Gennady Golovkin
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| Born | Геннадий Геннадьевич Головкин April 8, 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other names | GGG (Triple G), God of war | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight(s) | Middleweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draws | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No contests | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin ([Геннадий Геннадьевич Головкин] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help); born April 8, 1982) is an undefeated boxer from Kazakhstan who competes in the Middleweight (75 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal. He is the current WBA (Regular) and IBO middleweight champion.[1] He is of Russian ethnicity.[2][3]
Amateur boxing
He was a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program since November 2002.
At the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok, he won the gold medal beating future two-time champion Matvey Korobov (RUS) 19:10, Andy Lee (29:9), Lucian Bute (stoppage), Yordanis Despaigne in the semifinals (29:26) and Oleg Mahskin in the finals.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics he beat Ramadan Yasser Abdelghafar 31 - 20 and Andre Dirrell 23 - 18, lost to the Russian Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov 18 -28 and won the silver medal. He qualified for the Athens Games by winning the gold medal at the 2004 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Puerto Princesa, Philippines. In the final he defeated home fighter Christopher Camat.
At the world championships 2005 he sensationally lost to Mohamed Hikal.
Amateur Highlights
- 2000 won the Junior World Championships in Budapest, Hungary as a Light Welterweight. Results were:
- Defeated Hao Yen Kuo (Chinese Taipei) RSC-3
- Defeated Alexander Renz (Germany) PTS (26-7)
- Defeated Benjamin Kalinovic (Croatia) PTS (21-10)
- Defeated Evgeni Putilov (Russia) PTS (24-10)
- Defeated Maikel Perez (Cuba) PTS (30-17)
- 2002 won the Asian Games in Busan, South Korea as a Light Middleweight. Results were:
- Defeated Abdullah Shekib (Afghanistan) AB-1
- Defeated Nagimeldin Adam (Qatar) RSCO-1
- Defeated Song In Joon (South Korea) PTS (18-12)
- Defeated Suriya Prasathinpimai (Thailand) RSCO-3
- 2003 won the World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand as a Middleweight. Results were:
- Defeated Matvey Korobov (Russia) PTS (19-10)
- Defeated Andy Lee (Ireland) PTS (29-9)
- Defeated Lucian Bute (Romania) KO-4
- Defeated Yordanis Despaigne (Cuba) PTS (29-26)
- Defeated Oleg Mashkin (Ukraine) RSCI-2
- 2004 Middleweight Olympic Silver Medalist as a member of the Kazakhstani Olympic Team. His results were:
- Defeated Ali Ahmed Khan (Pakistan) 31-10
- Defeated Ramadan Yasser (Egypt) 31-20
- Defeated Andre Dirrell (USA) 23-18
- Lost to Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov (Russia) 18-28
Professional boxing
He turned pro in Germany and has won his first 19 fights, 16 by knockout. On August 14, 2010, he won the vacant WBA Interim Middleweight Title, defeating Milton Nunez by 1st-round KO in Panama City, Panama.
Professional boxing record
References
- ^ "World Boxing Association - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". En.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
- ^ "Gennady Golovkin | GGG-Boxing - Willkommen". Golovkin.de. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
- ^ http://idwhoiswho.kz/node/1257
- ^ Gennady Golovkin's Professional Boxing Record – BoxRec.com
External links
- News and Pictures of Gennadiy Golovkin
- Boxing record for Gennady Golovkin from BoxRec (registration required)
- sports-reference
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