Serious question... how did Golovkin's popularity rise so fast?

[Scarcaztic]

Always looks for the finish, and HBO marketing.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

1.Because he is exciting,,

2. has been hyped as a puncher, and has delivered everytime on the big

3. his personality and post fight interviews, and soundbytes are becoming legendary

4. his fashion

5. boxing is short of good guys you can cheer for

[Spray_resistant]

I don't know but I really hope his English doesn't get any better! His interviews are perfect they way they are!

Not to mention Max helping by using more complicated English than he needs to with a non native speaker.

[WilkinsOlajuwon]

Not to mention Max helping by using more complicated English than he needs to with a non native speaker.

Astute point about Max...he uses 60 words to ask a 10 word question.

[Weebler I]

nobody wanna say it, but i will. hbo and the rest of the white boxing fans have given up hope on having a good white boxer. then, this guy comes along. that's all it is-- a white hype.

Ever heard of a guy called Wladimir Klitschko? he's a white heavyweight champion of the world.

It's not about colour, it's about entertainment.

[Hougigo]

Ever heard of a guy called Wladimir Klitschko? he's a white heavyweight champion of the world.

It's not about colour, it's about entertainment.

that guy must be trolling

[HeroBando]

that guy must be trolling

It's probably Ducketts, he's vanished after GGG Stevens, then made a super bitter post yesterday and got lost again

[KickAzz]

GGG has a crowd pleasing style and is mild-mannered.

[KickAzz]

yep... wlad is boring as fuq even tho he gets KOs... he just hugs and holds too much

[Light_Speed]

Sure he's knocking people out... but only one KO this year had been on HBO, the other being in Monaco. Rosado was just a one sided beat down as well as Stevens. Proksa was last year and a couple of months removed from his Rosado fight

You forgot the Macklin KO.

How the hell did he go from the lowest ratings to one of the highest for HBO?

Like somebody said earlier... he doesn't have the same exciting style as Pacquio who's quick and throws flurries. He doesn't have the same ethnic following Canelo has with the Mexicans considering their presence here in the U.S and Mexico being right below the U.S.

He comes forward and beats ass... how the hell did he get so popular so fast? There are plenty of other fighters who come forward and beat ass too and they're not pulling in these kind of numbers.

Because he's good and has tremendous power. Mainstream american fans are pretty good at recognizing offensive skills and everybody loves a puncher. And on top of that the middleweight division is pretty famous, so all it takes is one guy at the bar going "Hey there's this new middleweight who keeps knocking everybody out" and word of mouth will take care of the rest.