Who has Golovkin fought? Well...

[13777]

People keep asking this question on every boxing forum/blog so:

(Opponents not mentioned are "bums"):

D level opponents:
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John Anderson Carvalho (Record 19W-3L-1D at the time):
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Beat Anderson Clayton.

D+ level opponents:
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Malik Dziarra (Record 29W-3L-0D at the time):
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Beat Mahir Oral (Former WBC International middleweight title-holder).
Lost TKO 9 to Mario Veit for the IBF Inter-Continental super middleweight title.

C- level opponents:
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(Past prime) Javier Alberto Mamani (Record 35W-7L-1D at the time):
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Beat Ariel Gabriel Chaves (Beat Carlos Manuel Baldomir X2).
Beat Crazy Kim (Beat Nobuhiro Ishida X2).
Beat Walter Javier Crucce (X2) (Beat a dude who beat Baldomir as well).
Beat Jose Joaquin Rosa Gomez (Beat Former WBA World lightweight champion Raul Horacio Balbi).
Beat Miguel Angel Arroyo.

C level opponents:
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Makoto Fuchigami (Record 19W-6L-0D at the time):
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Former OPBF middleweight title-holder.
Beat Koji Sato (Former OPBF middleweight title-holder).
Beat Tetsuya Suzuki (Former OPBF middleweight title-holder).

Nilson Julio Tapia (Record 14W-2L-1D at the time):
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Beat Santiago Samaniego (Former interim WBA World light middleweight title-holder).
Beat Alfonso Mosquera (Also beat Santiago Samaniego).
Lost MD against Austin Trout (Former WBA World light middleweight champ).
Golovkin is the first to KO him.

Lajuan Simon (Rec 23W-3L-2D at the time):
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Beat Elvin Ayala (Draw against Sergio Mora).
Lost UD 12 against Arthur Abraham for the IBF middleweight title.
Lost UD 12 against Sebastian Sylvester for the IBF International middleweight title.
Beat Corey Johnson (Draw against Shannan Taylor).
Beat Darnell Boone (Bum yet he did beat Adonis Stevenson).
Golovkin is the first to KO him.

Mehdi Bouadla (Record 11W-1L-0D at the time. Record is 28W-5L-0D now:
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Former IBF International super middleweight title-holder.
Former WBO Inter-Continental super middleweight title-holder.
Former WBA International middleweight title-holder.
Beat Morrade Hakkar (Former European middleweight champion).
Beat Michael Henrotin (Former IBF Inter-Continental super middleweight title-holder).
Beat Francisco Antonio Mora (Beat Ariel Gabriel Chaves X2).
Lost TKO 8 to Arthur Abraham for the WBO super middleweight title.

C+ level opponents:
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(Past prime) Nobuhiro Ishida (Record 24W-8L-2D at the time):
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Former interim WBA World light middleweight title-holder.
Beat James Kirkland (first to defeat and to KO Kirkland).
Beat Javier Alberto Mamani (when it still mattered).
Golovkin is the first to KO him.

Ian Gardner (Record 20W-3L-0D at the time):
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Lost SD against Peter Manfredo Jr.
Beat Deandre Latimore (Beat Sechew Powell and SD loss to Cory Spinks for the IBF light middleweight title).
Beat Kuvanych Toygonbayev (Beat Oba Carr & Andrey Tsurkan).
Beat Tokunbo Olajide.
Beat Troy Rowland (Beat Charles Whittaker).
Beat Gilberto Reyes (Beat Carlos Gonzalez, former WBO light welterweight champion).
Lost UD 12 to Arthur Abraham for the WBA Inter-Continental middleweight title.
Lost TKO 11 to Chad Dawson (Former WBC & IBF light heavyweight champion).

B- level (past prime) Kassim Ouma (Record 27W-7L-1D at the time):
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Former IBF light middleweight champion.
Beat Verno Phillips (X2) (Former IBF light middleweight champion).
Beat Marco Antonio Rubio (Beat Carlos Manuel Baldomir & David Lemieux).
Beat Sechew Powell (Beat Former IBF light middleweight champions Cornelius Bundrage & Ishe Smith).
Beat Alex Bunema (Beat Former IBF light welterweight champion Vince Phillips & IBF middleweight champ Roman Karmazin).
Beat Kuvanych Toygonbayev (Beat Oba Carr & Andrey Tsurkan).
Beat Kofi Jantuah (Beat Marco Antonio Rubio & Santiago Samaniego).
Beat Carlos Bojorquez (Beat Pernell Whitaker).
Beat Tony Marshall.

B level Grzegorz Proksa (Record 28W-1L-0D at the time):
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Former European middleweight champion.
The Ring's #10 Rated at the time.
Beat Sebastian Sylvester (Former IBF middleweight champion & European middleweight champion).
Beat Steve Conway (Former International Boxing Organization light middleweight champion).
Beat Pablo Navascues (Draw against Javier Castillejo).

B level Gabriel Rosado (Record 21W-5L-0D at the time):
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The Ring's #9 Rated at the time.
Beat Kassim Ouma (Former IBF light middleweight champion).
Beat Sechew Powell (Beat Former IBF light middleweight champions Cornelius Bundrage & Ishe Smith).
Beat Jesus Soto Karass (Beat former european welterweight champ Selcuk Aydin & former WBC/IBF welterweight champion Andre Berto).
Beat Charles Whittaker (IBF Light Middleweight rankings #2 Spot at the time).
Beat Saul Roman (Beat Marco Antonio Rubio, Kassim Ouma).
Lost TKO 10 to Peter Quillin (fight was an even 85-85, bad cut but Rosado could see no problem,
bad timing to stop the fight) (WBO middleweight champion).

B+ level Matthew Macklin (Record 29W-4L-0D at the time):
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Former European middleweight champion.
Should have won the WBA Super World middleweight title.
The Ring's #5 Rated at the time.
Beat Felix Sturm (robbed) (former WBO & WBA middleweight champion).
Beat Joachim Alcine (former WBA World light middleweight champion).
Beat Amin Asikainen (former European middleweight champion).
Beat Luis Ramon Campas (former IBF light middleweight champion).
Beat Wayne El****.
Lost KO 11 to Sergio Gabriel Martinez (knocked down Martinez in round 7).

Upcoming:

C+ level Curtis Stevens 25W-3L-0D:
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The Ring's #9 Rated.
Beat Piotr Wilczewski (former european super middleweight champion).
Beat Saul Roman (Beat Marco Antonio Rubio, Kassim Ouma).
Beat Elvin Ayala (Draw against Sergio Mora).

There you have it, mostly C level guys, a few B level guys.
It's a much more impressive resume than Peter Quillin's, on the other hand he really needs to step it up.

[TheGoldenBoy]

A bunch of nobodies. All hype.

[Weebler I]

There you have it, mostly C level guys, a few B level guys. It's a much more impressive resume than Peter Quillin's, on the other hand he really needs to step it up.

No, HBO need to step up the amount they offer his potential opponents. They ought to consider him an investment.

Right now, he's very high risk-low reward. There's no incentive for the division's top fighters to face him.

Typically Carl Froch is the only top fighter from 154-168 who has put his hand up, but Gennady shouldn't be forced to move up.

[Da Machine]

I think he looks pretty good tonight Judging by how much trouble Quillin was having with Rosado. No current MW can beat GGG. None of them are even on the same level.

[BennyST]

Matthew Macklin a B+? Are you ****ing kidding me? For a world level guy, he's not a jot over C. Stop kidding yourself.

The best in the game are A to A+ and you think Macklin is up there with them nearly? GGG himself is a B+ or A probably, though we're still uncertain, because he hasn't fought anyone better than mediocre to decent contender level.

[Weebler I]

Matthew Macklin a B+? Are you ****ing kidding me? For a world level guy, he's not a jot over C. Stop kidding yourself.

The best in the game are A to A+ and you think Macklin is up there with them nearly? GGG himself is a B+ or A probably, though we're still uncertain, because he hasn't fought anyone better than mediocre to decent contender level.

Surely listing him as a B-level fighter would suggest that OP feels he's a level below them?

Macklin is a B-level fighter imo, whether he's B+ or B- is up for debate. Quillin looks like a B-level fighter right now too.

Golovkin might well be 'A' standard, time will tell. He was certainly an A+ amateur.

[rr00676]

Matthew Macklin a B+? Are you ****ing kidding me? For a world level guy, he's not a jot over C. Stop kidding yourself.

You don't "beat" Sturm or get up on the cards w/a knockdown against Sergio if you are not in the B range or higher

[BafanaBafana]

Matthew Macklin a B+? Are you ****ing kidding me? For a world level guy, he's not a jot over C. Stop kidding yourself.

The best in the game are A to A+ and you think Macklin is up there with them nearly? GGG himself is a B+ or A probably, though we're still uncertain, because he hasn't fought anyone better than mediocre to decent contender level.

He's definitely a B level fighter, I think a C level fighter would be Mundine (C-), Godoy (C), Saunders (C), Lemieux(C), Garth Wood (C-), etc.

Macklin (B) could have easily been a titleholder had he gotten the decision he deserved against Sturm, he also beat Askainen when he was considered a top 10 middleweight, Alcine coming off the Lemieux win and was game against Martinez. Could have probably gone a few more rounds w/GGG if he hadn't been caught by such a perfectly placed body shot.

In terms of quality (not resume), I would rank the top 15 middleweights thus:

1. • Sergio Martinez (A) -when healthy
2. • Gennedy Golovkin (A)
3. • Peter Quillin (B)
4. • Darren Barker (B)
5. • Martin Murray (B)
6. • Daniel Geale (B)
7. • Mathew Macklin (B)
8. • Sergio Mora (B)
9. • Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam (B-)
10. • Felix Sturm (B-)
11. • Marco Antonio Rubio (B-)
12. • Andy Lee (B-)
13. • Brian Vera (B-)
14. • Max Bursak (C+)
15. • Grzegorz Proksa (C)

[The Ninth Layer]

Good thread, nice analysis. Not bad for your first post!

Give this guy some credit, he pretty accurately summed up what each guy in Golovkin's resume did.

Matthew Macklin is a B-level fighter, he gave Sergio Martinez a good amount of trouble and arguably was robbed against Sturm in his first title attempt.

[Cuban Linx]

It's true, it's not a great resume. But something tells me that's going to change in 2014.