CompuBox Stats: Golovkin Lands 40% of His Power Shots
"Triple G" Gennady Golovkin looks to be the goods. He outlanded the tough as nails Proksa 101-38 in total punches and landed 40% of his power shots.
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Grzegorz Proksa is in Awe of Golovkin's Punching Power
Former EBU middleweight champion Grzegorz Proksa (28-2, 21 KOs) is very impressed with the punching power of WBA "regular" champion Gennady Golovkin (24-0, 21 KOs). Proksa, who had never been down as a pro, got dropped three times by Golovkin on Saturday night at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York. After the third knockdown, in the fifth round, the referee had seen enough and waved off the fight.
Video: Golovkin vs Proksa Post-Fight Press Conference
Bill Emes catches the post-fight press conference to Gennady Golovkin's debut win in the United States, a fifth round TKO over Proksa.
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Golovkin Makes a Nuclear Arrival in The United States
by Cliff Rold - Facing what appeared the best opponent of his professional career, 30-year old 2004 Kazakhstan Olympic Silver Medalist and WBA Middleweight beltholder Gennady Golovkin (24-0, 21 KO) of Stuttgart, Germany, laid waste to Polish challenger Grzegorz Proksa (28-2, 21 KO) of Redhill, Surrey, United Kingdom on Saturday night at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York. Golovkin scored knockdowns in the first, fourth, and fifth rounds before Proksa was saved from further harm. It was Golovkin’s fifth defense of a belt he won in 2010. All of his title fights have ended inside the distance with only former Jr. Middleweight titlist Kasim Ouma making it past the fifth. Proksa suffers his second loss in a turbulent 2012. His previous defeat, a decision against Kerry Hope, was avenged by knockout. He is unlikely to pursue revenge here. Golovkin and Proksa both entered the bout one pound below the division limit at 159 lbs. The referee was Charlie Fitch. Proksa landed the first blow of the fight, a touching left to the body from his southpaw stance. He did it again before Golovkin landed a glancing, timed right. Proksa blocked a Golovkin shot with his back to the ropes and bounced off with two lopping lefts to the forehead. Late in the round, a Golovkin left hook caught and stunned Proksa near the red corner. Firing back off balance, Proksa soon found himself on all fours when a right caught him short. He beat the count but appeared wary as he attempted to keep Golovkin off him, surviving the round.
Gennady Golovkin Beats Down Proksa Over Five
Turning Stone Casino, Verona, New York - WBA "regular" middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (24-0, 21KOs) beat down Grzegorz Proksa (28-2, 21KOs) over five rounds, dropping the Polish boxer three times in the process.
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CompuBox Historical Review: Golovkin vs. Proksa Bout
Gennady Golovkin is very busy for a puncher, throwing nearly 20 more punches than the weight class average. 68% of Golovkin's thrown punches were power shots. Grzegorz Proksa landed just 13% of his jabs.
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Shaw: Geale Won't Run From Golovkin or Anyone Else
Gary Shaw, promoter for IBF/WBA middleweight champion Daniel Geale (28-1, 15KOs), told BoxingScene.com that his fighter will not run from a potential showdown with hard-puncher Gennady Golovkin (23-0, 20KOs).
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Golovkin's Media Blitz Creates Heavy Pre-Fight Buzz
By Mitch Abramson - For someone who has never fought in the U.S. and on American television and whose grasp of the English language is still a work in progress, the media blitz surrounding Gennady Golovkin was stunning. The undefeated middleweight from Kazakhstan, who will make his American debut later tonight on HBO. On Wednesday he had a small press gathering at 9 a.m. at Madison Square Garden in New York City, a photo shoot at the Empire State Building a short time later, and a variety of meetings one after the other, making his visit to New York seem more like an appearance by a head of state than a boxer trying to sell himself to the American public. Late Wednesday morning, Golovkin stepped onto 7th Avenue with his handlers to see his likeness appear on the Madison Square Garden marquee, wishing him good luck in his fight on Saturday against Grzegorz Proksa at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY. The fight will be broadcast on HBO’s “Boxing After Dark” at 9:45 p.m. for Golovkin’s WBA middleweight title. That no one on the crowded street seemed to acknowledge Golovkin was beside the point. His unveiling to the American public had just begun. By the time Wednesday would end, he would have (according to his itinerary) already visited the equipment manufacturer Everlast, conducted a video shoot with Sports Illustrated, and addressed the Kazakhstan consulate on fifth avenue, where he was scheduled to meet with Olympic medal winners from his country. The day was capped with a 9 p.m. flight to Syracuse to get him ready for a press conference on Thursday.
Golovkin-Proksa/Sturm-Geale: Middleweight Report Card
What will the Middleweight division look like a year from now? What will it look like by Sunday? Both questions leave intriguing answers possible as 160 lbs. takes center stage on two continents. With a unification match in Germany, a stellar clash between emerging faces in the States, and a hotly anticipated clash in two weeks (Sergio Martinez-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.), Middleweight is coming together. It’s been coming for a while. Middleweight
Golovkin-Proksa, Sturm-Geale is an Interesting Double
Our expert Derek Bilton is keen on the chances this weekend of Gennady Golovkin and Felix Sturm. 'Hunger knows no friend but its feeder'. So mused the old comic playwright of ancient Greece Aristophanes. And if there is a hungrier fighter in world boxing right now Gennady Golovkin, then I have yet to stumble upon him. This weekend WBA world middleweight champion Golovkin makes his US debut against European champion Grzegorz Proksa in New York. It's an intriguing fight and should tell us plenty about how good Golovkin, a native of Kazakhstan now living and fighting out of Germany, really is.