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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Word on the street is there’s a pretty significant middleweight fight in September.
A kid from Mexico will meet a vet from Argentina, with the winner expected to both wear some new waistline ***elry and take possession of the unofficial “best 160-pounder in the world” handle.
That’s all well and good… unless you’re Gennady Golovkin.
Now 30 years old and six years into an unbeaten pro career, the Kazakhstan native with a German address has some other ideas when it comes to who exactly is best of the best in the storied gloved niche between 154 and 168.
Holder of a dubious “regular” WBA championship at middleweight since 2010 – with apologies to “super” champ Felix Sturm – and the IBO’s more legitimate share as of last winter, Golovkin gets a two-week head start on the celebrated colleagues on Sept. 1, when he’ll risk both belts against once-beaten Pole Grzegorz Proksa at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, N.Y. [Click Here To Read More]
A kid from Mexico will meet a vet from Argentina, with the winner expected to both wear some new waistline ***elry and take possession of the unofficial “best 160-pounder in the world” handle.
That’s all well and good… unless you’re Gennady Golovkin.
Now 30 years old and six years into an unbeaten pro career, the Kazakhstan native with a German address has some other ideas when it comes to who exactly is best of the best in the storied gloved niche between 154 and 168.
Holder of a dubious “regular” WBA championship at middleweight since 2010 – with apologies to “super” champ Felix Sturm – and the IBO’s more legitimate share as of last winter, Golovkin gets a two-week head start on the celebrated colleagues on Sept. 1, when he’ll risk both belts against once-beaten Pole Grzegorz Proksa at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, N.Y. [Click Here To Read More]
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