How many KOs does Gennady Golovkin have on his record?

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%).

What is Gennady Golovkin's Record?

Last Updated: June 25, 2023

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Gennadiy Golovkin (GGG) is a 41-year old Kazakhstani professional boxer. He was born in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union on April 8, 1982. Golovkin made his professional boxing debut at the age of 24, on May 6, 2006. He is a middleweight world champion.

Gennady Golovkin Record

16 years and four months into his professional boxing career, Gennady Golovkin has fought 45 times with 42 wins, 2 losses, and 1 draw. As of October 2023, Golovkin's boxing record stands at 42-2-1 (37 KO wins).

Following is a tabular list of Golovkin's fights. For a list with more details — like opponent record, opponent stats, including videos, and his next fight — refer to "All of Gennady Golovkin's fights".

Total Fights	45
Wins	42
Losses	2
Draws	1
No-Contests	0

KO Wins	37
Total Title Wins	3
Title Defenses	21
Title-Fight KO Wins	20
Losses via KO	0

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
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

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World Titles

Golovkin is a middleweight world champion. He has held four world titles at the middleweight weight division, one of which was a vacant title win and two of which were championship elevations, the other was a lineal championship win.

Weight Division	World Titles Held
Middleweight	WBA, WBC, IBF 2x

Statistics

Gennady Golovkin is 179 cm tall (5' 10.47") with a reach of 178 cm (5' 10.08"). He fights out of the orthodox stance and presents an ape-index of -1 cm (-0.39").

Golovkin has a 82.2% KO rate. Of his total 37 KO wins, 22 were in the early rounds, 12 in the mid rounds, and three in the later rounds. He has five first-round KO wins.

Career Summary

Gennady 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.

Golovkin 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.

He 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 "Gennady Golovkin World Titles".

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.

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 and 16 days since this fight.

Career Highlights

Golovkin has fought a total of 45 times till today, which includes 25 world-title fights at two weight divisions — super-middleweight and middleweight. 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.

FAQs

How many KOs does Gennady Golovkin have on his record?
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%).

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