TOP MIDDLE GENNADY “GGG” GOLOVKIN HEADLINES HBO SATURDAY
Los Angeles, CA- An often used quote in boxing is “Never fall in love with a puncher.” On Saturday night, 2004 Olympic Silver medalist from Kazakhstan and current WBA middleweight (160 lb.) titleholder Gennady Golovkin (26-0, 13 KOs) puts that unbeaten record on the line against formidable challenger from the UK Matthew “Mac the Knife” Macklin (29-4, 20 KOs).
WILL GOLOVKIN STOP MACKLIN?
Unfortunately the experienced veteran is the one going into a gun fight with a knife. Golovkin, has an impressive amateur resume with a stoppage win over former IBF super middleweight (168) champ Lucian Bute (31-1, 24 KOs), and Olympic victories over super middleweight contender Andre Dirrell (21-1, 14 KOs) and middleweight title challenger Andy Lee (30-2, 20 KOs), and if he is equal to the massive hype he’s been garnering he should cut through Macklin “like a knife through butter.” The Kazakhstan native has recorded 13 consecutive stoppages, and a victory Saturday in a bout that hails live from Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Mashantucket, Conneticut will bring him one step closer to facing aging middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (51-2-2, 26 KOs). Below is a list of boxings top knockout artists.
ARGENTINE TOPS THE LIST
1.LUCAS MATTHYSSE 140lbs-(34-2, 32 KOs) WBC interim champion.
Won by 3rd round knockout over IBF junior welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (31-2-1, 16 KOs) in his last outing.
2. ADONIS STEVENSON- 175lbs-(21-1, 18 KOs) WBC and linear light heavyweight champion.
Stopped reigning champion Chad Dawson (31-3, 17 KOs) with a devastating one punch knockout in the first round on June 8th.
3. GENNADY GOLOVKIN-160lbs- WBA middleweight champion
Burgeoning star is perceived as the most feared middleweight on the planet.
KLITSCHKO MAKES THE LIST….WHICH ONE?
4. WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO (60-3, 51 KOs)– Heavyweight- WBA, WBO and IBF champion
Has finished eight of his last ten opponents within the distance.
5. MIKEY GARCIA (32-0, 27 KOs) 126lbs- former WBO featherweight champion
One of boxing’s best counterpunchers has stopped nine of last ten foes. The one fight that went to the cards (a ninth round techical decision win over Orlando Salido (39-12-2, 27 KOs) in his title winning effort) he dropped the normally durable Mexican 4 times.
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