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Gennady Golovkin will go down as one of the best middleweight boxers ever.
His fan-friendly demeanor has made him likable to
millions of people around the world, but it's his fighting style that makes him so many
people's favorite fighter.
When you're watching a Golovkin fight, you can expect to see violence to the max.
Heavy-handed power and a chin of steel enables Golovkin to push action inside a boxing ring
without stop, without slowing, to no lesser degree.
His work rate is impossible to keep up with which leads
to us describing him as simply and quite literally unstoppable.
In 42 bouts Golovkin has not once touched the canvas and for the vast majority of them,
his opponent has.
He is currently on his second middleweight championship reign, and for this video we
take a look back to the past to take a look at just three fights where Golovkin looked
absolutely unstoppable.
[Golovkin vs. Monroe Jr] For our first fight we travel back to 2015,
where Gennady Golovkin took on Willie Monroe Junior.
Golovkin had since gained the reputation as an unstoppable monster, but Monroe was known
to be a crafty southpaw boxer and many thought he
may find success in keeping Golovkin at bay with the jab.
There was also talk about how Monroe may be the first to bring Golovkin the full 12 rounds
to end the 20 fight knockout streak.
Well those thoughts were far from reality.
The fight began with Monroe snapping the jab out, Golovkin moving his head.
Monroe started the fight with great rhythm and confidence.
Until he was met with Golovkin's first right hand.
Commentator: "There's a hard fight hand!"
Golovkin's looping shots helped greatly with keeping Monroe in front of him.
Both fighters had landed clean so far, but you could tell Golovkin was the much stronger
boxer.
The second round saw Golovkin land much cleaner, trying to keep Golovkin at a distance is an
impossible feat in the Boxing ring, eventually Golovkin will find his path to land that devastating
blow.
Commentator: "Down goes Monroe!"
One clean hook to the jaw knocked Monroe down, watch how Golovkin swings his head to the
right side before the hook.
In general, a boxer's eyes usually follow their opponents head, with
Golovkin bringing his head completely to the side it made the looping left hook, which
was thrown from down low, almost impossible to see coming.
Monroe got back up but was quickly knocked down again soon after.
Monroe got up and fought to see the end of the round, and managed to survive until the
sound of the bell.
Golovkin took his foot off the pedal for the next round, but still kept the pressure on,
landing clean hooks.
Even Golovkin at half throttle is still a whole lot to deal with.
In the next round Golovkin barely bothered to keep his hands up, letting Monroe punch
him, almost as if he enjoyed getting hit.
Golovkin took the punches as if he wanted it, motioning Monroe to come forward after
as if to say it was nothing.
He continued to fight as if he wanted to make it a war, as if he loved the trading of shots.
No matter what Monroe did, Golovkin just seemed completely unbothered.
No matter what shot Monroe landed, Golovkin just kept coming forward.
The beatdown got more severe, nothing Monroe was doing seemed to inflict any sort of harm
to Golovkin, and he proved that he was no doubt the best bang for your entertainment
buck.
In the sixth round, Golovkin would score the final knockdown.
Commentator: "He's outta here."
Monroe opted not to continue the fight, who could blame him, he was in the ring with an
absolute monster.
Another victory for Golovkin once again inside the distance.
Although Golovkin is indeed a man, nothing about him seemed human inside that boxing
ring.
Golovkin: "Thank you very much for my fans, thank you very much my home, thank you people!"
[Golovkin vs. Stevens] For the next fight we look to his encounter
with Curtis Stevens.
Stevens had plenty of trash talk for Golovkin in the build up to the fight.
Stevens: "Come saturday I'm gonna **** Gennady up!"
But Golovkin of course found humor in it.
Golovkin: "Hey man, are you serious right now?"
The fight started with Golovkin placing his position in the centre of the ring.
Golovkin and Stevens are very hard punchers, this fight was not expected to go the full
distance.
The fight started much like a jabbing contest, but it was Golovkin who found the odd opening
for the right hand.
Stevens dealt with the punches very well.
The second round saw Stevens gain more confidence, he targeted the body more.
Stevens was doing good, keeping his composure.
But Golovkin quickly put him back in his place.
Commentator: "Good left hook, down goes Stevens!"
A great knockdown from Golovkin, landing a great looping left hook over Stevens's lead
hand.
It was the first real taste of Golovkin's power, and I think this face from Stevens
says all you need to know.
Stevens got up and managed to survive to the end of the round.
Commentator: "Seconds to go in the round, bodyshot!
Wobbled Stevens with it!
One more right hand and the round comes to a close!"
Golovkin brought more confidence into the following rounds, and although Stevens put
up a fight, nothing he was doing was stopping Golovkin from walking forward.
Golovkin was cutting him down, making sure he had no time to rest, constant
pressure in a boxing ring is not only physically demanding, but mentally too.
It's mentally draining, and with that comes lapses in concentration,
and that's where Golovkin thrives.
Commentator: "Now Golovkin with a body shot and a right cross, and momentarily hurts Stevens!"
Golovkin's right hook around the side of the guard worked wonders.
As the fight progressed, Stevens began to have less of an answer to Golovkin's grinding
beatdown.
Even though he had heart, it was no match for the fierce and destructive
attacks of Golovkin.
Commentator: "If we get a knockout by Golovkin, it's going to be the submission of brutal
variety."
Commentator 2: "Stevens is trying his best to stay in the middle of the ring."
Commentator: "He wobbled Stevens with a couple of shots and is still seeking a knockout,
as the round progresses.
Big right cross by Golovkin.
Whipping Curtis Stevens into the corner."
The corner would stop the fight after the 8th round and give Golovkin another technical
knockout victory.
Fighting Golovkin is no easy task, and with the trash talk before the fight, Golovkin
had the last say.
Golovkin: "My last question for him, just I ask him, you serious?
You serious?
Yeah, I'm serious."
[Golovkin vs. Lemieux] This next fight is one of Golovkin's most
impressive victories, his win over David Lemieux.
Much like Golovkin, Lemieux was known for devastating knockout power.
It was a clash of two boxers with primary objectives of inflicting
as much pain as possible.
Lemieux: "He takes those shots from me, I don't care if he's a robot, he is going down."
A true slugfest was expected with two come-forward pressure fighters facing off.
But the fans were treated with something closer to the realm of the sweet
science, Golovkin fought not with the all-or-nothing so-called mexican-style, but with disciplined
boxing deriving from his lessons back from when he
was an amateur.
The fight began with Golovkin establishing his jab, he knew the power Lemieux had and
knew to stay focused, he kept him at the end of his jab and boxed a ranged style.
This was much different to the close quartered style he'd boxed before, and even though the
main highlight of Golovkin was his power, he had also been technically better than all
of his past opponents.
Golovkin used great footwork, defensive skills, a snappy jab and lengthy punches to outbox
Lemieux.
This was really a boxing masterclass.
Jumping in and out, controlling the distance with his feet
and occupying Lemieux's defences with the jab, Golovkin's heavy handed power was snapping
Lemieux's head back with every punch.
In round 4 Golovkin landed this perfect left hook.
There's a saying in boxing, never hook with a hooker.
Watch how Golovkin has his right hand protecting his face as he throws the hook, while Lemieux
does not.
Both fighters throw the same punch, but it was Golovkin who scored.
Golovkin would continue to do the out-boxing with poise, scoring to the body and head.
Soon Golovkin scored a knockdown with a great bodyshot.
[CROWD ROARING] However he ended up accidentally hitting Lemieux
just as his knee touched the ground, this was likely not deliberate and simply a spur
of the moment.
Massive props to Lemieux for getting back up to continue fighting.
Lemieux fought with great heart, but the hellacious battering only worsened, and despite Lemieux's
greatest efforts it was inevitable that the referee would stop the fight.
This was a great victory for Golovkin, his first on such a large stage and one which
would further accelerate his rise to the top of the sport's pound for pound rankings.
Announcer: "Gennady Gennadyevich 'Triple G' Golovkin!"
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