Geale Will Talk With His Fists Against Mundine
By Mark Vester
Undefeated Daniel Geale is training for the biggest fight of his life. He defends his IBO middleweight title against Anthony Mundine on May 27 at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Australia. For the last weeks, Mundine did his usual pre-fight trash talking but Geale would not engage him in words. He plans to let his fists do the talking in the ring. Geale turned down an offer to fight IBF champion Arthur Abraham in favor of a hometown showdown with Mundine.
"I don't carry on, I train hard and do everything I need to. I'm happy to let my performance do the talking. Anthony is obviously a good fighter. Everyone talks about his speed, but I don't think there is a lot of difference in my speed and his," said Geale to The Mercury.
"I know he'll be working on areas where he thinks he can break me. But I'm the same, there's areas we think can be exploited with him. I guess I'm the sort of bloke who travels under the radar a bit. He probably underestimates me a bit, like a lot of people. But that could be to my advantage."
Mundine told the paper that he will not, in any form, underestimate Geale. He says the champion is a good fighter but simply not on his level.
"In this game you can get hurt when you least expect it. Daniel has got skill -- I've seen him fight. But he doesn't have the skill to beat me. I'm the man," Mundine said.
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