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Gennadiy Gennadyevich Golovkin (Cyrillic: Генна́дий Генна́дьевич Голо́вкин; also spelled Gennady; [2] born 8 April 1982), often known by his nickname "GGG" or "Triple G", is a Kazakhstani professional boxer.
After knocking out Amir Khan back in 2016, Álvarez vacated his WBC middleweight title, with Golovkin subsequently being awarded it. Some critics labelled a Álvarez 'a duck' for doing so, believing the Mexican was attempting to 'age out' Golovkin as much as possible.
Following Canelo Álvarez's victory against Miguel Cotto in 2015, talks began between the Golovkin and Álvarez camps over the future WBC title defense. In the end, an agreement was ultimately reached to allow interim bouts before the fight to, in the words of WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman, "maximize the interest in their highly anticipated showdown. [9]
Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin II billed as Final Judgment, was a professional boxing rematch between Canelo Álvarez and Gennady Golovkin which took place at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada on September 15, 2018.
Gennady Golovkin vs. Daniel Jacobs, billed as Middleweight Madness, was a professional boxing fight contested for the unified WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, IBO championship. The bout was on March 18, 2017 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
After multiple rumors of a middleweight unification match between titlists Gennady Golovkin and Ryōta Murata, it was announced on October 27, 2021 that a deal had finally been agreed between the two to stage the bout in the latter's home country of Japan, at the Saitama Super Arena on December 29, 2021. [2]
Golovkin and Lemieux Press Conference 18 August 2015. It was announced in July 2015 that WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin would make the 10th defence of his world title in an unification fight against IBF champion David Lemieux at the Madison Square Garden in New York City on 17 October, live on HBO Pay-Per-View.
Women's top 10 rankings Boxer Record Weight class Current world title(s) Ranker The Ring [6]ESPN [7]BoxRec [8]Claressa Shields: 14–0 (2 KO) Middleweight: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring