Gennady Golovkin
Gennady Golovkin Геннадий Головкин | |
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Golovkin in 2017 | |
| Born | Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin 8 April 1982 |
| Nationality | Kazakhstani |
| Other names | GGG ("Triple G") |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Middleweight |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Reach | 178 cm (70 in) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 38 |
| Wins | 37 |
| Wins by KO | 33 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Draws | 1 |
Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin (Cyrillic: Геннадий Геннадьевич Головкин; born 8 April 1982), often known by his nickname "GGG" or "Triple G", is a Kazakhstani boxer who currently holds the unified WBA (Super), WBC, IBF and the IBO middleweight titles. In his amateur career, Golovkin won a gold medal in the middleweight division at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships. He went on to represent Kazakhstan at the 2004 Summer Olympics, winning a middleweight silver medal. He is ranked as the number one middleweight boxer and number three on pound for pound.