Comments Thread For: Pirog vs Geale Unification in Play For Early 2012 on HBO

[kokingbill]

Oh ya, Im sure HBO is REALLY interested in having 2 non-americans with no name recognition on their air...They are only interested in them so far as coming to Atlantic City and taking a beating from Martinez.

[Philfy]

I have seen the interview and don't think that Pirog said exactly that. Seems to to promote a fight like this by boxingscene.com I think there is a lot of wishful thinking in here.

Anyway, if the fight with Gaele comes together, which I doubt, Pirog makes it an easy night of it. Gaele has no power whatsoever. Remember he won a SD against Sylvester who was tkoed easily yesterday night by Polish Proksa. Geale will never leave his Australian comfort zone to fight such a dangerous opponent to leave his title behind. He will defend his title forever in Down Under.

Imagine this fight would come off, Pirog would hold two titles and that's a statement. Afterwards there would be some eyebrows raised and a fight with Martinez truely could come off. Still it's only dreaming, that fight with Gaele is a fantasy of the author of this article.

Nice post, but I disagree with Geale not wanting to leave his Australian comfort zone. The main problem for Geale is that he's not particularly well known in Australia. He doesn't command the same sort of Aussie PPV revenue that some other fighters here do. Because of this, I think it's rather likely he'll have to campaign overseas.

Geale also, unfortunately for him, is kind of stuck in a hard place. He's a solid technical boxer that lacks power and he has a very quiet personality. In short, nobody knows who he is and he can't exactly make heavy handed statements in the ring.

I'm pretty sure that a few months ago after Geale won his fight in Germany, he was approached by Martinez's team to make a fight. Geale turned it down. I don't blame him for that. Better to have a couple of softer defences first before jumping into the lions den. Martinez would destroy Geale I'm afraid to say.

Regarding Geale v Pirog, I think it'd be a great competitive fight and I really hope it can get put together. I just can't see why HBO would pitch 2 unknowns against each other. Maybe on Martinez's next undercard if he fights Andy Lee (who I suspect is next), with the winner taking on Martinez then.

Let's hope it happens.

[onechance87]

Nice post, but I disagree with Geale not wanting to leave his Australian comfort zone. The main problem for Geale is that he's not particularly well known in Australia. He doesn't command the same sort of Aussie PPV revenue that some other fighters here do. Because of this, I think it's rather likely he'll have to campaign overseas.

Geale also, unfortunately for him, is kind of stuck in a hard place. He's a solid technical boxer that lacks power and he has a very quiet personality. In short, nobody knows who he is and he can't exactly make heavy handed statements in the ring.

I'm pretty sure that a few months ago after Geale won his fight in Germany, he was approached by Martinez's team to make a fight. Geale turned it down. I don't blame him for that. Better to have a couple of softer defences first before jumping into the lions den. Martinez would destroy Geale I'm afraid to say.

Regarding Geale v Pirog, I think it'd be a great competitive fight and I really hope it can get put together. I just can't see why HBO would pitch 2 unknowns against each other. Maybe on Martinez's next undercard if he fights Andy Lee (who I suspect is next), with the winner taking on Martinez then.

Let's hope it happens.

how can katsidis not be a superstar in austrlia?I cant understand that.

[paulf]

HBO is putting this on?? If so, good on 'em! But I wont believe it until I see it.

[Philfy]

how can katsidis not be a superstar in austrlia?I cant understand that.

Neither can I mate, neither can I.

It's just one of those horrible ironies with which boxing is replete.

[Check]

Not to be mean but why would HBO show this fight? Two non american fighters that have virtually never been on the network. Yeah, Pirogs been on once but it was on a small ppv. I know they are trying to find Martinez opponents but this is something HBO usually doesn't do.

[crold1]

Not to be mean but why would HBO show this fight? Two non american fighters that have virtually never been on the network. Yeah, Pirogs been on once but it was on a small ppv. I know they are trying to find Martinez opponents but this is something HBO usually doesn't do.

If it's B.A.D. or an undercard, why not? Sometimes, these paper titlist unifications are special...remember Dorin-Spaddy? War Dorin btw (some of us remember the robbery!)

[giacomino]

I have seen the interview and don't think that Pirog said exactly that. Seems to to promote a fight like this by boxingscene.com I think there is a lot of wishful thinking in here.

Anyway, if the fight with Gaele comes together, which I doubt, Pirog makes it an easy night of it. Gaele has no power whatsoever. Remember he won a SD against Sylvester who was tkoed easily yesterday night by Polish Proksa. Geale will never leave his Australian comfort zone to fight such a dangerous opponent to leave his title behind. He will defend his title forever in Down Under.

Imagine this fight would come off, Pirog would hold two titles and that's a statement. Afterwards there would be some eyebrows raised and a fight with Martinez truely could come off. Still it's only dreaming, that fight with Gaele is a fantasy of the author of this article.

Geale won a clear decision over Sylvester. Remember, it was in Germany where no Sauerland fighters ever loses by unanimous decision. The one score for Sylvester (118-11O) was ******ed and corrupt. That being said, Pirog beats Geale, IMO, if the fight ever takes place.

[chiguy91]

in a perfect world, it would be pirog/geale and martinez/sturm for early next year. then the winner of each bout faces each other. good fight though, hopefully it gets made and lands on hbo, i would love to see this live. it'd be crazy if it was thrown on the undercard of martinez's next fight, with the possibilty of a lee fight making it a tripleheader of middleweight fights.

[los584]

this is the prefect HBO card. Martinez vs. Andy Lee and on the undercard pirog vs geale.
winners fight which other. then the winner of that fight, fights the ***** wbc champ Julio Chavez Jr if he still have the belt