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Post  shakefree Fri Nov 02, 2012 4:38 am

Daniel Geale's decision to fight Anthony Mundine has cost him his WBA middleweight world title, after the body announced he will be stripped of his title for not fighting Gennady Golovkin of Russia.

Geale's reign as the unified world champion – he also holds the IBF belt – was KO'd by the WBA at its convention in Jakarta. The Australian won the crown when he defeated Germany's Felix Sturm two months ago. Golovkin became the interim world champion in 2010 and, in a move that has helped diminish the sport's reputation, was upgraded to "regular" champion today.

Geale is angry, annoyed and frustrated by the ‘‘unfair’’ decision to strip him of his WBA belt.

Sturm was crowned the "super" champion above Golvokin and while the WBA champion's status is as confusing a situation as it sounds, it meant the body had two champs and two sources from which to gain lucrative sanctioning fees.
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Geale was not afforded the same luxury as Sturm – to campaign as the WBA super champion without fighting Golvokin – after he agreed to fight Mundine with the IBF belt on the line.

It has been noted that while the WBA has penalised Geale, three other boxers, including Indonesia's featherweight great Chris John, hold their titles in similar circumstances.

Geale’s American-based promoter Gary Shaw is waiting to hear back from WBA boss Gilberto Mendoza and is prepared to go to his headquarters in Panama after the convention in Indonesia is finished.

Geale, who is also the IBF middleweight world champion, added the WBA Super title to his portfolio by dethroning Felix Sturm in Germany in early September.

‘‘We found it frustrating that because of Felix Sturm not fighting his mandatory for so long that the WBA put their ruling on us and they gave us half the amount of time that you usually get to have the mandatory,’’ Geale told AAP on Friday.

‘‘They enforced what Felix Sturm hasn’t done on to me, which is definitely unfair.

‘‘I have had the title now for two months, I still haven’t received my belt in the mail and they’ve stripped me of the title.

‘‘So, as you can expect, we’re angry and frustrated and annoyed by that.’’

Geale was adamant his IBF sanctioned title defence against Mundine scheduled for next year would go ahead.

The IBF granted him an exception to regulations to fight Mundine next ahead of another Australian, Sam Soliman, who is the mandatory contender for that organisation’s title.

‘‘We basically knew whichever direction we went unfortunately we weren’t going to be able to retain both titles,’’ Geale said.

‘‘It’s very difficult for a unified champion to have more than one title.

‘‘We believe we’ve made the right decision to stay with the IBF.’’

Geale made it clear he didn’t have a problem with fighting heavy-handed Golovkin, who has an imposing record of 24-0, 21 KOs.

‘‘At some stages, we were of the opinion that it was going to be okay [with the WBA] that I was going to fight Golovkin, not when they made me, but we definitely are going to fight him,’’ Geale said.

‘‘We have no problem fighting anybody in the world at the moment.’’

Shaw stressed Golovkin already had a fight booking next January with American cable TV network HBO and he had tried to contact the WBA about their decision.

‘‘They are in Jakarta and I am in a middle of a bad storm on the east coast of the United States, but I have reached out for them. I am waiting to hear from them,’’ Shaw told AAP.

While the move will bruise the WBA's credibility among Australia's fight fans, Golovkin's management was quoted as saying it was the right one by the governing body.

“We commend the WBA for clearing up this long overdue situation and recognising Gennady as their only champion in the middleweight division,” said his manager Tom Loeffler. “Gennady is proud to be the WBA and IBO champion and looks forward to returning to the ring soon. We don't blame Geale and his team for taking a safer fight. However they knew the obligations they would have prior to the Sturm fight. Geale is still IBF champion and if he continues to win, this might be a great unification fight in the future.”

source:http://www.smh.com.au/sport/boxing/wba-strips-geale-of-world-title-20121102-28obb.html

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Post  Soonermark890 Fri Nov 02, 2012 8:23 am

What a joke.
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Post  captainanddew Fri Nov 02, 2012 5:13 pm

1-abcs make decisions that are not rational all the time
2-abcs absolutely detest a belt holder that holds other belts. When most fighter unify belts an abc immediately begins asking him to fight a mandatory. There are some fighters they work with, but most often they have someone else in mind that they would like to get the belt.
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Post  Diego408 Sat Nov 03, 2012 3:51 pm

The ABC organizations don't like to be unified because then they collect less money from the champions.
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