On May 12, 2012, Gennady Golovkin (22-0, 19 KOs), the middleweight WBA (Regular) champion, defends his title against Japanese challenger, Makoto Fuchigami (19-6, 10 KOs).
Gennady Golovkin is coming in to the fight on a 22-fight win streak with a 86% KO rate; his last fight was a 1st round KO victory over Lajuan Simon, 5 months and 3 days ago. Makoto Fuchigami is on a 9-fight win streak with a 40% KO rate, with his last fight being a 10th round TKO win over Kyung Suk Kwak, 1 month and 3 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Gennady Golovkin at 99-1 winning odds. Makoto Fuchigami really doesn't have much to present against Golovkin.
Gennady Golovkin made easy work of Makoto Fuchigami, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 3rd. Golovkin improves his record to 23-0 (20 KOs), while Fuchigami adds a loss to his record at 19-7.