A federal court in Michigan was the latest to hand down a ruling striking down a legislative map as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. Voters and a voting rights group in the state won their challenge Thursday in a suit that targeted a total of 34 districts from the GOP-drawn state House, state Senate and U.S. congressional map. The ruling comes as we wait for the Supreme Court to hand down its decisions in two partisan gerrymandering cases it heard earlier this term.

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Daniel Geale has written to a leading television executive to explain why he has knocked back a fight with Gennady Golovkin and to stress that he definitely wants a crack at the hard-hitting boxer.

Former WBA and IBF world middleweight champion Geale fights world-ranked fellow Australian Garth Wood in Sydney on February 19 in his first bout since losing the IBF strap to Englishman Darren Barker last August.

Geale wants to prove he isn't "done and dusted" after that loss and is worthy of a shot at another world title.

Felix Sturm, who took the title off Barker last December, wants a rematch later this year with Geale, who dethroned the German in 2012.

However, another Australian, Sam Soliman, is the mandatory contender.

Geale was offered an April 26th HBO televisd