Comments Thread For: Golovkin Focused To Continue His Quest To Be The Best

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By Jake Donovan - Gennady Golovkin has captivated audiences throughout his incredible amateur career, which includes a 350-5 record and a Silver medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native Kazakhstan. Through seven years as a pro, the unbeaten middleweight has quickly developed into a cult favorite while gaining a reputation as the heir apparent to the division’s throne.

Now we get to find out where exactly he belongs in the middleweight division.

It’s not a statement that his team wants to hear, but there is something to the lingering question of how he will fare against the world’s best middleweights. The first piece of that puzzle comes this weekend, when he faces perennial Top 10 contender Matthew Macklin in an HBO-televised headliner at Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.

The bout serves as the final leg of a televised tripleheader, but make no mistake – all eyes are on Golovkin, for a variety of reasons. [Click Here To Read More]

[Cyberspace]

To be the best you have to fight the best. Macklin is a step in the right direction.

[taansend]

"English raised Irishman"?

He's a bloody Brummie, for ****s sake.

You can't get more in the middle of England than Birmingham.

My mum's from Ireland - & I'm proud of that - but I am not Irish. Celtic, maybe, but Irish is a nationality not an ethnicity.

[HeroBando]

"English raised Irishman"?

He's a bloody Brummie, for ****s sake.

You can't get more in the middle of England than Birmingham.

My mum's from Ireland - & I'm proud of that - but I am not Irish. Celtic, maybe, but Irish is a nationality not an ethnicity.

It's much easier to sell an Irishman than a "Brummie" in the US

[MDPopescu]

"English raised Irishman"?

He's a bloody Brummie, for ****s sake.

You can't get more in the middle of England than Birmingham.

My mum's from Ireland - & I'm proud of that - but I am not Irish. Celtic, maybe, but Irish is a nationality not an ethnicity.

... and the "IRISH NATIONALITY" is made of what? Turks of some sort? It's made of Celtic stock. (Even the English "ethnics" are mainly Celts...)

[MDPopescu]

Golovkin should fight Kovalev at 170...
The overall "Soviet school of boxing" showdown.
But this would be in a year or so.

[JakeNDaBox]

"English raised Irishman"?

He's a bloody Brummie, for ****s sake.

You can't get more in the middle of England than Birmingham.

My mum's from Ireland - & I'm proud of that - but I am not Irish. Celtic, maybe, but Irish is a nationality not an ethnicity.

Ha! Hey, I agree with you. Macklin is as Irish as I am - purely by ancestry. But according to the buildup to his fight with Martinez, he considers himself Irish.

[mathed]

This will be a great fight, one that will show exactly what Golovkin is made of.

[b0ndsj0ns20]

This is where we find out how good GGG is. Macklin is a very good fighter. He dominated Sturm and gave Martinez all kinds of trouble for most of the fight. If GGG can look as good against Macklin as he has in his recent fights then he truly is the real deal.

[M4RK]

This is a highlight fight for this year. Better than last weekends. Cant wait!