Danny Green (boxer)
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Green in 2011
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| Real name | Daniel Thomas Green |
| Nickname(s) | The Green Machine |
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| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Reach | 185 cm (73 in) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born |
9 March 1973 Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 41 |
| Wins | 36 |
| Wins by KO | 28 |
| Losses | 5 |
Daniel Thomas "Danny" Green (born 9 March 1973) is an Australian professional boxer who also works as a health and fitness trainer. He held the WBA light-heavyweight title from 2007 to 2008; the IBO cruiserweight title twice, from 2009 to 2013; and the WBC interim super middleweight title from 2003 to 2005.
As a teenager Green had tried martial arts and kickboxing, and had his first amateur boxing bout at the age of twenty.
Green was awarded a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport in 1998, and won a bronze medal at the Liverpool International Boxing Tournament in the same year. He was selected for the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, however he broke his hand and was unable to vie for medals.
At the 2000 Australian National titles in Broadbeach, Green lost a "furious contest" against Victorian Nathan Woodham (a boxer he would go on to beat twice in his professional career). In the final Olympic trial in Canberra, DeLisle was eliminated by a Tongan fighter, and Green "tore through the field" to qualify for the boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Green fought in the 81 kg (179 lb) division at the Olympic Games, and beat the Brazilian Laudelino Barros with a "referee stopped contest" decision in the fourth round of his first bout. In his second bout, Green was defeated by the Russian Alexander Lebziak – also by a "referee stopped contest" decision in the fourth round. Green broke his hand fighting Lebziak (who went on to claim the gold medal in the event). In 2010 Green described Lebziak as his toughest opponent, stating "he was a Russian general in the military, nicknamed 'The Animal' and he had a head impervious to punishment."
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