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By Mitch Abramson - For someone who has never fought in the U.S. and on American television and whose grasp of the English language is still a work in progress, the media blitz surrounding Gennady Golovkin was stunning.
The undefeated middleweight from Kazakhstan, who will make his American debut later tonight on HBO. On Wednesday he had a small press gathering at 9 a.m. at Madison Square Garden in New York City, a photo shoot at the Empire State Building a short time later, and a variety of meetings one after the other, making his visit to New York seem more like an appearance by a head of state than a boxer trying to sell himself to the American public.
Late Wednesday morning, Golovkin stepped onto 7th Avenue with his handlers to see his likeness appear on the Madison Square Garden marquee, wishing him good luck in his fight on Saturday against Grzegorz Proksa at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY. The fight will be broadcast on HBO’s “Boxing After Dark” at 9:45 p.m. for Golovkin’s WBA middleweight title. That no one on the crowded street seemed to acknowledge Golovkin was beside the point. His unveiling to the American public had just begun. By the time Wednesday would end, he would have (according to his itinerary) already visited the equipment manufacturer Everlast, conducted a video shoot with Sports Illustrated, and addressed the Kazakhstan consulate on fifth avenue, where he was scheduled to meet with Olympic medal winners from his country. The day was capped with a 9 p.m. flight to Syracuse to get him ready for a press conference on Thursday. [Click Here To Read More]
The undefeated middleweight from Kazakhstan, who will make his American debut later tonight on HBO. On Wednesday he had a small press gathering at 9 a.m. at Madison Square Garden in New York City, a photo shoot at the Empire State Building a short time later, and a variety of meetings one after the other, making his visit to New York seem more like an appearance by a head of state than a boxer trying to sell himself to the American public.
Late Wednesday morning, Golovkin stepped onto 7th Avenue with his handlers to see his likeness appear on the Madison Square Garden marquee, wishing him good luck in his fight on Saturday against Grzegorz Proksa at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY. The fight will be broadcast on HBO’s “Boxing After Dark” at 9:45 p.m. for Golovkin’s WBA middleweight title. That no one on the crowded street seemed to acknowledge Golovkin was beside the point. His unveiling to the American public had just begun. By the time Wednesday would end, he would have (according to his itinerary) already visited the equipment manufacturer Everlast, conducted a video shoot with Sports Illustrated, and addressed the Kazakhstan consulate on fifth avenue, where he was scheduled to meet with Olympic medal winners from his country. The day was capped with a 9 p.m. flight to Syracuse to get him ready for a press conference on Thursday. [Click Here To Read More]
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