One is a world champion.
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The other boasts an undefeated professional record and is a star on the rise.
But what you will never hear out of the mouth of IBF middleweight title holder Daniel Geale or Canberra's Steve Lovett are the type of outlandish statements which have kept Anthony Mundine in the headlines.
Like earlier this week when the former rugby league star declared he wanted to get past the ''chihauhaus'' and focus on world boxing's ''big dog'' - none other than seven-time world champion Floyd Mayweather.
Or Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao. Or Puerto Rican technician Miguel Cotto.
Geale takes offence at Mundine's attitude and is on a mission to prove to a sceptical Australian boxing public that all fighters shouldn't be tarred with the same brush.
''Nah, he'd never fight one of them, no way in the world, he'd get smashed,'' Geale said.
''He's used his mouth to promote himself and keep in the media. What we do is very different. We're trying to show not all boxers are mugs and idiots.''
Geale and Lovett train alongside each other in Sydney.
Lovett slogs it out as an apprentice stonemason in Canberra before driving up the highway and putting in the hard yards in the gym.
''I see what he does in the gym and I try to achieve what he's doing,'' Lovett said.
''He's clipped me a few times, you've got to be on your toes when you're in there with him.''
Lovett boasts a 5-0 record in the light heavyweight division, most recently a TKO victory against Frank Ciampa in Hobart on the undercard to Geale's latest title defence.
Geale easily accounted for Ghana's Osumana Adama to take his record to an impressive 27-1.
And guess who inflicted that solitary defeat?
None other than Mundine in Brisbane in 2009.
Geale is keen for a rematch but isn't holding his breath.
''That's something that has been talked about, it's always been there from our side,'' Geale said.
''We've shown a keen interest, but unfortunately if there's a challenge involved, Mundine's not up for it.''
First, he needs to find his next challenger with a scheduled unification bout with Russian WBO middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog on shaky ground. The WBO is threatening to strip Pirog of his title if he passes up its mandatory challenger in favour of taking on Geale.
If, as expected, that doesn't go ahead, WBA champion Felix Sturm and a lucrative encounter with American Jermain Taylor loom as Geale's likely options.
But Mundine is the first to crack the lucrative US market, confirming a fight against American journeyman Bronco McKart in Las Vegas on July 4.
''I've heard of him, it was about 10 years ago and he was old back then,'' Geale quipped about the 41-year-old.
''Everybody I've seen comment on his opponent is almost in fits of laughter about it.''