gennady golovkin

Born April 8th 1982, orthodox fighter Gennady Golovkin started his career in May 2006 at the age of 24 and has now been pro for 12 years, fighting a total of 40 times. Golovkin's longest win streak is 37 fights between May 2006 and March 2017. His longest KO streak in his 40 fights is 23 fights long.

Early Career

An explosive pro debut saw Golovkin face Gabor Balogh in a 4 round debut fight. Gennady became only the 14th person to stop Balogh shy of the full distance, stopping him in the 1st. Golovkin then went on to win his next 20 fights - fighting 6 times in 2006, 3 times in 2007 and 11 times through 2008, 2009 and 2010 racking up wins against Milton Nunez, Malik Dziarra and Javier alberto Mamani amongst others.

Gennady Golovkin Vs Nobuhiro Ishida

On March 30th, 2013, Golovkin was in action again beating Nobuhiro Ishida taking his win streak to 26 wins. Golovkin's fight against Nobuhiro Ishida came in the 3rd round of a 12 round fight via KO. Golovkin became the first person to stop Ishida. Golovkin's win streak of 26 rose to 29 following 3 great wins, becoming the first to stop Osumanu Adama, 2nd person to stop Curtis Stevens (Round 8 RTD) and 3rd person to stop Matthew Macklin.

Gennady Golovkin Vs Daniel Geale

Keeping his losses at zero, Golovkin fought on July 26th, 2014 beating Daniel Geale. Golovkin's fight against Daniel Geale came in the 3rd round of a 12 round fight via TKO. Golovkin became the first person to stop Geale. Golovkin then went on to win a further 5 fights taking his record to 35 wins, 0 losses and 0 draws.

Gennady Golovkin Vs Kell Brook

On September 10th, 2016 Golovkin fought and beat Kell Brook (36-0-0) to continue his unbeaten streak. Golovkin was the first person to stop Kell Brook and he did it in the 5th round via TKO. Golovkin then went on to fight a further 2 fights taking his record to 37-0-1

Gennady Golovkin Vs Vanes Martirosyan

On May 5th, 2018, Golovkin was in action again with a win via KO against Vanes Martirosyan taking his mostly successful record to 38-0-1. Golovkin was the first person to stop Vanes Martirosyan and he did it in the 2nd round via KO.

Latest Fight

Golovkin went into his next fight against Saul Alvarez on September 15th, 2018 with a career record of 38 wins. Golovkin was left wanting in his latest fight, being beaten over the 12 rounds to suffer his first professional loss in 40 pro fights.