Danny Green
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Daniel ("Danny") Thomas Green (born March 9, 1973) is an Australian professional Light Heavyweight Boxer and former Olympian, who is nicknamed The Green Machine.
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[edit] Early life
Green was born on March 9 1973 and grew up in Doubleview, a suburb of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. His family was a sporting one, with his brother Brendan eventually being selected to the professional playing staff of the West Coast Eagles Australian rules football team. His father Mal was also active in the game; he coached Green's junior team to three premierships.
Green participated in kickboxing and martial arts throughout his youth, in addition to his involvement in Australian Rules Football. He began boxing at 18. He and his brother had attended a clinic to assist with preparation for the next Australian Rules Football season. Noted trainer Pat Develerz convinced him that he possessed significant natural boxing ability. Green took him at his word and commenced a successful amateur career, with Develerz as his trainer.
[edit] Amateur boxing career and the Olympics
Success at the State Amateur level led to Green being selected for an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship, with a view to development for the upcoming 1998 Commonwealth Games and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
Green qualified for the Olympic team and got off to a dream start in the first round of the competition, stopping the Brazilian Laudelino Barros in the fourth and final round. Unfortunately, the draw wasn't favourable to him. The Russian Alexander Lebziak stopped Green in the fourth and final round of their second round bout. Lebziak went on to claim the Gold medal.
[edit] Professional career
Danny Green Professional career
[edit] After Mundine
After the loss to Mundine, Green moved up to the Light Heavyweight to fight Jason DeLisle. Danny had fought Jason twice before, losing to him on points in 2000 as an amateur and beating him in 2003 by KO in the 5th.
Green and DeLisle fought on the 20th of Sept. Danny won convincingly by TKO in the 9th.
After the fight in an interview he said: I felt bad fighting Jason. A couple of times during the fight I thought, 'Goodness me, I wish his corner would throw the towel in because he's copping unnecessary punishment'. I went the body quite a bit, trying to soften him up there but in the eighth round he hit me plumb - a very good shot - and that's when I thought I'd better put him away.
It was announced on December 7 that Danny's next opponent would be fellow Australian Paul Murdoch. The light-heavyweight bout took place January 21. Green took an impressive victory, stopping Murdoch in the second round when a member of his corner threw in the towel.
Green is now currently the WBA # 6, IBF # 6, WBC # 10 and # 15 IBO light heavyweight.
Following the Murdoch bout it was announced that Danny's next opponent would be Manny Siaca in an IBO World Title Eliminator. However the fight was cancelled after Siaca contracted a viral infection and in its place Green fought American Otis Griffin at Challenge Stadium on 19 July. Griffin, who began his boxing career after winning a reality TV show hosted by Oscar de la Hoya, was no match for Green who knocked him down three successive times in the third round. The fight again displayed a more comfortable Green at light-heavyweight, as he commanded centre ring and used his superior power to stop Griffin for the first time in his professional career. Immediately after the fight Green announced his intention to fight Antonio Tarver, the first man to knock-our Roy Jones Jnr. and star of Rocky VI, for his IBO title in Perth. Green raised the possibility of the fight being held at Subiaco Oval, with others suggesting the bigger indoor venue the Burswood Dome. It is believed Green would be willing to take a substantial pay-cut in order to increase the purse offered to Tarver to lure him to Perth.
[edit] Documentary
In 2006 a documentary called The Fight Game was released based on Danny. It covers the triumph and tragedy of the first four years of his professional boxing career.
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