WBA | WBC | IBF |
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MD e1 w1 d19 | MD e1 d4 | MD w2 d6 |
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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.
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 â like opponent record, opponent stats, including videos, and his next fight â refer to "All of Gennady Golovkin's fights".
Total Fights | 45 |
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Wins | 42 |
Losses | 2 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
KO Wins | 37 |
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Total Title Wins | 3 |
Title Defenses | 21 |
Title-Fight KO Wins | 20 |
Losses via KO | 0 |
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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45 | Sep 17, 2022 | 40 | Canelo Ălvarez | Loss * | UD |
44 | Apr 9, 2022 | 40 | RyĆta 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 Ălvarez | Loss * | MD |
39 | May 5, 2018 | 36 | Vanes Martirosyan | Win * | KO2 |
38 | Sep 16, 2017 | 35 | Canelo Ălvarez | 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 NĂșñez | 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
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 |
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Middleweight | WBA, WBC, IBF 2x |
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.
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 Ălvarez on September 17, 2022. Golovkin lost the fight via 12 round unanimous decision. It's been 1 year and 16 days since this fight.
Golovkin has fought a total of 45 times till today, which includes 25 world-title fights at two weight divisions â 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 Ălvarez 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 RyĆta 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%).
If you are interested in Golovkin's boxing career, you should definitely check out the following fights.