By Francisco Salazar

(INGLEWOOD, Calif.) - Gennady Golovkin loves to use the phrase, 'Big Drama Show.'

He apparently felt there was not enough drama in his 12 round bout on Saturday night against Willie Monroe. Golovkin apparently believed Monroe needed to get back into the fight, even though he had him dead in the water.

While it looked as Monroe was getting back into the fight, Golovkin decided to end matters in familiar fashion.

Golovkin stopped Monroe in the sixth round before a boisterous crowd of 12,372 at The Forum. With the win, Golovkin defended his multiple titles and secured his 20th consecutive knockout win.

Few people gave Monroe any opportunity to defeat Golovkin. While Monroe was ranked by a sanctioning body and had won the 2014 'Boxcino' tournament, many believed Golovkin would steamroll through him.

Golovkin was coming off an 11th round stoppage win over Martin Murray, a top five middleweight who had impressive credentials but was dominated throughout the entire fight.

It appeared that would happen as Golovkin scored two brutal knockdowns of Monroe in the second round. The first was a laser-like left hook to the head that dropped Monroe to the canvas. Moments later, a right cross dropped Monroe to the canvas. While Monroe stood up, he was on wobbly legs, but was able to make it out of the round.

"We were both in motion and he caught me with a big shot," said Monroe after the fight. "He's strong."

To his credit, while a lot of fighters may have thrown in the towel, the southpaw Monroe bravely fought on. He was able to attack the body and land short right hooks to the head. His best round was the fourth when he connected with straight left hands, giving him a glimmer of hope that he turn the fight in his favor.

"At that moment, I was thinking of my grandpa," said Monroe, who drops to 19-2, 6 KOs. "He's easy to hit. He takes a good shot."

Golovkin was able to measure and connect with right hands in the fifth round. Some of those punches were to the body, forcing Monroe to fight defensively.

Moments into the sixth round, Golovkin stunned Monroe with a right hand. Golovkin followed up, eventually dropping Monroe with a left hook to the head. After getting up, Monroe told referee Jack Reiss that he was done, prompting Reiss to wave the fight over at 45 seconds.

With the win, Golovkin retains his WBA/IBO world titles and improves to 33-0, 30 KOs.

"This was a very big drama show," Golovkin said after the fight. "This is not a track meet. I let him into the fight. He's a really good fighter. I'm a real champion."

With the Monroe fight in the rear view mirror, there is talk of Golovkin possibly fighting Miguel Cotto, since Golovkin is the interim WBC middleweight champion (Cotto holds the WBC title).

That fight may not occur immediately as Golovkin may be on the outside looking in. Discussions have been taking place between Golden Boy Promotions and Roc Nation to match Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez and Cotto for sometime in September or October, so long as Cotto defeats Daniel Geale on June 6 in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Golovkin still has his eyes set on Cotto, but is open to fight Alvarez or any middleweight with a world title belt.

"I respect Miguel Cotto. After his fight, I'll wait. I'm ready right now to fight Miguel Cotto and Canelo Alvarez. I respect them."

Francisco A. Salazar has written for Boxingscene.com since September of 2012 and has covered boxing in Southern California and abroad since 2000. Francisco also covers boxing for the Ventura County (CA) Star newspaper, RingTV, and Knockout Nation. He can be reached by email at santio89@yahoo.com or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing