hasn't shown a lot of strength at that weight yet," Geale said. "That's something I am going to test out. It remains to be seen if it brings his power down. But he doesn't seem to be punching as hard as he used to.
"Dropping down to middleweight is a tough thing to do. I have dropped weight over my life, and it's not easy - and it's a lot harder when you are older. I was a little bit surprised by that (Mundine moving down a division)."
"He (Mundine) says some stuff that a lot of people don't like which is probably the reason why a lot of people come to the fight to see him get knocked out."
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