LAS VEGAS — There was one particularly interested observer inside the Encore Theater at the Wynn Las Vegas during the final news conference for the Sergio Martinez-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. middleweight championship fight on Wednesday: Daniel Geale.
Geale, of Australia, flew in to attend Saturday night’s fight at the Thomas & Mack Center and also to meet with his promoter, Gary Shaw, and HBO executives.
Geale became a major player in the red-hot middleweight division when he went to Felix Sturm’s turf in Germany on Sept. 1 and won a split decision to unify two of the major middleweight titles.
Of course, he would like to fight the Martinez-Chavez winner but he is also anxious to fight in America and to be on HBO.
“It was a big risk going over there [to Germany], but the rewards were better and it sets up big things,” Geale said. “I’ve said for awhile I want to come and fight in the U.S. I want the American people to know about me. Boxing is so huge over here. It’s disappointing that it’s not as big in Australia, so I want to come over here.
“We’re talking to those [HBO] guys and they’re very interested. Hopefully, we can set something up. It would be great to fight the winner of this [Martinez-Chavez] fight. I’ll leave that up to my management.” Continue Reading…
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