Daniel Geale vs. Garth Wood RBR

He took care of business and looked a world-ranked contender.

Wood performed like a regional club fighter.

 

Oh, totes.

Chavez Jr. has that kind of style where you really have to understand the nuances of the sweet science to 'get it'. To laymen he looks nothing more than a plodding brute. You have to really have studied up to grasp his subtle brilliance. Honestly in comparison his dad is the mindless brawler. :thumbsup

 

The problem is, Golovkin could pull a full-on Herman Ene Purcell, vs. Paul Gallen (or Nate Campbell, vs. Robbie Peden...or Ricardo Mayorga vs. opponents beyond counting...) taken out to a ridiculous extreme and let Geale have three minutes bell to bell of free shots, and yet all the feather-dusting Wood got hit with tonight probably wouldn't even wobble him, once.

Geale just simply doesn't have the punch to compete with Golovkin.

I suppose, if you wanted to stretch looking for viable strategies playing to Geale's strengths, he could maybe just sell out and bang away on Golovkin's body hoping for the best, maybe breaking him down over the long haul and testing his gas tank.

The problem there, is that combinations on the body (especially the way Geale assembles them, lots of blurring hand activity without much interruption to reel them back into a defensive posture) necessarily leaves the head open. Ergo, he is giving a clear lane for Golovkin to get in some free whacks. Ergo, his goose is cooked long before his body shots could begin taking a toll. Geale would need Golovkin to basically not aim for the head while investing that body work in order for it to pay off. Golovkin would aim for and find the head of Geale, however, and that would be that. Golovkin kicks like a mule (or worse, a Long Island made by a bartender you're friendly with) and Geale was dropped by Choc Mundine and hurt, albeit infrequently, by lesser fighters.

I like Geale but there simply isn't a way for him to beat Golovkin. If you could remove Golovkin's power from the equation that would change. If he could shrug off Golovkin's shots the way Golovkin is sure to shrug off his, it definitely is within the realm of possibility for Geale to force a "pick what you like" type affair, hustling Golovkin to a possible decision if the judges' stylistic preference favored his messy but high work rate over Golovkin's cleaner and more effective punching.

The only way you can remove Golokvin's power from the equation, however, is by:

Geale taking something (to minimize the effect; ie PED's...PCP? Oxycontin?)

Golovkin being depleted somehow. (having raunchy epic multiple-orgasmic se-xcapades the morning of the fight; catching a flu during camp; weight drain...)


Otherwise, no chance. Golovkin's would get him eventually, as Geale never fights shyly.