Cotto-Geale on 6/6 on HBO in Brooklyn, New York

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NEW YORK (April 16, 2015) – Roc Nation Sports and Miguel Cotto Promotions are pleased to announce the next highly anticipated battle for Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32 KO’s), the reigning WBC Middleweight and Ring Magazine World Champion and the first native of Puerto Rico to become world champion in four different weight classes. On June 6, 2015, Cotto will defend his titles against former Two-Time World Champion Daniel Geale (31-3, 16 KO’s) of Australia in a fight that will be televised live on HBO from Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

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Miguel Cotto – Daniel Geale official for June 6th on HBO at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY

cotto6By Dan Ambrose: WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32 KOs) vs. Daniel Geale (31-3, 16 KOs) is now official for June 6th on HBO from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Cotto, 34, will be fighting the 33-year-old Geale, who was recently knocked out in the 4th round by WBA champion Gennady Golovkin.

Cotto and Geale will have a press conference on Thursday in New York to announce the kickoff for the fight in the next two months. Cotto recently signed a three-fight deal with Roc Nation Sports.

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Geale doesn’t like Martin Murray’s chances against Golovkin

murray53By Scott Gilfoid: Britain’s Martin Murray (29-1-1, 12 KOs) has a high #1 ranking with the World Boxing Council, but former world champion Daniel Geale doesn’t believe it’s going to ultimately help him next month when Murray gets inside the ring with the talented and hard hitting WBA Super World middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (31-0, 28 KOs) in their fight on February 21st at the Salle des Étoiles, Monte Carlo, Monaco.

Geale, a recent knockout victim of Golovkin’s, doesn’t rule out a victory for the 32-year-old Murray in this clash, but he doesn’t have high hopes for the big middleweight.

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Geale defeats Fletcher

By Jim Dower: Former IBF/WBA 160 pound champion Daniel Geale (3-3, 16 KOs) easily beat fellow Australian Jarrod Fletcher (18-3, 10 KOs) by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision on Wednesday night at the Horden Pavilion, Moore Park, New South Wales, Australia.

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Daniel Geale vs. Jarrod Fletcher on December 3rd in Australia

gealeBy Dan Ambrose: Former IBF/WBA middleweight champion Daniel Geale (30-3, 16 KOs) will be returning to the ring in the next two months to face fellow Australian 8 WBA Jarrod Fletcher (18-2, 10 KOs) in a scheduled 12 round boxing match-up on December 3rd at the Horden Pavilion, Moore Park, New South Wales, Australia.

Both Geale and Fletcher are coming off of knockout losses. Fletcher, 30, was stopped in the 5th round last August by Daniel Jacobs in a fight that was mostly one-sided from start to finish.

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Golovkin-Geale HBO numbers not impressive, averages 984K viewers

golovkin994By Chris Williams: The stats are out for last Saturday’s HBO fight between WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin and Daniel Geale, and they’re less than spectacular. According to the Nielson ratings, Golovkin vs. Geale was the 8th most popular boxing fight for HBO in 2014. The fight averaged 984K viewers and peaked at 1.048M.

Dan Rafael of ESPN believes that the reason the ratings were less than tremendous was because the fight only lasted 3 rounds. But it might be the fact that Geale wasn’t a well-known opponent for Golovkin to be fighting. HBO blessed the fight, perhaps thinking that because Geale was a former IBF/WBA middleweight champion it would be a fight that could resonate with the casual boxing fans, but it doesn’t work that way.

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Who, if anyone, can beat GGG?

golovkin99999By Bob Smith: The victory by WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin over Daniel Geale was very impressive, and arguably the most dominant victory of the entire boxing year, in retrospect it seemed like they did not even deserve to be in the ring with each other, yet Geale is a former two time world champion at middleweight, who had never suffered a loss by knockout, won title decisions as a foreigner in Germany, and was universally ranked in the top 5 fighters in the middleweight division.

And Golovkin really just blitzed over Geale. It is an interesting reflection that tough contenders like Garbriel Rosado and Curtis Stevens last longer in the ring against Golovkin than those who have contested for titles more regularly like Geale or Matthew Macklin.

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Loeffler: Golovkin to fight in October or November

golovkin22222By Allan Fox: IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler says that Golovkin will be back in the ring in October or November against an opponent still to be determined. Loeffler doesn’t know yet who Golovkin will be facing, but he mentioned wanting to match him against Miguel Cotto, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez or Julio Cesar Chavez Jr next if possible.

If he can get any one of those guys in the ring, then he’ll take that fight. HBO wants to see Golovkin fight as much as possible, and they’d obviously be pleased if any of those guys came to the table to fight him.

The Golovkin-Geale fight drew 8,572 fans last night, which is double the number for Golovkin’s last fight. Loeffler feels that Golovkin’s popularity is increasing like a wildfire similar to the way that former heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson became popular overnight when he became a world champion at age 19.

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Geale: Golovkin is the biggest puncher in the sport

geale331By Allan Fox: Former IBF/WBA middleweight champion Daniel Geale (30-3, 16 KO’s) was skeptical about WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (30-0, 27 KOs) being the real deal before their fight last night at Madison Square Garden in New York, but after finding out firsthand how powerful Golovin is in getting knocked out in the 3rd round, the 33-year-old Geale is now officially on board the GGG express.

Geale believes that Golovkin is the hardest puncher in boxing, and he feels that there’s really no one that has any chance of beating him right now because of his punching power.

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