Gennadiy "GGG" Golovkin: Biography, record, fights and more

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Oct 2, 2023, 02:47 PM ET

Gennadiy "GGG" Golovkin is the former unified WBC IBF and WBA middleweight champion. Golovkin's run as the unified champion lasted from October 2015 to September 2018. He held the titles at different points between 2014 and 2023. Golovkin challenged for the undisputed super middleweight title in September 2022.

Next fight: TBD

Record: 42-2-1, 37 KOs
DOB: Apr. 8, 1982
Age: 41
Stance: Orthodox
Reach: 70 inches
Height: 5-foot-10½

Golovkin's fights and results

Date	Opponent	Result
09/17/2022	Canelo Alvarez	L, UD - Challenged for WBC/WBA/IBF/WBO sup. middleweight titles
04/09/2022	Ryota Murata	W, TKO9 - Unified WBA/IBF middleweight titles
12/18/2020	Kamil Szeremeta	W, Retirement - Defended IBF middleweight title
10/05/2019	Sergiy Derevyanchenko	W, UD - Won vacant IBF middleweight title
06/08/2019	Steve Rolls	W, KO4
09/15/2018	Canelo Alvarez	L, MD - Lost WBC/WBA middleweight titles
05/05/2018	Vanes Martirosyan	W, KO2 - Retained WBC/WBA middleweight titles
09/16/2017	Canelo Alvarez	D, SD - Retained WBC/WBA/IBF middleweight titles
03/18/2017	Daniel Jacobs	W, UD - Unified WBC/WBA/IBF middleweight titles
09/10/2016	Kell Brook	W, TKO5 - Unified WBC/WBA/IBF middleweight titles
04/23/2016	Dominic Wade	W, KO2 - Retained WBC interim/WBA/IBF middleweight titles
10/17/2015	David Lemieux	W, TKO8 - Unified WBC interim/WBA/IBF middleweight titles
05/16/2015	Willie Monroe Jr.	W, TKO3 - Retained WBC interim/WBA middleweight titles
02/21/2015	Martin Murray	W, TKO11 - Retained WBC interim/WBA middleweight titles
10/18/2014	Marco Antonio Rubio	W, KO2 - Unified WBC interim/WBA middleweight titles
07/26/2014	Daniel Geale	W, TKO3 - Retained WBA middleweight title
02/01/2014	Adama Osumanu	W, TKO7 - Retained WBA middleweight title
11/02/2013	Curtis Stevens	W, Retirement - Retained WBA middleweight title
06/29/2013	Matthew Macklin	W, KO3 - Retained WBA middleweight title
03/30/2313	Nobuhiro Ishida	W, KO3 - Retained WBA middleweight title
01/19/2013	Gabriel Rosado	W, TKO7 - Retained WBA middleweight title
09/01/2012	Grzegorz Proksa	W, TKO5 - Retained WBA middleweight title
05/12/2012	Makoto Fuchigami	W, TKO3 - Retained WBA middleweight title
12/09/2011	Lajuan Simon	W, KO1 - Retained WBA middleweight title
06/17/2011	Kassim Ouma	W, TKO10 - Retained WBA middleweight title
12/16/2010	Nilson Julio Tapia	W, KO3 - Unified WBA middleweight title
08/14/2010	Milton Nunez	W, KO1 - Won WBA interim middleweight title
11/21/2009	Mikhail Makarov	W, KO2
07/11/2009	John Anderson Carvalho de Souza	W, KO2
04/25/2009	Anthony Greenidge	W, KO5
01/17/2009	Javier Alberto Mamani	W, TKO1
11/22/2008	Malik Dziarra	W, Retirement
06/21/2008	Amar Amari	W, UD
05/10/2008	Ibrahim Sid	W, TKO8
04/05/2008	Ian Gardner	W, UD
02/29/2008	Tshepo Mashego	W, KO1
09/07/2007	Mehdi Bouadla	W, UD
05/25/2007	Siarhei Khamitski	W, TKO5
02/27/2007	Simon Mokoena	W, Retirement
12/02/2006	Sylvain Gomis	W, KO4
10/21/2006	Jorge Ariel Garcia	W, KO2
09/19/2006	Martins Kukulis	W, Retirement
08/22/2006	Daniel Urbanski	W, Retirement
07/29/2006	Siarhei Navarka	W, TKO3
05/06/2006	Gabor Balogh	W, KO1

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