Gennady Golovkin: record, next fight and profile →
On May 13, at Allianz Cloud in Milan, Italy, Opi Since 82 and Matchroom will stage a tripleheader event. In the headliner, WBO Intercontinental super middleweight champion Daniele Scardina (20-0 with 16 KOs) will defend against former WBA "regular" super middleweight champion Giovanni De Carolis (29-10-1 with 13 KOs).
Former cruiserweight world champion Tony Bellew believes Gennadiy Golovkin will take a very bad beating in a trilogy fight with Mexican superstar Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez.
Upon announcement, Sebastian Fundora-Erickson Lubin was the sort of scrap fight fans knew to look forward to. Both young, both hungry, both with question marks, Fundora-Lubin was a fight that was going to tell us something. It was going to be hard for it not to be a good fight.
By Corey Erdman - While the boxing public was asking questions about what Gennadiy Golovkin had left, his upcoming opponent Ryota Murata was asking questions about himself. In his two years and four months out of the ring, a good portion of it dedicated to hoping then waiting for a bout with Golovkin, Murata had a lot of time to experience doubt.
Former two division champion Timothy Bradley is expecting Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez to do a real job on Gennadiy Golovkin when they collide in the ring.
Ryota Murata gave Gennadiy Golovkin a lot of trouble in the first five rounds of their fight Saturday. Once an aged Golovkin got into a rhythm, however, Golovkin battered the courageous Japanese champion over the final three-plus rounds of their middleweight title unification fight. Golovkin eventually dropped Murata in the ninth round and stopped him in a main event streamed by DAZN from Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
By Cliff Rold - It’s not what it was. Time does that. Once among the more active fighters in the game, Gennadiy Golovkin hasn’t been in the ring since December 2020 and enters the ring Saturday one day after his 40th birthday. While fighters competing longer feels more normal than in previous generations, it’s not unfair to guess Golovkin is in at best an encore period for his career.
SAN ANTONIO – Oscar De La Hoya envisions more greatness for the superstar he previously and proudly promoted for a decade. The Hall of Fame former six-division champion and founder/chairman of Golden Boy Promotions believes Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez will run the tables in his 2022 campaign, which could include a third fight with Gennadiy ‘GGG’ Golovkin. The two are on course to meet September 17, provided they both win their upcoming fights.
A pair of career middleweights are set for the division's biggest fight in more than three years. Gennadiy Golovkin and local hero Ryota Murata both made weight ahead of their anticipated IBF/WBA middleweight title unification bout. Both boxers weighed in right at the 160-pound divisional limit for their scheduled 12-round title fight, live on DAZN in the U.S. and Amazon Prime in Japan from Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
More than most boxers, Gennadiy Golovkin has every reason to be concerned about the scoring of his upcoming fight. The hard-hitting Golovkin was left with a dubious draw on his record the first time he fought Mexican icon Canelo Alvarez in a middleweight title fight 4½ years ago at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Alvarez also won their 12-round rematch by majority decision a year later at that same venue, though that result was far less controversial.