Johnathon Banks
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Golovkin Trainer: Only The Media Is Worried About His Age
NEW YORK–Johnathon Banks was not much interested in parroting what he feels are hackneyed talking points from the boxing media. The trainer of unified middleweight titlist Gennadiy Golovkin, Banks pushed against the notion that his charge might be in...
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Golovkin's Coach: Gennadiy Will Not Be Intimidated By Crowd in Murata Clash
Gennadiy "GGG" Golovkin (41-1-1, 36 KOs), from Karaganda, Kazakhstan, brought the Big Drama Show and his IBF and IBO world titles to Japan last week. Golovkin has crossed the U.S. and the Pacific Ocean to face two-time WBA middleweight champion and J...
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Badou Jack Credits Banks For Better Form, Predicts Fireworks in Pascal Rematch
Two-division world champion Badou Jack is ready to put on a show in his upcoming rematch with WBA "regular" light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal. Their fight takes place on the Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul Showtime PPV undercard on Sunday, June...
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Klitschko's Coach: Joshua Must Be Physical With Fury, Avoid Style Used For Ruiz, Pulev
Johnathon Banks, who trained former unified heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko for the final few years of his career, believes Anthony Joshua will not have success if he applies his recent fighting style in a battle with Tyson Fury.
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Trainer Johnathon Banks Gives Golovkin Performance a B+
Gennadiy Golovkin will have to look to another session inside the ring to obtain an A+ mark from his instructor. The hard-punching IBF middleweight titleholder may have looked flawless in dropping outmatched mandatory challenger Kamil Szeremeta four...
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Trainer Banks: Golovkin Ready to Kick-Start Second Dominant Decade
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Just like that, it’s been a decade at the top for Gennady Golovkin. The middleweight division’s Kazakh-born boogeyman fought for his first title belt – a second-tier WBA trinket – exactly 10 years ago this Wednesday, and he isn’...
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Badou Jack Reflects on The Past, Looks To Future With Banks
By Tris Dixon - Boxing is a sport of adversity. Fighters often come from poverty, trauma or both. They make sacrifices and experience physical hardship, whether it’s making weight, pushing through the limits in training or having to grit their teeth...
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Trainer: Golovkin Wants Canelo in Future, Was Not 100% For Derevyanchenko
Johnathon Banks is one of the fighters who not only shined in the ring as a fighter, winning the IBO world title at cruiserweight prior to a run at heavyweight, but also as a trainer in the corner, guiding the likes of former unified world champion W...
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Banks: I'm Confident Badou Jack Will Win Jean Pascal Rematch
Trainer Johnathon Banks recently began working with former two division world champion Badou Jack. Jack has been without a win since 2017. He fought to a draw with Adonis Stevenson in 2018, and then lost decisions to Marcus Browne and Jean Pascal in...
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Banks Confident He'll Have GGG Ready When Canelo Trilogy Happens
Johnathon Banks, the head trainer for IBF middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin, wants his boxer to get a trilogy crack for a third meeting with Mexican star Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. They fought to a controversial twelve round split draw in September...
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Banks Explains Why Klitschko Let Joshua Off The Hook After Sixth
Johnathon Banks, who at the time was the head trainer for Wladimir Klitschko, reflected back to April 29, 2017 - when his boxer collided with Anthony Joshua in a heavyweight unification, before a crowd of 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium in London.
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Golovkin's Trainer Dismissive of Immediate Third Fight With Canelo
For all of the people clamoring for a third fight between Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Gennadiy ‘GGG’ Golovkin, there’s at least one person directly involved who doesn’t need to see it next. Johnathon Banks, a former cruiserweight contender and the curr...
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Klitschko's Trainer: Wilder Did Not Get Knocked Out, He Did Get Dropped
Johnathon Banks, who took over the training duties of former heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko after Emanuel Steward passed away in 2012, has denied a recent claim that Deontay Wilder was knocked out during a sparring session with Klitschko.