I think Mundine will be very quick on the night and will do just enough to win 4 of the first 5 rounds. Mundines evasion skills will be enough to cover for his low work rate as Geale wont tag Mundine much Round 6 and 7 Mundine will take a rest while Geale is told he needs to win most of the remaining rounds to win.......Geale will win these 2 rounds Rounds 8 and 9 Mundine will stamp his mark on the fight and land lots of jabs and some telling power shots Mundine knows he has won unless he gets caught so Mundine will run last round Score Mundine by 2 rounds :yep....oh yeah
I had a dream last night Geale knocked Mundine out cold in the 5th round.. Although I had the same dream about Hatton knocking out Pacman as well.. But seriously, I've woken up now and I kinda see it like this: Mundine will start out cautiously for the first 2 rounds, probably still taking them with the more accurate punches, Geale will shell up a bit most likely and pick his spots but Mundine likely beats him to the punch. Rounds 3 - 7 Geale will start to take some more chances, relaxing a bit and try and return serve with Mundine which I reckon will work well for him as he can box a bit. Mundine will choose his spots again and take half the rounds with the cleaner punches. Rounds 8-10 Someone will go down, got a feeling it will be Mundine, but it will take everything from Geale and will leave hiim knackered. Mundine will shell up his defense or get on his bike something chronic to tire Geale down even more and to recover. Rounds 11 - 12 Mundine will turn it on as he'll need the last 2 rounds to take it, Geale will have little left and will probably take Mundine's punches but survive. Mundine - Close points. N.B. I haven't seen a great deal of Geale (only his fights since taking the IBO) so I am not sure how he will stack up against Mundine. I am hoping he pulls off the upset, and obviously thats not a far fetched proposal as he can clearly box.
I think Mundine wins wide points BUT in saying that I think it will be a good hard tough fight with Geale coming on later as Mundines stamina lets him down at middleweight again. Mundines hand speed and combos will give him the rounds as Geale keeps coming forward but unable to land anything clear. Heart says Geale but head says Mundine
Mundine 8 rounds to 4 i think, tough fight for him and i think he will get outboxed in the early rounds, choc has been starting slow since going to 160
Mundine wins comfortably on points. Someone like 117-111 or 116-112. Geale won't win he is nowhere near good enough.
Geale UD, close start with both boys having a look with Geale finding a rythym first and slowly but surely edging away to a fairly comprehensive win.
Time for Mundine to get back on track and dispose of Geale in good fashion................ If not i think the end is near. I think Mundine can stop him between rds 7-10
Don't mean to hijack your thread Ash, but what's Geale's best punch/combo? Or perhaps strength in general?
Geale certainly brings the quiet achiever lable in the ring with him. Great amat. fighter, undefeated as a pro. Mandy has been gettin' hit a lot more than he use to. Was the Geale KO of Mckillop not such a surprise to some. The same man that koed Shannon Taylor, who went the full rds with mandy. Makes for an interesting fight but I do see mandy' speed being the difference in a close fight that will go the distance.