Gennady Golovkin: record, next fight and profile →
NEW YORK – The prevailing feeling is that the Gennady Golovkin-Daniel Jacobs fight will end in a knockout. Kazakhstan’s Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) and Brooklyn’s Jacobs (32-1, 29 KOs) have combined to knock out 90 percent of their professional opponents. Golovkin takes a 23-fight knockout streak into their middleweight title fight Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.
New York - Amidst the snowstorm which landed in New York on Wednesday, there is another storm brewing for Saturday night when the two consensus best middleweights meet inside the ring in New York’s Madison Square Garden.
‘Firstly, you have to identify Golovkin’s strengths. Because of all his spectacular knockouts people tend to overlook that he was a class amateur – a world champion and Olympic silver medallist – prior to terrorising the pros. He’s got real pedigree, a solid base and foundation. He brings excellent footwork, great balance and timing. He finds good angles and hits the (unprotected) spaces. He doesn’t waste much. Also, he curves a lot of his shots around the guard. And he’s got such confidence, composure and assurance. He’d be an elite fighter regardless of whether he carried the ‘equaliser’, which clearly he does.
By Keith Idec - NEW YORK – Daniel Jacobs understands why what happened the night of July 31, 2010, shapes skeptics’ opinions of how he’ll fare against Gennady Golovkin. The lone blemish on Jacobs’ professional record is indisputable. Russia’s Dmitry Pirog stopped Jacobs in the fifth round of their WB...
Undefeated Gennady Golovkin defends his undisputed world middleweight boxing title against hard-hitting American Daniel Jacobs on Saturday in a showdown of knockout power punchers at Madison Square Garden. Kazakhstan's Golovkin, 36-0 with 33 knockouts, risks the World Boxing Council, World Boxing Association and International Boxing Federation crowns against Jacobs, 32-1 with 29 knockouts.
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NEW YORK – Daniel Jacobs is prepared to get booed in his hometown. The Brooklyn native knows that even though he’ll fight in his hometown Saturday night, Gennady Golovkin also has established a large, loyal fan base in New York. The Kazakh knockout artist has fought twice apiece at Madison Square Garden’s main arena and The Theater at Madison Square Garden during his rise to stardom.
NEW YORK – Size doesn’t matter to Gennady Golovkin. That’s the stance his trainer, Abel Sanchez, has taken as the Kazakh knockout artist has prepared to fight Daniel Jacobs. The 6-feet Jacobs stands two inches taller than the 5-feet-10 Golovkin and should out-weigh him by at least five or six pounds once their fight starts Saturday night at Madison Square Garden (HBO Pay-Per-View; $64.95 in HD).
NEW YORK – Gennady Golovkin actually laughed when asked if any of Kell Brook’s punches hurt him. Golovkin took more punches than usual when he boxed Brook six months ago, but the undefeated middleweight champion insists nothing Brook landed truly hurt him. Brook was especially effective in the second round, when the IBF welterweight champion most memorably connected with a left uppercut that snapped back Golovkin’s head.
New York City - Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum has a lot of respect for IBF, IBO, WBC, WBA middleweight champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) and views him as one of the best fighters in the world. This coming Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, Golovkin will defend his titles against mandatory challenger Daniel Jacobs (32-1, 29 KOs) in the main event of an HBO Pay-Per-View.