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MDPopescu,
Yes Golovkin fought as a MW at 2004 Olympics, however 1-2 years before he used to be LMW. One of the reasons he went up was the tough competition with Bakhtiyar Artaev, who eventually won gold medal at 2004 Olympics in LMW.
GGG half russian and half korean just like Kostya Tszyu. Imho it is very unlikely that GGG will fight Kovalev, not because the latter is russian but because the difference in weight classes is very big. As you remember Golovkin was supposed to fight Pirog, who is also russian.
Yes Golovkin fought as a MW at 2004 Olympics, however 1-2 years before he used to be LMW. One of the reasons he went up was the tough competition with Bakhtiyar Artaev, who eventually won gold medal at 2004 Olympics in LMW.
GGG half russian and half korean just like Kostya Tszyu. Imho it is very unlikely that GGG will fight Kovalev, not because the latter is russian but because the difference in weight classes is very big. As you remember Golovkin was supposed to fight Pirog, who is also russian.
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