Reasonably than bear in mind the 40-year-old Gennady Golovkin who struggled towards Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez on Saturday, listed below are 10 fights displaying him at his middleweight finest…
1 Saúl Álvarez 1
Although it might appear odd for Golovkin’s “finest” efficiency to have led to a draw, few would argue that this 2017 combat towards Alvarez ought to have gone within the Kazakh’s favour. It might have been a career-defining win, too, given all of the Mexican has since gone on to realize.
2 David Lemieux
Regardless of the specter of Lemieux’s punch energy in 2015, Golovkin strategically broke him aside, utilizing his jab like by no means earlier than, and finally took him out within the eighth spherical. It was the combat that exposed there’s extra to GGG than simply energy.
3 Daniel Geale
As violent as they arrive, Golovkin’s 2014 dismissal of Geale noticed him land a number of the heaviest and most hurtful photographs of his profession, with Geale doing nicely simply to get to spherical three.
4 Matthew Macklin
Not in contrast to the Geale combat, Macklin did all he might within the face of Golovkin in 2013, however was finally out of his depth, crushed up and completed by a physique shot in spherical three.
5 Marco Antonio Rubio
So dominant was Golovkin towards Rubio in 2014, he even discovered time to invent a brand new punch with which he completed his Mexican opponent in spherical two. The punch in query was a chopping hook to the brow, delivered from on excessive, which left Rubio with no probability of getting up.
6 Nobuhiro Ishida
As savage a closing shot as he ever produced, Golovkin fought Ishida in 2013 in Monte Carlo and completed the Japanese fighter with a proper hand, sending him via the ropes. No rely was crucial.
7 Kell Brook
After providing Brook, a pure welterweight, some confidence early in spherical one, Golovkin then simply as rapidly took benefit of this, beating Brook up, breaking his face, and stopping him within the fifth spherical. The Sheffield fighter, in reality, by no means actually recovered.
8 Martin Murray
One of many braver efforts an opponent managed towards Golovkin, Murray lasted into the eleventh with the middleweight champion in 2015, although did not win a single a type of rounds and will do nothing to stop Golovkin securing the stoppage, both.
9 Curtis Stevens
A 2013 combat with massive knockdowns, Stevens, a cocksure American who promised to not be intimidated by Golovkin, discovered himself decked closely in spherical two, however reacted nicely till he was put out of his distress within the eighth.
10 Ryota Murata
Whereas maybe not classic Golovkin, a 2022 tour to Saitama, Japan is notable as a result of it might be the final massive win of his profession. It was end, too, with him overcoming some sticky spells to lastly break down and cease Murata within the ninth.
