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Gennady Golovkin

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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

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.