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Total Fights | 45 |
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Wins | 42 |
Losses | 2 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 3 |
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Title Defenses | 21 |
Title-Fight KOs | 20 |
KO Wins | 37 |
KO Losses | 0 |
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16 years and four months into his professional boxing career, Gennady Golovkin has fought 45 times with 42 wins, 2 losses, and 1 draw.
Golovkin's boxing record is currently 42-2-1, which includes two world-championship elevations, three world-title wins, and 21 successful title defense fights at the middleweight weight division. He has a 82.2% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 37 of his total 45 fights being knockout wins, 20 of which were in title fights. Golovkin has never lost via knockout.
His last fight was a 12-round unanimous decision defeat to Canelo Álvarez on September 17, 2022. Golovkin was fighting for the undisputed super-middleweight championship in this fight. He is on a one-fight losing streak.
Some of Golovkin's best fights and notable victories include wins over Kell Brook, Daniel Geale, Daniel Jacobs, Grzegorz Proksa, Marco Antonio Rubio, David Lemieux, and Makoto Fuchigami.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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45 | Sep 17, 2022 | 40 | Canelo Álvarez | Loss * | UD |
44 | Apr 9, 2022 | 40 | Ryōta Murata | Win * | TKO9 |
43 | Dec 18, 2020 | 38 | Kamil Szeremeta | Win * | RTD7 |
42 | Oct 5, 2019 | 37 | Sergiy Derevyanchenko | Win * | UD |
41 | Jun 8, 2019 | 37 | Steve Rolls | Win | KO4 |
40 | Sep 15, 2018 | 36 | Canelo Álvarez | Loss * | MD |
39 | May 5, 2018 | 36 | Vanes Martirosyan | Win * | KO2 |
38 | Sep 16, 2017 | 35 | Canelo Álvarez | Draw * | SD |
37 | Mar 18, 2017 | 34 | Daniel Jacobs | Win * | UD |
36 | Sep 10, 2016 | 34 | Kell Brook | Win * | TKO5 |
35 | Apr 23, 2016 | 34 | Dominic Wade | Win * | KO2 |
34 | Oct 17, 2015 | 33 | David Lemieux | Win * | TKO8 |
33 | May 16, 2015 | 33 | Willie Monroe Jr. | Win * | TKO6 |
32 | Feb 21, 2015 | 32 | Martin Murray | Win * | TKO11 |
31 | Oct 18, 2014 | 32 | Marco Antonio Rubio | Win * | KO2 |
30 | Jul 26, 2014 | 32 | Daniel Geale | Win * | TKO3 |
29 | Feb 1, 2014 | 31 | Osumanu Adama | Win * | TKO7 |
28 | Nov 2, 2013 | 31 | Curtis Stevens | Win * | RTD8 |
27 | Jun 29, 2013 | 31 | Matthew Macklin | Win * | KO3 |
26 | Mar 30, 2013 | 30 | Nobuhiro Ishida | Win * | KO3 |
25 | Jan 19, 2013 | 30 | Gabriel Rosado | Win * | TKO7 |
24 | Sep 1, 2012 | 30 | Grzegorz Proksa | Win * | TKO5 |
23 | May 12, 2012 | 30 | Makoto Fuchigami | Win * | TKO3 |
22 | Dec 9, 2011 | 29 | Lajuan Simon | Win * | KO1 |
21 | Jun 17, 2011 | 29 | Kassim Ouma | Win * | TKO10 |
20 | Dec 16, 2010 | 28 | Nilson Julio Tapia | Win * | KO3 |
19 | Aug 14, 2010 | 28 | Milton Núñez | Win | KO1 |
18 | Nov 21, 2009 | 27 | Mikhail Makarov | Win | KO2 |
17 | Jul 11, 2009 | 27 | John Anderson Carvalho | Win | KO2 |
16 | Apr 25, 2009 | 27 | Anthony Greenidge | Win | KO5 |
15 | Jan 17, 2009 | 26 | Javier Alberto Mamani | Win | TKO1 |
14 | Nov 22, 2008 | 26 | Malik Dziarra | Win | RTD2 |
13 | Jun 21, 2008 | 26 | Amar Amari | Win | UD |
12 | May 10, 2008 | 26 | Ibrahim Sid | Win | TKO8 |
11 | Apr 5, 2008 | 25 | Ian Gardner | Win | UD |
10 | Feb 29, 2008 | 25 | Tshepo Mashego | Win | KO1 |
9 | Sep 7, 2007 | 25 | Mehdi Bouadla | Win | UD |
8 | May 25, 2007 | 25 | Sergey Khomitsky | Win | TKO5 |
7 | Feb 27, 2007 | 24 | Simon Mokoena | Win | RTD6 |
6 | Dec 2, 2006 | 24 | Sylvain Gomis | Win | KO4 |
5 | Oct 21, 2006 | 24 | Jorge Ariel Garcia | Win | KO2 |
4 | Sep 19, 2006 | 24 | Martins Kukulis | Win | RTD2 |
3 | Aug 22, 2006 | 24 | Daniel Urbanski | Win | TKO4 |
2 | Jul 29, 2006 | 24 | Sergei Navarka | Win | TKO3 |
1 | May 6, 2006 | 24 | Gabor Balogh | Win | KO1 |
* World-title fight
Gennadiy Golovkin (GGG) is a 42-year old Kazakhstani professional boxer. He was born in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union on April 8, 1982. He is a former middleweight world champion.
Golovkin made his professional boxing debut against Gabor Balogh at the age of 24 on May 6, 2006, defeating Balogh via 1st round KO. He went on to win 36 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 32 wins via stoppage.
He got elevated as the middleweight world WBA (Regular) champion at the age of 28 after 19 professional fights, and had his first title defense fight against Nilson Julio Tapia on December 16, 2010, and won via 3rd round KO.
Gennady Golovkin is a two-time unified middleweight world champion, and has won three world titles at middleweight. He was elevated as world champion twice. For all the details about Golovkin's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Golovkin has had a total of two losses in his professional boxing career so far.
His most recent fight was for the super-middleweight undisputed championship title against Mexican boxer Canelo Álvarez on September 17, 2022. Golovkin lost the fight via 12 round unanimous decision. It's been 1 year, 7 months, and 8 days since this fight.
Golovkin has had a total of 25 world-title fights till today, which includes winning three world titles and 22 successful title defenses. He won 22 of these fights, lost two, and drew in one.
Gennady Golovkin has fought for middleweight world titles in six fights and won three of these fights, two of these victories coming via way of stoppage. Till today, he has won three middleweight belts. He was elevated as world champion twice, by WBA and WBC.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Apr 9, 2022^ | Ryōta Murata | Middleweight | WBA (Super) | TKO |
Oct 5, 2019 | Sergiy Derevyanchenko | Middleweight | IBF* | UD |
Oct 17, 2015^ | David Lemieux | Middleweight | IBF | TKO |
Gennady Golovkin has had 23 middleweight world-title defense fights. He won 22 of them and lost only once.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Apr 9, 2022^ | Ryōta Murata | Middleweight | IBF | TKO |
Dec 18, 2020 | Kamil Szeremeta | Middleweight | IBF | RTD |
May 5, 2018 | Vanes Martirosyan | Middleweight | WBA (Super), WBC | KO |
Sep 16, 2017 | Canelo Álvarez | Middleweight | WBA (Super), WBC, IBF | SD (draw) |
Mar 18, 2017 | Daniel Jacobs | Middleweight | WBA (Super), WBC, IBF | UD |
Sep 10, 2016 | Kell Brook | Middleweight | WBC, IBF | TKO |
Apr 23, 2016 | Dominic Wade | Middleweight | WBA (Super), IBF | KO |
Oct 17, 2015^ | David Lemieux | Middleweight | WBA (Super) | TKO |
May 16, 2015 | Willie Monroe Jr. | Middleweight | WBA (Super) | TKO |
Feb 21, 2015 | Martin Murray | Middleweight | WBA (Super) | TKO |
Oct 18, 2014 | Marco Antonio Rubio | Middleweight | WBA (Super) | KO |
Jul 26, 2014 | Daniel Geale | Middleweight | WBA (Super) | TKO |
Feb 1, 2014 | Osumanu Adama | Middleweight | WBA | TKO |
Nov 2, 2013 | Curtis Stevens | Middleweight | WBA | RTD |
Jun 29, 2013 | Matthew Macklin | Middleweight | WBA | KO |
Mar 30, 2013 | Nobuhiro Ishida | Middleweight | WBA | KO |
Jan 19, 2013 | Gabriel Rosado | Middleweight | WBA | TKO |
Sep 1, 2012 | Grzegorz Proksa | Middleweight | WBA (Regular) | TKO |
May 12, 2012 | Makoto Fuchigami | Middleweight | WBA (Regular) | TKO |
Dec 9, 2011 | Lajuan Simon | Middleweight | WBA (Regular) | KO |
Jun 17, 2011 | Kassim Ouma | Middleweight | WBA (Regular) | TKO |
Dec 16, 2010 | Nilson Julio Tapia | Middleweight | WBA (Regular) | KO |
Gennady Golovkin has lost one world-title defense fight, and lost two titles in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Sep 15, 2018 | Canelo Álvarez | Middleweight | WBA (Super), WBC | MD |
Golovkin has fought a total of 45 times till today, which includes 25 world-title fights at two weight divisions. He is among the very best of his generation and is one of the pound-for-pound best boxers of all time. These 10 fights are the highlight of his career.
December 16, 2010: Golovkin gets elevated as the WBA (Regular) middleweight champion and has his first world-title fight, and successfully defends the title against Nilson Julio Tapia winning the fight via 3rd round KO.
May 12, 2012: Golovkin successfully defends the WBA (Regular) middleweight title against Makoto Fuchigami, winning the fight via 3rd round TKO.
September 1, 2012: Golovkin successfully defends the WBA (Regular) middleweight title against Grzegorz Proksa, winning the fight via 5th round TKO.
July 26, 2014: Golovkin successfully defends the WBA (Super) middleweight title against Daniel Geale, winning the fight via 3rd round TKO.
October 18, 2014: Golovkin wins the middleweight title from Marco Antonio Rubio, by beating Rubio via 2nd round KO.
October 17, 2015: Golovkin becomes a unified middleweight world champion by beating David Lemieux via 8th round TKO. He now holds the WBA (Super) and IBF middleweight world-champion belts.
September 10, 2016: Golovkin successfully defends the WBC and IBF middleweight titles against Kell Brook, winning the fight via 5th round TKO.
March 18, 2017: Golovkin successfully defends the WBA (Super), WBC, and IBF middleweight titles against Daniel Jacobs, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
September 16, 2017: Gennady Golovkin has a draw against Canelo Álvarez via 12 round split decision. He was defending his WBA (Super), WBC, and IBF middleweight titles, and fighting for The Ring middleweight title.
April 9, 2022: Golovkin becomes a unified middleweight world champion by beating Ryōta Murata via 9th round TKO. He now holds the IBF and WBA (Super) middleweight world-champion belts.
Golovkin has knocked out 37 of his 45 opponents so far. His KO ratio currently stands at 82.2%. Of his total 42 wins, 37 of them have been via KO (88.1%).
Golovkin's first world-title win was the IBF belt at middleweight. He defeated David Lemieux via 8 round TKO to win the title.
As of April 2024, Golovkin has won three world titles at middleweight.
Golovkin has had a total of 23 title defense fights so far. He was successful 22 times and lost one time.