Gennady Golovkin: record, next fight and profile →
Gennadiy Golovkin has officially vacated the only world title left around his waist - the IBO middleweight belt. At 41-years-old, Golovkin's future in the sport is unknown.
ONTARIO, Calif. – Sergiy Derevyanchenko walked into enemy territory and almost stole the show Saturday night by nearly beating Jaime Munguia. Of the 7,647 fans who packed the Toyota Arena, almost all of them were there to see the Tijuana, Mexico native beat the Ukrainian.
Jaime Munguia will fight Sergiy Derevyanchenko on June 10 at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, Calif. headlining a Golden Boy Promotions card on DAZN. For the 26-year-old Mexico native, it’s the fights that aren’t happening that continue to dominate the narrative around his career.
John Ryder has set his sights on a super-middleweight showdown with Gennady Golovkin - and wants to return to Mexico to do it. Ryder is coming off the back of a 12-round decision loss to Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in Guadalajara on Cinco de Mayo weekend but earned huge credit for his performance in defeat.
Being viewed as a career journeyman isn't the ideal role to play but for John Ryder, he was given no choice. A handful of baffling losses to nondescript opponents made it practically impossible for Ryder to be viewed as a legitimate threat in the super middleweight division.
John Ryder got more than a moral victory by going the distance with Canelo Alvarez. According to his promoter, Eddie Hearn, Ryder now stands to gain offers for “big” opportunities, despite losing a unanimous decision to Alvarez, the undisputed champion at 168, last Saturday night at Estadio Akron in Alvarez’s
Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum has one of boxing’s best stables featuring top stars like Shakur Stevenson, Teofimo Lopez Jr., and Vasiliy Lomachenko and prospects like Jared Anderson, Keyshawn Davis, and Xander Zayas. Like any promoter, the 91-year-old Arum is always ready to align himself with a big breadwinner. Breaking the bank to do so at the cost of his existing roster, however, appears to be a non-starter.
Eddie Hearn wishes Gennadiy Golovkin had better counsel. The head of Matchroom boxing couldn’t help but express his disappointment with the way the former middleweight champion’s career has gone as of late.
Mexican boxing legend Erik Morales and current trainer of middleweight contender Jaime Munguia believes Gennadiy Golovkin is effectively a retired fighter.
Former WBO junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia will not be involved in a fight against WBA 175-pound champion Dmitry Bivol in the near future, according to the Mexican boxer's promoter Fernando Beltran of Zanfer.