Gennady Golovkin, Kazakhstan professional boxer: biography, personal life, sports career

Kazakh land became the home of many boxing superstars. Among them are Vladimir Klitschko Natalia Ragozina. However, they later changed their nationality and represent other countries. Gennady Golovkin, whose biography will be discussed below, continues to represent Kazakhstan and makes it a very worthy. A native of Karaganda today is the strongest boxer of his division, one of the three best fighters regardless of weight class, his fights are recognized as one of the most spectacular.

Introduction champion

Gennady Golovkin, or "Triple-G", is now regarded as one of the most unusual and skillful boxers of our time. In his weight class, he gathered all of any significant belts and titles.

Friendly and smiling guy in life, in the ring Gennady turns into a dangerous and relentless puncher. He is a very technical fighter with a devastating blow. Virtually all the fighting Gennady Golovkin end by knockout.

Usually, it starts fights, methodically and deliberately treating opponents strong jabs. When the opponent is already exhausted and exhausted, Golovkin includes high speed and begins to take the opportunity for a decisive impact. Since 2008, in such a manner Kazakh puncher spent 23 match, all completed ahead of schedule. Only in March, Daniel Jacobs was able to hold out against him all the required 12 rounds.

At home boxer - an absolute idol and the most popular competitor, showered with state awards and titles. He now lives in the United States, where the training Gennady Golovkin. Overseas also appreciate the Kazakh athlete. Readers of The Ring he recognized as the best boxer of the year, also received the title of Gennady most dominant fighter.

The guy from Maikuduk

Gennady Golovkin Born in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR in 1982. Dad worked at the mine, my mother - in a chemical laboratory. By origin Gennady - Russian father and a Korean mother, but he himself is always positioned as a one hundred percent Kazakh, for all their matches in the national Chapanov out.

The boy was rich brothers, unfortunately, the older died under mysterious circumstances. Younger brother Vadim was also involved in boxing, he now helps Undefeated Champions prepare for fights. Gennady Golovkin Boxing loved since childhood. His first match, he spent 11 years at regional competitions. There, the boy had to fight with the guys who were older than he was for a few years, but it was tempered by the conditions of life in Maikuduk area. The boys are not limited to training in the gym, in your free time, they sometimes put on several layers of clothing and practiced on each other blows until exhaustion.

A career in the amateurs

During his amateur career, Gennady Golovkin managed to win almost all significant titles and ranks. Only the Olympic pinnacle remained unconquered. His winning pace he started in 2000, winning gold at the junior world championship.

The first results on the adult level date back to 2002. Then the World Team Cup, which was held at the home of an athlete, Gennady Golovkin won all their matches. It helped Kazakhstan to take the final second place in the tournament.

being a strong Asian boxer, he won without any problems at all continental competitions, becoming the triumphant Asian Games, Asian Championships. In 2003, the citizen of Kazakhstan won the world championship, beating on the way to the final two future champions - the Irishman Andy Lee and the Romanian Lucian Bute.

At the 2004 Olympics Gennady Golovkin he was considered the main favorite. All opponents he defeated by a wide margin, until he came to a decisive battle. However gaydarbek gaydarbekov gaydarbek gaydarbekov of the Russian still managed to stop the technical mastery boxer, and he was satisfied with silver.

Go pro

Having gained a reputation as an amateur, Gennady Golovkin has decided to pursue a career in professional boxing. For an athlete with post-Soviet space is the shortest way to the cherished arena passed through Germany, where he acted in the strongest clubs in Europe and was developed boxing.

Gennady Golovkin contracted with notorious Universum, which starts to take Klychko and other known fighters. During the German period of his career he spent athlete fights against lesser-known and frankly weak opponents. Fighting Gennady Golovkin ended prematurely and did not cause much interest in public.

The first opponent who provided at least some resistance to the Kazakh boxer was Boudla Mehdi, who had a decent statistics of wins and losses. The bout lasted all put eight rounds and ended with a victory on points Gennady.

In 2009, finally, the first title fight. Gennady Golovkin knocked out in the second round of the Brazilian Anderson Carvalho, won the title of WBO Intercontinental champion.

Champion Road

For the further development of his career, Kazakhstan citizen was required to finish their relationship with the organization of promotional Universum, whose representatives could not and did not particularly want to find Gennady serious opponents and give him the opportunity to become a real star of world boxing.

After much debate and litigation Golovkin in 2010 finally left the infamous company and began to cooperate with K2 Promotion, created by the Klitschko brothers. Subsequently, the promoter of boxer becomes known American Tom Loeffler, who helped him with the organization of fights in the United States.

In 2010, Gennady Golovkin, whose biography is in boxing could come to a standstill, yet started the campaign for the championship belt. First he took the title of WBA interim champion by knocking out Milton Nunez in the first round. At the end of the year, Gennady Golovkin has won the regular championship of the association, without any problems sorted out with Nelson Tapia.

A few years boxer successfully defended his title, simultaneously taking the IBO championship belt.

in the US Breakthrough

Gennady Golovkin could never be normal "European Champion", that is, boxer conducting fights against lesser-known rivals, with the uninteresting television point of view. To reach the next level needed fights with boxing stars on the American soil, broadcast authoritative channels.

The first such battle was going to be a match against Dmitry Pirog, WBO world champion. However, due to injury last back had to look for another opponent. Grzegorz Proxy considered potentially the most dangerous fighter among all previous opponents Golovkin. But most importantly, that the Kazakh boxer for the first time in his career spent fighting in the United States, and to broadcast on HBO's famous canals.

Gennady Golovkin had a fight in his usual aggressive manner, completely dominated in the ring, and in the fifth round after several knockdowns the referee stopped beating Pole.

Apparently under the impression that fight WBA super champion Daniel Gil refused to meet with Golovkin, who has been recognized as a full champion of the Boxing Association in 2012.

Star of the HBO

In 2013, Gennady had a fight at the famous arena Madison Square Garden. It also aired on HBO. Opponent was Puerto Rican Rosado. He's great resisted, he counterattacked and dangerous self-inflicted a lot of punches. However, Golovkin surpassed him in power, and in the seventh round of pushing an opponent. Referee recognized Kazakhstani victory by TKO.

After this series of fights Gennady made the list of the most exciting boxers HBO's version. It has been a real recognition Golovkin as a boxing star.

In the rank of the absolute winner of

In 2014 it took place an interesting fight with Marco Antonio Rubio. During checkweighing Golovkin Gennady weight (72, 1 kg) fit to put a limit of 72, 574 kg. The opponent is not actively drove the weight and exceeded the prescribed limit. As a result, it was decided that in case of victory over Mexican Golovkin will not take away his titles, which will become vacant. However, Gennady in the second round that knocked out and once again confidently defended his belt.

boxer Reputation been allowed to apply on the sale of rights to show his fights on pay channels. For the first match of this required a strong contender. They became world champion, IBF David Lemieux. Unification bout, which was played in several zones, aroused great interest of the public and broadcast on pay channel HBO PPV. Gennady Golovkin was considered the undisputed favorite, wondering just which of the rounds capitulate Lemieux.

Kazakh boxer methodically processed Canadians with the first seconds of the fight. Hard blows liver alternated with strong blows to the head. Courageous Lemieux stood up to the eighth round, already leaving the ring with a broken nose. However, the referee stopped the fight without waiting for more serious injuries. Last fight Gennady Golovkin held against Daniel Jacobs. The match is also broadcast on the cable channel, and had the status of the title. Gennady here for the first time in his career had to spend all 12 rounds. Despite the fact that Jacobs was knocked down, he was not broken. Briton stubbornly defended, and late in the fight, even imposed exchange blows dangerous attacking Golovkin. Tense and equal match still ended in victory for citizen of Kazakhstan on points.

Life

Wife of Gennady Golovkin, unlike his star wife - absolutely not a public person. Alina met him in 2000 at the birthday party of mutual friends. There were guys for seven years before getting married in 2007.

Alina completely gives herself to home and family, in which there was also a third member - a son, Vadim, who was born in 2009.

Gennady Golovkin is today one of the biggest stars of world boxing. It's not even in the numerous titles and ranks, and how he acts, how spectacular spends all their matches.