It has just been announced that Danny Green will return to the ring after a seven month absence to fight South African Andre Thysse in Perth, Australia, on 17th October. I am quite pleased to see that Danny is fighting again; he has been out of the ring for much of the last 12 months due to injuries and a severe bout of dehydration after his April points victory over Sean Sullivan. I am quite disappointed though that Green is not fighting Marcus Beyer or Mikkel Kessler in October but I dare say that boxing politics has raised its ugly head once again. Marcus Beyer is fighting a rematch with Italy's Christian Sanavia and the WBC has apparantly stated that they would like Green to face the winner. One major problem is that Beyer's promoters (who already have options on Sanavia) want options on Green's fights should he beat Beyer or Sanavia. Based on Beyer's recent performances and from what I have heard about Sanavia one would think that Green is likely to beat either man! Here is the problem that I see, however. Danny Green is the WBC Interim Super Middleweight Champion, he won this title by defeating Eric Lucas, the No.1 contender to the WBC Super Middleweight title (at the time of the bout) because Marcus Beyer had been so badly beaten up by Danny Green that he was unable to make his mandatory title defence on time. Since then Beyer's disgracefully interfering promoters have done everything in their power to keep Beyer away from Green, luckily for them Green injured his hand in the Lucas bout and then needed a long time out of the ring after the Sean Sullivan bout. Both incidents gave Beyers handlers the opportunity to take fights against easier opponents, but Beyer lost on points to a fighter (Sanavia) his promoters thought would be a walk over. Sadly for Green this is just another obstacle to him  getting his rightful rematch for the WBC title. The way I see things, Danny Green is the number one contender for the WBC Super Middleweight title, without any dispute! How can Marcus Beyer's promoters legally demand options on his future bouts if Green beats Beyer or Sanavia? It is my understanding that the No.1 contender gets a shot at the title without any strings attached. Instead we see these disgraceful stand over tactics from the German promoters. I really would like to know why Green isn't getting fair treatment here like other fighters. Hopefully Danny Green will get his opportunity to claim the WBC title and then we can see him move on to more exciting and lucrative bouts with the likes of Anthony Mundine, Jeff Lacey, Joe Calzaghe or even Bernard Hopkins. Apart from these big names there are other good potential fighters in this division that Green should be facing. Men like Manny Siaca, Mads Larsen, Mikkel Kessler, Antwun Echols, Scott Pemberton, Robin Reid, Mikkel Kessler,  Byron Mitchell and/or Charles Brewer. It is such a shame to to see a fighter of Green's talent fighting tune up bouts with the likes of Sean Sullivan and Andre Thysse when he should be fighting for the WBC title. The Super Middleweight division has not been as exciting since the days Nigel Benn, Roy Jones Jnr., Michael Watson, Chris Eubank, James Toney, Iran Barkley and Gerald McClelland fought in the division. Danny Green is probably the most exciting fighter in the Super Middleweight division, he has been described as a Super Middleweight version of Arturo Gatti by Lou DiBella, yet he is being frozen out of the picture by unethical and interfering German promoters and a spineless World Boxing Council who won't give him his due. Hopefully Jeff Fenech can work behind the scenes and lobby the WBC to give this deserving man his opportunity to have a title shot without unreasonable demands being placed concerning future options on his next couple of bouts should Danny Green beat Beyer or Savavia. I guess I will have to be satisfied with the fact that Danny Green is at least stepping back into the ring for a fight. I have heard Andre Thysse is tough, wild and relentless. These characteristics make for a potentially exciting bout against Green and as a fight fan, this is what I demand when spending money on a pay per view event. I don't think there is much chance of being bored to death watching Green-Thysse, unlike when watching Mundine give up his title without making a real effort against Manny Siaca. Darren Yates 8-05-2004 Brought to you by Saratogamist copyright 2001-2004