IBO Middleweight champion, Daniel Geale (21-0, 13 KOs) will defend his world title against fellow Australian Anthony Mundine (35-3, 23 KOs) at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Australia on May 27.
This will be the fourth scheduled defense of Geale’s IBO belt which he won in December 2007 via unanimous decision against compatriot Daniel Dawson for the vacant title.
Mundine, 33, is now campaigning in the middleweight division after fighting his entire career of over 8 years at super middleweight.
The said fight will be setting a best match-up of the two leading Australian boxers in the Middlewegiht division.
Geale is ranked #10 IBF, #11 WBC and #9 by the Ring Magazine while Mundine is the mandatory challenger for Felix Sturm’s WBA title.
Geale is the Underdog in this match-up, and Mundine has the upper-hand in terms of experience in the boxing ring. Mundine will be fighting on May 27 as the favorite for he will try to win his second world title in another weight division in addition to his two WBA super middleweight titles in 2003 and 2007.
