Geale goes down in third round

Australian boxer Daniel Geale had his middleweight world title dream shattered by a third round TKO at the hands of Gennady Golovkin.

Geale fell to a crushing right hand from the Kazakh fighter in the third round of his bid for the WBA and IBO joint middleweight crowns at Madison Square Garden today.

The fight never looked to be going the way of the Australian with Golovkin dominating from the first round with solid left hands despite a gutsy Geale taking it to him early on.

The punishment continued in the second round with a left-right from the power puncher sending Geale to the canvas and cutting him above the eye.

Referee Mike Ortega stopped the fight after a crunching right in the third to give Golovkin his 17th straight knockout win.

Golovkin's professional record moves to 30 wins (27 knockouts) while Geale's record drops to 30 wins (KO 16) and three losses.