1. Daniel Geale was born on 26 February 1981 and is an Australian former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2016.
16 Facts About Daniel Geale
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Daniel Geale held the unified WBA and IBF middleweight titles between 2011 and 2013, and the IBO middleweight title from 2007 to 2009.
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Daniel Geale lost in the first round to Italy's Leonard Bundu.
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Daniel Geale was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.
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Daniel Geale turned pro in 2004, knocking out Danny Bellert in the third round.
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Daniel Geale then went on to build a record of 17 bouts for 17 wins with 12 KO's.
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In June 2008, Daniel Geale defended his IBO Middleweight Championship with another 12 round unanimous decision over Geard Ajetovic.
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In March 2009 Daniel Geale defeated Ian MacKillop with a first-round knockout but in May of that year he lost his next fight in a controversial split decision to former WBA super middleweight champion Anthony Mundine to lose his IBO middleweight title.
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In May 2011, Daniel Geale defeated Sebastian Sylvester in Germany by split decision to become the new IBF middleweight world champion.
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Daniel Geale made his second successful IBF title defense by defeating Ghana's Osumanu Adama via unanimous decision on 7 March 2012.
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On 1 September 2012 Daniel Geale defeated long time WBA champion Felix Sturm in Oberhausen, Germany via split decision, thus unifying the WBA title with his already held IBF title.
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Daniel Geale was punished for Sturm's refusal to fight mandatory challengers when he was champion.
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When Daniel Geale won the title, the WBA gave him four-and-a-half months instead of the regular nine to defend against the mandatory - in this case Golovkin.
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On 30 January 2013 Daniel Geale beat Anthony Mundine in a unanimous points decision at the Sydney Entertainment Centre to retain his IBF middleweight world title.
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On 17 August 2013, Daniel Geale fought British fighter Darren Barker for Daniel Geale's IBF Middleweight world title in Atlantic City.
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In what was billed as the biggest night of his career and taking place in the legendary Madison Square Garden, Daniel Geale lost by TKO in the third round to the Kazakh Gennady Golovkin.