(Photo by Will Hart) By Allan Fox: After seven years as a pro, WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (29-0, 26 KO’s) will be fighting his first well-known opponent in former IBF/WBA 160-pound champion Daniel Geale (30-2, 16 KO’s) in their “G4” card next month on July 26th on HBO from Madison Square Garden in New York. While Geale obviously isn’t as popular as guys like Miguel Cotto or Sergio Martinez, he is a big step up from the guys that Golovkin has been fighting up until now in terms of visibility and fighting technique.
Golovkin is quite pleased to be getting the fight with Geale, and he’s hoping that this fight will lead to bigger ones against the likes of Cotto, Peter Quillin, Sam Soliman and Carl Froch.
By Allan Fox: #3 WBA Daniel Geale (30-2, 16 KO’s) is hoping to pull off a huge upset on July 26th when he challenges WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (29-0, 26 KO’s) for his WBA title at Madison Square Garden. Geale, 33, was kind of knocked down a peg last year when he was beaten by Darren Barker by a 12 round split decision. Geale lost his WBA title in that fight, and it was a fight that many fans had thought he was going to win. But Barker proved to be too strong for Geale in that fight. 
By Allan Fox: A fight between WBA middleweight Gennady Golovkin (29-0, 26 KO’s) and former IBF/WBA 160lb. champion Daniel Geale (30-2, 16 KO’s) has been given the green light for July 26th, according to AAP. The World Boxing Association granted Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler’s request to let Golovkin bypass an WBA ordered title defense against #2 WBA Jarrod Fletcher in order to take a bigger and far more interesting fight against Geale. 
By Allan Fox: WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (29-0, 26 KO’s) will be fighting on July 26th at Madison Square Garden in New York against an opponent still to be determined. Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions is going to make a request to the World Boxing Association to get permission for Golovkin to bypass #2 WBA Jarrod Fletcher, who the WBA recently ordered Golovkin to fight next, for him to get a more interesting fight against former IBF/WBA middleweight champion Daniel Geale 30-2, 16 KO’s) on July 26th. 
By Scott Gilfoid: With the previously scheduled fight between former IBF/WBA middleweight champion Daniel Geale and Matthew Macklin now dead in the water, a fight between Geale and WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (29-0, 26 KO’s) is reportedly in the works. Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions had been in negotiations with Top Rank for a fight against super middleweight Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., but the negotiations have gone nowhere and Golovkin and his team are moving on. 