Comments Thread For: Geale Highly Motivated: I'm Not Going To Let it Slip

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By Jake Donovan - It took him some 27 hours to travel 10,000 miles from Australia to Germany, but Daniel Geale was determined to make the journey there more difficult than the task at hand. Arriving in country two weeks early, jet lag wasn’t an issue, nor was the hostile crowd against him as he outlasted Sebastian Sylvester to pick up his first middleweight title.

The win was a watershed moment for Australia, which had never previously boasted a middleweight titlist. So it was fitting that Geale’s next history-making moment also took place in Deutschland, returning just 16 months later to bump off the streaking Felix Sturm. The win earned Geale the distinction of becoming the first-ever Australia-born boxer to unify two major titles.

Whenever fans—and let’s face it, many in the media as well—dismiss Geale’s chances versus Miguel Cotto this weekend at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, he doesn’t let it affect his fighting mentality. Instead, he just recalls the other times he defied boxing logic. [Click Here To Read More]

[Boskop]

So, what if Geale doesn't make the weight?

[NEETzsche]

last time i heard someone say that it was steven gerrard and we all know what happened there

[RAV3N]

!!!war geale!!!

[kafkod]

So, what if Geale doesn't make the weight?

Who knows? Normally, if a fighter doesn't make weight for a title fight they pay a fine to the commision and a financial penalty to the other fighter - if that's in the contract - and they won't be allowed to pick up the belt if they win.

But I read that there is no financial penalty in the contract for this fight, and the WBC have said that, as far they are concerned, the official weight limit is 160, not 157.

So I guess that means Geale could ignore the CW and, provided he makes 160, still pick up the belt if he wins.

One possibility is that if Geale comes in over 157, Cotto pulls out of the fight.

That would leave a lot of fans feeling very disappointed and let down. But Miguel Cotto does what's best for Miguel Cotto, and nobody else.

Translation: "Fuk the fans, I've already got enough of their money in the bank not to have to worry what they think about anything"

[SonofZorro]

Cotto is damaged goods and not a middleweight

who the hell is Cotto to dictate to the boxing world and the WBC who Cotto defends yearly against? Strip the brain battered slow talking fraus Cotto immediately and let a real champion Golovkin represent boxing and the WBC as the 160lb champion. Cotto is disgusting anyway and wasn't even good at 154lbs. beating a one leggeded gimp weak Sergio wasn't much anyway. Dump Cotto like a morning Bile movement quickly and start anew. Whew?

[Cracaphat]

The fact that he's struggling to get down in weight and looking haggard doing it, leaves no doubt,not that there was much,that he's just a live body for Cotto before his fight with Canelo.

[Eastcoast]

Cotto is a 6-1 favorite?!

[SonofZorro]

Aussies are all weak

Aussies do not do sit ups and are weak to the body very weak to the body. soft living Aussies are wimps. Bearcat would rule Australia if he lived there and take all the woman and have all the aborigines worshiping the Bearcat as an idol? Fact.

[robbyheartbaby]

Honestly I have read some pretty ****** comments before and I know there are a lot of f***wits out there but this comment below takes the cake. Seriously go f***yourself you racist c***, you know jack s***. F*** you.

Aussies do not do sit ups and are weak to the body very weak to the body. soft living Aussies are wimps. Bearcat would rule Australia if he lived there and take all the woman and have all the aborigines worshiping the Bearcat as an idol? Fact.