By Radio Rahim
WBA/IBO/IBF middleweight world champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs) is riding a 22 fight knockout streak which dates back to 2008.
On Saturday night at The Forum in Los Angeles, Golovkin dropped unbeaten IBF mandatory challenger Dominic Wade (18-1, 12KOs) three times before the fight was waved off in the second round.
Golovkin's trainer, Abel Sanchez, sees no end to his boxer's streak of knockout victims.
Golovkin is regarded as one of the most feared power punchers in the sport. Surprisingly, Sanchez states that his fighter has never hit a single opponent with 100% of his power.
According to Sanchez, he's hit a few of his sparring partners with 100% of his power, to the body, but never to the head. He expects Golovkin to unleash the full force of his power when GGG is tested by a very durable opponent.
"I don't think he's ever hit somebody 100%. I think he's hit someone 100% in the gym, to the body, but I don't think in a fight we've been in a situation where he's hit someone 100%. I think that's going to happen when someone really tests him and it goes into the later rounds...when he's got the distance and positioning to unload," Sanchez said.
"When he spars he doesn't really hit [his sparring partners] really hard. He takes care of them. He hits a lot of them to the body, to the arms. As you saw today, he hit Wade in the arm and knocked him down...with an arm shot."
