Gennady Golovkin

Gennady Golovkin

Gennadiy Golovkin (born April 8, 1982) is an Kazakhstani boxer who competed in the Middleweight (75 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal.

Amateur

He was a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program since November 2002.

At the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok, he won the gold medal beating future two-time champion Matvey Korobov (RUS) 19:10 , Andy Lee (29:9), Lucian Bute (stoppage), Yordanis Despaigne in the semifinals (29:26) and Oleg Mahskin in the finals.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics he beat Ramadan Yasser Abdelghafar 31 - 20 and Andre Dirrell 23 - 18, lost to the Russian Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov 18 -28 and won the silver medal. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_-_Middleweight] .

At the world championships 2005 he sensationally lost to Mohamed Hikal.

Amateur Highlights

*2000 won the Junior World Champioships in Budapest, Hungary as a Light Welterweight. Results were:
**Defeated Hao Yen Kuo (Chinese Taipei) RSC-3
**Defeated Alexander Renz (Germany) PTS (26-7)
**Defeated Benjamin Kalinovic (Croatia) PTS (21-10)
**Defeated Evgeni Putilov (Russia) PTS (24-10)
**Defeated Maikel Perez (Cuba) PTS (30-17)
*2002 won the Asian Games in Busan, South Korea as a Light Middleweight. Results were:
**Defeated Abdullah Shekib (Afghanistan) AB-1
**Defeated Nagimeldin Adam (Qatar) RSCO-1
**Defeated Song In Joon (South Korea) PTS (18-12)
**Defeated Suriya Prasathinpimai (Thailand) RSCO-3
*2003 won the World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand as a Middleweight. Results were:
**Defeated Matvey Korobov (Russia) PTS (19-10)
**Defeated Andy Lee (Ireland) PTS (29-9)
**Defeated Lucian Bute (Romania) KO-4
**Defeated Yordanis Despaigne (Cuba) PTS (29-26)
**Defeated Oleg Mashkin (Ukraine) RSCI-2
*2004 Middleweight Olympic Silver Medalist as a member of the Kazakhstani Olympic Team. His results were:
**Defeated Ali Ahmed Khan (Pakistan) 31-10
**Defeated Ramadan Yasser (Egypt) 31-20
**Defeated Andre Dirrell (USA) 23-18
**Lost to Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov (Russia) 18-28

Pro

He turned pro in Germany and has won his first 13 fights, 10 by knockout.

External links

* [http://www.boxing.de/en/fighters/fighters/fighter-details/boxer/150/universum.html News and Pictures of Gennadiy Golovkin]
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