Gennady Golovkin

Kazakhstani boxer

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.

Gennady Golovkin
Геннадий Головкин
Golovkin in 2017
Born
Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin

(1982-04-08) 8 April 1982 (age 42)
Karaganda, Kazakh SSR,
Soviet Union
(now Karagandy, Kazakhstan)
NationalityKazakhstani
Other namesGGG ("Triple G")
Statistics
Weight(s)Middleweight
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Reach178 cm (70 in)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights38
Wins37
Wins by KO33
Losses0
Draws1