After surrendering his IBO title in Sydney in July, Danny Green, returns to Perth and Challenge Stadium, where he will step back into the ring to face WBC Cruiser Weight World Champion Krzysztof (DIABLO) Wlodarczyk of Poland.
Challenge Stadium is a sports complex in the suburb of Mount Claremont, west of Perth, Western Australia, Australia. It was opened in 1986 and is home to the Western Australian Institute of Sport. The main indoor arena holds 4,500 people (over 5000 with standing room). Previously known as the Claremont Superdrome, the stadium received its current name through a naming-rights sponsorship with the WA-based Challenge Bank[1] (since acquired by Westpac and trading as such). Although the sponsorship with Challenge Bank no longer exists, the name has been retained to the present day.
Challenge Stadium is the home to five time National Basketball League champions the Perth Wildcats. The Wildcats actually used the venue when it was the Claremont Superdome as their home court from 1987 until moving to the larger Perth Entertainment Centre in 1990. They moved back to the stadium from the 2001-02 NBL season and have remained there ever since. The Wildcats have played in three NBL Grand Final series at Challenge Stadium in 1987, 2002-03 and 2009-10 with the only championship coming in 2009-10. During Wildcats games the venue is referred to as “The Jungle”.
Three time world boxing champion Danny Green also calls Challenge Stadium home.
Since 2008 the stadium has also been the home court for the West Coast Fever netball team who play in the ANZ Championship.
The complex features an Olympic-standard aquatic centre, a gym, an adventure training course, two arenas, and several basketball courts, as well as cafés, childcare centres, a sports store, accommodations, and a museum. Regular exhibitions and Expos are hosted throughout the year as well as many national and international sporting events such as the FINA Swimming Championships.
In April/May 2011 Cirque Du Soleil did a 2 week run of its 1992 production Saltimbanco at Challenge Stadium
For the 1st time an Australian Boxing state 3 World Title IBO Super Featherweight World Title and the big one WBC Cruiserweight World Title Fight aginst Danny Green vs Krzysztof Wlodarczyk. This is the adventure of Return to Glory Green vs Wlodarczyk. Green will challenge the European fighter for his WBC title at Perth Challenge Stadium on November 30 at 07:30PM EDT and 04:30PM in WA. Danny Green rates his next opponent Krzysztof Wlodarczyk as the world’s best cruiserweight and says victory over the Pole will be his greatest boxing accomplishment.
Green will challenge the European fighter for his WBC title at Perth Challenge Stadium on November 30.
Wlodarczyk, who is almost nine years younger than Green, is ranked above the Australian by a number of major boxing websites.
Boasting an imposing professional record of 45-2-1 with 32 KOs, Wlodarczyk hasn’t tasted defeat for more than four years.
His last loss was to highly-regarded American Steve Cunningham, who lost the IBF title just last month.
“He (Wlodarczyk) is probably the best cruiserweight in the world now that Steve Cunningham has lost his world title,” Green said.
Several Australian-based betting institutions have made Green favourite for the bout, despite his last fight loss to Antonio Tarver.
“After my recent devastating loss to Tarver I think if I am victorious in this fight, it will be the best victory of my whole career,” Green said.
“Considering whom I’m up against, what I’m up against, who I’m facing and what I’ve just been through, my age, his age.
“The bigger the risk, the bigger the reward.”
Green’s trainer Angelo Hyder said he never tried to talk him out of taking on such a dangerous opponent.
“It was the opposite. I just wanted to block that other fight (against Tarver) out of our brains and take a fight like this where he should be,” Hyder said.
“He is one of the best fighters in the world and he should be fighting one of the best fighters in the world.
“Without doubt this is the hardest challenge Danny has got.”
Green said the keys to him winning were for him to be focussed, smart and calm.
He refuses to contemplate the possibility of retirement should he suffer successive losses for the first time in his professional career.
“I’m not considering anything other than being victorious,” Green said.
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