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Middleweight marauder Gennady Golovkin retained his WBC, IBO and IBF titles when challenger Kell Brook was pulled out by his corner five rounds into a compelling fight.
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Middleweight marauder Gennady Golovkin retained his WBC, IBO and IBF titles when challenger Kell Brook was pulled out by his corner five rounds into a compelling fight.

O2 Arena, London - IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs) was tested, but battled back to stop IBF welterweight champion Kell 'Special K' Brook (36-1, 25KOs) in five rounds. Brook's corner threw in the towel when their fighter appeared to be in trouble in the round.

Golovkin vs. Brook - Unified Middleweight World Champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin will defend his WBA, WBC, IBF and IBO Middleweight World titles against IBF Welterweight champion Kell Brook at The O2 in London on September 10, live on Sky Sports Box Office and Live on HBO World Championship Boxing®.

Very few fighters, even in the UK, are backing IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-0, 25KOs) to get a shocking upset over IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs).

Gennady Golovkin's 15.2 plus/minus rating trails only Andre Ward's +15.9 His 10.9 landed jabs per round ranks #1 among on the CompuBox Categorical Leaders List (Brook is #2 with 9 landed jabs per round). GGG also #1 in jab conn pct (34%) and ONLY FIGHTER ON CATEGORICAL LEADERS LIST TO LAND 40% OF HIS TOTAL PUNCHES. In his last 6 fights (against so-so opposition other than Porter), Brook landed 42.1% of his power shots, but only outlanded opponents 10.9-9.1 in power shots. 45% of Kell Brook's landed punches are jabs. (C'Box avg.: 28.4%). What happens if GGG takes that away?

The weekend in boxing got off to a hell of a start Friday night. Lightweights Robert Easter and Richard Commey reminded us how special it can be when two undefeated fighters show up to keep their “0.” Saturday, across two HBO telecasts, we will see four more fighters who haven’t learned how to lose yet.

A little more than ten years ago, former two division world champion Bernard Hopkins was the dominant fighter at 160-pounds. He became the first fighter to simultaneously hold the WBC/WBO/IBF/WBA world titles.

Never mind the obvious and often over-hyped size difference between the two; Gennady Golovkin will still be a solid favorite against Kell Brook, given the Kazakh's superior knockout percentage and level of opposition. Even if Brook were a natural middleweight, he would still be facing an opponent with the punching power of a light heavyweight who has effortlessly dismantled a spectrum of opponents with a diaspora of styles.

Freddie Roach Interview - Unified Middleweight World Champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin will defend his WBA, WBC, IBF and IBO Middleweight World titles against IBF Welterweight champion Kell Brook at The O2 in London on September 10, live on Sky Sports Box Office and Live on HBO World Championship Boxing®.

Gennady Golovkin and Kell Brook each made weight for the IBF’s on-the-day weigh-in. The pair, who will clash for ‘GGG’s’ WBC, IBF and IBO middleweight world titles at London’s O2 Arena, exclusively live on Sky Sports Box Office, tonight, were inside the 10-pound limit.