Gennady Golovkin
GGG, 20 straight middleweight title defenses with fearsome power
Overview
The Kazakh destroyer went 37-0 with 33 knockouts before his 2017 draw with Canelo Alvarez, a fight most felt he won. He made 20 consecutive middleweight defenses, matching Bernard Hopkins, blending educated pressure, a granite chin and textbook technique under trainer Abel Sanchez. He beat Daniel Jacobs, Sergey Derevyanchenko and Ryota Murata, and his mark through 2022 read 42-2-1.
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