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Golovkin Heads To New York
City This Weekend
Boxing Superstar GENNADY “GGG” GOLOVKIN will travel to New
York City this weekend to watch Miguel Cotto and Daniel
Geale fight for the WBC middleweight title at the Barclays
Center in Brooklyn, New York this Saturday night, June 6.
Universally recognized as the best middleweight in the
world, Golovkin is the mandatory challenger for the World
Boxing Council’s Middleweight Title, which Cotto will be
defending.
“I want to watch this fight in person and look forward to
fighting the winner to show who the real WBC middleweight
champion is,” said Golovkin, holder of the WBA and IBO
Middleweight Titles. “A unification fight with the winner is
very important to me.”
With an extraordinary record of 33-0 with 30 knockouts,
Golovkin has the highest KO% in middleweight history and has
become one of the most marketable international stars in
boxing.
On May 16, Golovkin filled the legendary Forum in Los
Angeles with over 12,000 fight fans as he stopped #2 ranked
challenger Willie Monroe Jr. in the sixth round. In keeping
with his outstanding international television ratings, the
fight reached 1.5 million viewers on HBO in the United
States and was shown in over 120 countries worldwide.
“His two most recent US fights have sold over 21,000
tickets, making him the highest ticket seller in the State
of California. This coupled with his continued growth in TV
ratings, has made Gennady one of the sport’s most watched
fighters,” said TOM LOEFFLER of K2 PROMOTIONS.
His all-action style and dominance of his division has
Golovkin ranked # 4 Pound For Pound by ESPN.com and Ring
Magazine, riding a knockout streak of 20 KOs in a row.
“Three of Gennady’s most dominant KO performances have come
in front of his huge fan base in New York City and he looks
forward to returning this weekend. As the mandated WBC
challenger to the winner of the Miguel Cotto-Daniel Geale
bout, he has a very strong interest in the fight.”
On July 26, 2014, Golovkin stopped Geale at Madison Square
Garden with a stunning third round knockout featured on
numerous “Knockout of the Year” year-end lists.
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