Gennady Golovkin
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Name: Gennadiy Golovkin
Alias: GGG
Birth Name: Геннадий Геннадьевич Головкин
Hometown: Los Angeles, California, USA
Birthplace: Karaganda, Kazakhstan
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 179cm
Reach: 178cm
Promoter: Record
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record
- Trainers: Magomed Schaburow (-2010), Abel Sanchez (2010-2019), Johnathon Banks (2019-)
- Managers: Dietmar Poszwa (former), Ivalyo Gotzev (former), Maximilian Hermann (2006-2017), Oleg Hermann (2006-2017)
- Promoters: Universum Box-Promotion (former), Tom Loeffler (K2 Promotions managing director), Gennady Golovkin (GGG Promotions)
- GGG Picture Gallery
Professional Record
Championship Record
- 15 opponents (13 by KO) beaten in world championship bouts (secondary belts excluded).
- Has a record of 15-2-1 (13 KOs) in world title fights (secondary belts excluded).
- Has a record of 6-2-1 (5 KOs) against former, current & future world champions (regular belts excluded):
- Won against Kassim Ouma, Daniel Geale, David Lemieux, Kell Brook, Daniel Jacobs & Ryota Murata
- Drew against Saul Alvarez.
- Lost against Saul Alvarez (twice).
Variant Record
- Defeated 5 undefeated opponents with ten or more bouts: Mikhail Makarov, Dominic Wade, Kell Brook, Steve Rolls & Kamil Szeremeta.
Amateur Career
- Amateur Record: Widely reported as 345-5, but records show he had at least 8 losses. [1]
- 2000 Light Welterweight Gold Medalist at the World Junior Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Results were:
- Defeated Hao Yen Kuo (Chinese Taipei) RSC 3
- Defeated Alexander Renz (Germany) PTS (26-7)
- Defeated Benjamin Kalinovic (Sweden) PTS (21-10)
- Defeated Evgeni Putilov (Russia) PTS (24-10)
- Defeated Maikel Perez (Cuba) PTS (30-17)
- 2001 Welterweight Gold Medalist at the East Asian Games in Osaka, Japan. Results were:
- Defeated Soo-Young Kim (South Korea) RSC 3
- Defeated Chi Wangsong (China) RSC 3
- Defeated Daniel Geale (Australia) 15-3
- 2002 Light Middleweight Silver Medalist at the World Cup (Team Competition) in Astana, Kazakhstan. Results were:
- Defeated Javid Taghiev (Azerbaijan) PTS (19-8)
- Defeated Foster Nkodo (Cameroon) RSCO 3
- Defeated Andrey Balanov (Russia) PTS (10-7)
- Defeated Damian Austin (Cuba) PTS (6-4)
- 2002 Light Middleweight Gold Medalist at the Asian Games in Busan, South Korea. Results were:
- Defeated Abdullah Shekib (Afghanistan) AB 1
- Defeated Nagimeldin Adam (Qatar) RSCO 1
- Defeated Song In Joon (South Korea) PTS (18-12)
- Defeated Suriya Prasathinpimai (Thailand) RSCO 3
- 2003 Middleweight Gold Medalist at the World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand. Results were:
- Defeated Matvey Korobov (Russia) PTS (19-10)
- Defeated Andy Lee (Ireland) PTS (29-9)
- Defeated Lucian Bute (Romania) KO 4
- Defeated Yordanis Despaigne (Cuba) PTS (29-26)
- Defeated Oleg Mashkin (Ukraine) RSCI-2
- 2004 Middleweight Silver Medalist at the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. His results were:
- Defeated Ali Ahmed Khan (Pakistan) 31-10
- Defeated Ramadan Yasser (Egypt) 31-20
- Defeated Andre Dirrell (United States) 23-18
- Lost to Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov (Russia) 18-28
- 2005 Middleweight Bronze Medalist at the World Cup (Team Competition) in Moscow, Russia. Results were:
- Defeated Anatoli Kavtaradze (Georgia) RSCI 4
- Defeated Nabil Kassel (Algeria) RSCO 3
- Defeated Yordanis Despaigne (Cuba) PTS (40-37)
- 2005 Kazakhstani middleweight representative at the World Championships in Mianyang, China. Results were:
- Defeated Nikola Sjekloca (Serbia) PTS (15-12)
- Lost to Mohamed Hikal (Egypt) PTS (21-27)
World Titles
- WBA Regular World Middleweight Title (October 2010-Nov 2012; 5 defenses)
- WBA Full status World Middleweight Title (Nov 2012-Jun 2014; 5 defenses)
- WBA Super World Middleweight Title (June 2014-September 2018; 9 defenses)
- IBF World Middleweight Title (October 2015-June 2018; 4 defenses)
- WBC World Middleweight Title (May 2016-September 2018; 4 defenses)
- IBF (2nd) World Middleweight Title (October 2019-present; 2 defenses)
- WBA (2nd) Super World Middleweight Title (April 2022-present; 0 defenses)
Regional & Minor Titles
- WBO Inter-Continental Middleweight Title (July 2009; 0 defences)
- Interim WBA World Middleweight Title (August 2010-October 2010; 0 defences)
- IBO Middleweight Title (December 2011-September 2018; 17 defences)
- Interim WBC World Middleweight Title (October 2014-May 2016; 4 defences)
- IBO (2nd) Middleweight Title (October 2019-present; 0 defences)
Career Notes
- He is of Russian (on father) and Korean (on mother) descent.
- Featured on the cover of the November 2013 issue of The Ring.
- Voted 2013 Fighter of the Year in a readers' poll conducted by RingTV.com.
- Named Yahoo Sports 2014 Fighter of the Year.
| Preceded by: Felix Sturm Upgraded to Super Champion Daniel Geale Stripped of super title |
WBA Middleweight Champion
Regular Champion |
Succeeded by: Daniel Jacobs Regular Champion |
| Succeeded by: Saul Alvarez Super Champion | ||
| Preceded by: David Lemieux |
IBF Middleweight Champion 2015 Oct 17 – 2018 Jun 6 Stripped |
Succeeded by: Daniel Jacobs |
| Preceded by: Saul Alvarez Vacated |
WBC Middleweight Champion 2016 May 18 – 2018 Sep 15 |
Succeeded by: Saul Alvarez |
| Preceded by: Saul Alvarez Vacated |
IBF Middleweight Champion 2019 Oct 05 – 2023 Feb 8 Vacated |
Succeeded by: — |
| Preceded by: Ryota Murata |
WBA Middleweight Champion 2022 Apr 09 – 2023 Mar 9 Super Champion Vacated |
Succeeded by: — |
