Siaca flies in to fight Danny Green -- Sydney Morning Herald

By ADRIAN WARREN, AAP

Manny Siaca has beaten Australia's boxing kangaroo and now he is after a "crocodile", as he turns his attention from Anthony Mundine to Danny Green.

Puerto Rican Siaca arrived in Sydney on Thursday morning in preparation for his April 14 challenge to IBO cruiserweight champion Green in Perth.

While Siaca was settling into his hotel, Green was busting up Dominic Vea in a torrid sparring session across town.

A sharp-looking Green pounded rising cruiserweight star Vea, who shed blood and possibly broke his nose under Green's fire.

Siaca, who beat Mundine on a split points decision in Sydney in 2004, was hoping to secure a rematch with "The Man" provided he could upset Green.

"It was one of the great moments of my life, I enjoyed it," Siaca told AAP regarding his win over Mundine.

"At the weigh-in I said to Mundine he is a kangaroo and I'm the hunter and I will be hunting him.

"Now I am going to hunt a crocodile (Green).

"When I win this fight, maybe I'm going to move down (in weight) and look forward to fighting Mundine again.

"We tried to fight him again but he didn't want to fight any good people, he fights only bums he can beat."

Ranked tenth in the WBC middleweight division, nine places below leading contender Mundine, Siaca (22-6, 19KOs) was adamant he couldn't defeat Green on points.

"I've come here to knock him out because they have Australian judges and an Australian referee, if I don't knock him out, I'm not going to get a decision in his backyard in Perth."

Green (28-3, 25KOs) said he felt fantastic and predicted Siaca would provide tougher opposition than American legend Roy Jones Jr, who he took just two minutes to destroy in his previous bout.

"I think this is going to be a much tougher fight for me because Siaca is going to be hungry," Green told reporters.

"It's a massive opportunity for him, if he takes my world title it opens up big doors for him worldwide.

"I'm preparing to be very impressive, I want to be devastating in there and give the fans a good show."

Green said he expected this weekend's fight in America between Jones and fellow American boxing legend Bernard Hopkins to be a fairly boring and tactical matchup.

He responded to Jones' complaints following their fight by declaring the multi-world title winner had damaged his own reputation and sullied his good name by showing a lack of graciousness in the aftermath of his defeat.

Jones had complained that the gauze under Green's fist wraps used during the fight was illegal and the decisive blow to win the fight was to the back of his head. Although a firm favourite against Siaca, Green said he would try and adopt an underdog mentality.

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