Gennady Golovkin (42-2-1, 37) was born in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union on April 8, 1982. At the age of 24 years on May 6, 2006, he made his professional boxing debut against Gabor Balogh, winning the fight via 1st-round KO.
Golovkin was elevated as the WBA (Regular) middleweight world champion at the age of 28 years and had his first title defense fight against Nilson Julio Tapia on December 16, 2010. He successfully defended the title, winning the fight via 3rd-round KO.
Golovkin's last fight was a super-middleweight world-title fight against Canelo Álvarez for Álvarez' WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO and The Ring titles on September 17, 2022. He lost the fight via 12-round unanimous decision. He is on a 1-fight losing streak.
Some of Gennady Golovkin's best fights have been against Daniel Jacobs, Sergiy Derevyanchenko, Kell Brook, Marco Antonio Rubio, David Lemieux, Daniel Geale and Martin Murray.
Golovkin has 2 losses on his boxing record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
45  | Sep 17, 2022 40 years, 5 months 42-2-1 (37) | 32 years, 1 months 57-2-2 (39) | SMD | 12 | UD | LOSS For WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, The Ring |
44  | Apr 9, 2022 40 years 42-1-1 (37) | 36 years, 2 months 16-2 (13) | MD | 9 | TKO | WIN Won WBA (Super) Defended IBF |
43  | Dec 18, 2020 38 years, 8 months 41-1-1 (36) | 31 years, 2 months 21-0 (5) | MD | 7 | RTD | WIN Defended IBF |
42  | Oct 5, 2019 37 years, 5 months 40-1-1 (35) | 33 years, 11 months 13-1 (10) | MD | 12 | UD | WIN Won IBF |
41  | Jun 8, 2019 37 years, 2 months 39-1-1 (35) | 35 years, 1 months 19-0 (10) | 4 | KO | WIN | |
40 | Sep 15, 2018 36 years, 5 months 38-1-1 (34) | 28 years, 1 months 49-1-2 (34) | MD | 12 | MD | LOSS Lost WBA (Super), WBC For The Ring |
39  | May 5, 2018 36 years 38-0-1 (34) | 32 years 36-3-1 (21) | MD | 2 | KO | WIN Defended WBA (Super), WBC |
38 | Sep 16, 2017 35 years, 5 months 37-0-1 (33) | 27 years, 1 months 49-1-1 (34) | MD | 12 | SD | DRAW Defended WBA (Super), WBC, IBF For The Ring |
37  | Mar 18, 2017 34 years, 11 months 37-0 (33) | 30 years, 1 months 32-1 (29) | MD | 12 | UD | WIN Defended WBA (Super), WBC, IBF |
36  | Sep 10, 2016 34 years, 5 months 36-0 (33) | 30 years, 4 months 36-0 (25) | MD | 5 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC, IBF |
35  | Apr 23, 2016 34 years 35-0 (32) | 26 years 18-0 (12) | MD | 2 | KO | WIN Defended WBA (Super), IBF, WBC Interim |
34  | Oct 17, 2015 33 years, 6 months 34-0 (31) | 26 years, 9 months 34-2 (31) | MD | 8 | TKO | WIN Won IBF Defended WBA (Super), WBC Interim |
33  | May 16, 2015 33 years, 1 months 33-0 (30) | 28 years, 4 months 19-1 (6) | MD | 6 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA (Super), WBC Interim |
32  | Feb 21, 2015 32 years, 10 months 32-0 (29) | 32 years, 4 months 29-1-1 (12) | MD | 11 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA (Super), WBC Interim |
31  | Oct 18, 2014 32 years, 6 months 31-0 (28) | 34 years, 4 months 59-6-1 (51) | MD | 2 | KO | WIN Won WBC Defended WBA (Super) Interim |
30  | Jul 26, 2014 32 years, 3 months 30-0 (27) | 33 years, 5 months 30-2 (16) | MD | 3 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA (Super) |
29  | Feb 1, 2014 31 years, 9 months 29-0 (26) | 33 years, 1 months 22-3 (16) | MD | 7 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA |
28  | Nov 2, 2013 31 years, 6 months 28-0 (25) | 28 years, 7 months 25-3 (18) | MD | 8 | RTD | WIN Defended WBA |
27  | Jun 29, 2013 31 years, 2 months 27-0 (24) | 31 years, 1 months 29-4 (20) | MD | 3 | KO | WIN Defended WBA |
26  | Mar 30, 2013 30 years, 11 months 26-0 (23) | 37 years, 7 months 24-8-2 (9) | MD | 3 | KO | WIN Defended WBA |
25  | Jan 19, 2013 30 years, 9 months 25-0 (22) | 27 years 21-5 (13) | MD | 7 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA |
24  | Sep 1, 2012 30 years, 4 months 24-0 (21) | 27 years, 9 months 28-1 (21) | MD | 5 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA (Regular) |
23  | May 12, 2012 30 years, 1 months 23-0 (20) | 28 years, 9 months 19-6 (10) | MD | 3 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA (Regular) |
22  | Dec 9, 2011 29 years, 8 months 22-0 (19) | 32 years, 9 months 23-3-2 (12) | MD | 1 | KO | WIN Defended WBA (Regular) |
21  | Jun 17, 2011 29 years, 2 months 21-0 (18) | 32 years, 6 months 27-7-1 (17) | MD | 10 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA (Regular) |
20  | Dec 16, 2010 28 years, 8 months 20-0 (17) | 25 years, 3 months 14-2-1 (10) | MD | 3 | KO | WIN Defended WBA (Regular) |
19  | Aug 14, 2010 28 years, 4 months 19-0 (16) | 30 years, 10 months 21-1-1 (19) | MD | 1 | KO | WIN Won WBA Interim |
18 | Nov 21, 2009 27 years, 7 months 18-0 (15) | Mikhail Makarov | 2 | KO | WIN | |
17 | Jul 11, 2009 27 years, 3 months 17-0 (14) | John Anderson Carvalho | MD | 2 | KO | WIN |
16 | Apr 25, 2009 27 years 16-0 (13) | Anthony Greenidge | 5 | KO | WIN | |
15 | Jan 17, 2009 26 years, 9 months 15-0 (12) | Javier Alberto Mamani | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
14 | Nov 22, 2008 26 years, 7 months 14-0 (11) | Malik Dziarra | 2 | RTD | WIN | |
13 | Jun 21, 2008 26 years, 2 months 13-0 (10) | Amar Amari | 8 | UD | WIN | |
12 | May 10, 2008 26 years, 1 months 12-0 (10) | Ibrahim Sid | 8 | TKO | WIN | |
11 | Apr 5, 2008 25 years, 11 months 11-0 (9) | Ian Gardner | 8 | UD | WIN | |
10 | Feb 29, 2008 25 years, 10 months 10-0 (9) | Tshepo Mashego | 1 | KO | WIN | |
9 | Sep 7, 2007 25 years, 4 months 9-0 (8) | Mehdi Bouadla | 8 | UD | WIN | |
8 | May 25, 2007 25 years, 1 months 8-0 (8) | Sergey Khomitsky | 5 | TKO | WIN | |
7 | Feb 27, 2007 24 years, 10 months 7-0 (7) | Simon Mokoena | 6 | RTD | WIN | |
6 | Dec 2, 2006 24 years, 7 months 6-0 (6) | Sylvain Gomis | 4 | KO | WIN | |
5 | Oct 21, 2006 24 years, 6 months 5-0 (5) | Jorge Ariel Garcia | 2 | KO | WIN | |
4 | Sep 19, 2006 24 years, 5 months 4-0 (4) | Martins Kukulis | 2 | RTD | WIN | |
3 | Aug 22, 2006 24 years, 4 months 3-0 (3) | Daniel Urbanski | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
2 | Jul 29, 2006 24 years, 3 months 2-0 (2) | Sergei Navarka | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
1 | May 6, 2006 24 years 1-0 (1) | Gabor Balogh | 1 | KO | WIN |
