DANIEL Geale has to knock out
Anthony Mundine tonight to prove he is the fighter we believe he is.
Mundine needs to beat Geale to prove he is the fighter he has always
said he is.
Both fighters are planning knockouts. Both want something beyond the result.
Geale
not only has to settle an old score from 2009 but keep somewhere in the
back of his mind that all of
America and all of Europe don't see the
Geale-Mundine fight as the morality play that we see it as here.
They don't care about the black hat against the white hat.
They
see it as the IBF champion stepping into the ring against a fighter
that was very good some time ago, and a fight he should win
convincingly.
No matter how brave Mundine would be to go the distance with Geale it
won't be seen that way overseas, where Mundine is regarded as beyond his
prime. A points victory will be seen as conclusive proof of Geale's
limitations.
A loss, of course, would be Geale's disaster. Some
believe Mundine is fighting for his legacy. Not so. His legacy is set.
Whatever people will think of Mundine will not be changed by tonight's
result.
Mundine is fighting for whatever fights might be left.
There is little interest in him overseas and he has already fought and beaten everybody left to fight in Australia.
With the IBF belt around his waist, though, Mundine suddenly has something to take to the market.
