A fast paced Daniel Geale from Australia stopped Roman Karmazin in the final round on Sunday. Geale controlled the fight from the beginning relying on speed and impressive stamina to outwork the former champ Karmazin. Then, with only 30 seconds left in the bout, Daniel knocked a very tired Roman out by way of attrition. A powerful flurry in the last moments forced the referee, American Patrick Russell, to step in and save Karmazin.

Geale now has a record of 24 wins, 15 by knockouts, and only one loss. This fight against Karmazin was a final title eliminator and has placed Geale in line for a shot against IBF middleweight champion Sebastian Sylvester. Geale showed high class in the victory, schooling Roman to unanimous scorecards as well. At the time of the stoppage the cards read 106-103, 108-101, and 109-101 all in favor of the Australian. Karmazin was cut in the sixth round when he collided with Geale’s head and never recovered. He falls to 40-4-2 and may consider returning to junior middleweight, where he was once a champion.

As for the victor, Geale says that he’s ready for the Sylvester challenge: “Going to Germany, I don’t care where, [the belt] is coming down here.” Daniel is ready to fight Sebastian anywhere for the chance to lift the belt. “I said I will fight the best, and [Karmazin] is the first I’ve taken down,” he boasted. “Now we are looking for the next victim. The champ, Sebastian, just fought and defeated Mahir Oral in Germany by way of UD on Saturday, so these two look to be on a serious collision course.

The Geale vs Karmazin fight took place at Sydney Olympic Park Sports Center in Sydney, Australia. In the undercard Australian based Filipino Ranee Ganoy defeated Guillermo Mosquera when Guillermo injured his shoulder and didn’t come out for round three. Lightweight Lenny Zappavigna knocked down #3 ranked Ji-Hoon Kim (21-7) twice in the first round to prompt a stoppage win. Lenny moves to 25-0 with 17 KOs and still undefeated. Super-middleweight Junior Talipeau (17-1-1) earned a unanimous scorecard win over Shannon Taylor in a mediocre bout. And #15 ranked IBF jr. middleweight Rob Medley (30-3) dominated the 21-4 American Jason LeHoullier for a UD himself, and is now chasing a fight with Cornelius “K9″ Bundrage, the IBF champ at that weight.

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