By Edward Chaykovsky

Former champion Daniel Geale is set to trade punches with his countryman, Jarrod Fletcher, on a date in December in Sydney.

According to the West Australian, they will collide for the IBF's regional Pan Pacific middleweight title at the Horden Pavilion on a pay-per-view card that is going to feature three Australian title fights.

Both fighters are coming off knockout defeats. Geale (30-3) was knocked out in the third round by WBA/IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin at New York's Madison Square Garden. A few weeks later at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Fletcher (18-2) was blasted out in five by Danny Jacobs in a battle for the vacant WBA 'regular' belt.

Ironically, Geale and Fletcher helped each other prepare for those fights as sparring partners.