Gennady Golovkin
Career, Record, Stats
Gennadiy Golovkin (GGG) is a 42-year-old Kazakhstani professional boxer. He is a former middleweight world champion with 3 world-title wins and 4 world-championship elevations. 18 years, 6 months, and 10 days into his career, Golovkin's record stands at 42-2-1, which includes 37 wins via KO, 20 of which were in world-title fights.
Gennady Golovkin's Boxing Career
Gennady Golovkin was born in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union on April 8, 1982. He made his professional debut at the age of 24 years on May 6, 2006 against Gabor Balogh. Golovkin defeated Balogh via 1st round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Golovkin got elevated as the WBA (Regular) middleweight champion at the age of 28 after 20 professional fights, and had his first world-title defense fight against Nilson Julio Tapia on December 16, 2010. He stopped Tapia in the 3rd of the 12-round fight.
He then went on to successfully win the IBF and WBC middleweight world titles as well.
Golovkin's latest fight was a unanimous decision loss to Canelo Álvarez at age 40, on September 17, 2022, in which he was fighting for the undisputed super-middleweight world championship.
Some of Gennady Golovkin's best fights so far have been against Daniel Jacobs, Kell Brook, Ryōta Murata, Canelo Álvarez, Daniel Geale, Marco Antonio Rubio, and David Lemieux. For a complete list of Golovkin's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Gennady Golovkin".
Golovkin has just 2 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Gennady Golovkin Losses".
Gennady Golovkin's Boxing Record
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
45 | Sep 17, 2022 | 40 | 
Canelo Álvarez 32 57-2-2 | loss | UD 12 |
44 | Apr 09, 2022 | 40 | 
Ryōta Murata 36 16-2 | win | TKO 9 |
43 | Dec 18, 2020 | 38 | 
Kamil Szeremeta 31 21-0 | win | RTD 7 |
42 | Oct 05, 2019 | 37 | 
Sergiy Derevyanchenko 33 13-1 | win | UD 12 |
41 | Jun 08, 2019 | 37 | 
Steve Rolls 35 19-0 | win | KO 4 |
40 | Sep 15, 2018 | 36 |
Canelo Álvarez 28 49-1-2 | loss | MD 12 |
39 | May 05, 2018 | 36 | 
Vanes Martirosyan 32 36-3-1 | win | KO 2 |
38 | Sep 16, 2017 | 35 |
Canelo Álvarez 27 49-1-1 | draw | SD 12 |
37 | Mar 18, 2017 | 34 | 
Daniel Jacobs 30 32-1 | win | UD 12 |
36 | Sep 10, 2016 | 34 | 
Kell Brook 30 36-0 | win | TKO 5 |
35 | Apr 23, 2016 | 34 | 
Dominic Wade 26 18-0 | win | KO 2 |
34 | Oct 17, 2015 | 33 | 
David Lemieux 26 34-2 | win | TKO 8 |
33 | May 16, 2015 | 33 | 
Willie Monroe Jr. 28 19-1 | win | TKO 6 |
32 | Feb 21, 2015 | 32 | 
Martin Murray 32 29-1-1 | win | TKO 11 |
31 | Oct 18, 2014 | 32 | 
Marco Antonio Rubio 34 59-6-1 | win | KO 2 |
30 | Jul 26, 2014 | 32 | 
Daniel Geale 33 30-2 | win | TKO 3 |
29 | Feb 01, 2014 | 31 | 
Osumanu Adama 33 22-3 | win | TKO 7 |
28 | Nov 02, 2013 | 31 | 
Curtis Stevens 28 25-3 | win | RTD 8 |
27 | Jun 29, 2013 | 31 | 
Matthew Macklin 31 29-4 | win | KO 3 |
26 | Mar 30, 2013 | 30 | 
Nobuhiro Ishida 37 24-8-2 | win | KO 3 |
25 | Jan 19, 2013 | 30 | 
Gabriel Rosado 27 21-5 | win | TKO 7 |
24 | Sep 01, 2012 | 30 | 
Grzegorz Proksa 27 28-1 | win | TKO 5 |
23 | May 12, 2012 | 30 | 
Makoto Fuchigami 28 19-6 | win | TKO 3 |
22 | Dec 09, 2011 | 29 | 
Lajuan Simon 32 23-3-2 | win | KO 1 |
21 | Jun 17, 2011 | 29 | 
Kassim Ouma 32 27-7-1 | win | TKO 10 |
20 | Dec 16, 2010 | 28 | 
Nilson Julio Tapia 25 14-2-1 | win | KO 3 |
19 | Aug 14, 2010 | 28 | 
Milton Núñez 30 21-1-1 | win | KO 1 |
18 | Nov 21, 2009 | 27 |  Mikhail Makarov | win | KO 2 |
17 | Jul 11, 2009 | 27 | John Anderson Carvalho | win | KO 2 |
16 | Apr 25, 2009 | 27 | Anthony Greenidge | win | KO 5 |
15 | Jan 17, 2009 | 26 | Javier Alberto Mamani | win | TKO 1 |
14 | Nov 22, 2008 | 26 | Malik Dziarra | win | RTD 2 |
13 | Jun 21, 2008 | 26 | Amar Amari | win | UD 8 |
12 | May 10, 2008 | 26 | Ibrahim Sid | win | TKO 8 |
11 | Apr 05, 2008 | 25 | Ian Gardner | win | UD 8 |
10 | Feb 29, 2008 | 25 | Tshepo Mashego | win | KO 1 |
9 | Sep 07, 2007 | 25 | Mehdi Bouadla | win | UD 8 |
8 | May 25, 2007 | 25 | Sergey Khomitsky | win | TKO 5 |
7 | Feb 27, 2007 | 24 | Simon Mokoena | win | RTD 6 |
6 | Dec 02, 2006 | 24 | Sylvain Gomis | win | KO 4 |
5 | Oct 21, 2006 | 24 | Jorge Ariel Garcia | win | KO 2 |
4 | Sep 19, 2006 | 24 | Martins Kukulis | win | RTD 2 |
3 | Aug 22, 2006 | 24 | Daniel Urbanski | win | TKO 4 |
2 | Jul 29, 2006 | 24 | Sergei Navarka | win | TKO 3 |
1 | May 06, 2006 | 24 | Gabor Balogh | win | KO 1 |