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On October 17, 2015, Gennady Golovkin took on David Lemieux to unify the WBA, IBF and WBC interim Middleweight titles at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
The scheduled 12-rounder headlined an HBO pay-per-view that was promoted by K2 Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions.
In the co-main event Roman Gonzalez took on Brian Viloria for Gonzalez’ WBC Flyweight title.
Check out the results from the Golovkin-Lemieux card below.
Results:
Gennady Golovkin vs. David Lemieux, WBA/WBC interim/IBF middleweight title unification
“Thank you my friends, thank you my people.” #GolovkinLemieux pic.twitter.com/XH2ffHaEAY
— RoundByRoundBoxing (@RBRBoxing) October 18, 2015
Golovkin dominated Lemieux en route to an eighth-round stoppage. Golovkin outboxed Lemieux early and used his jab, eventually he found Lemieux and dropped him in Round 5 with a body shot. Golovkin then wore him down and stopped him at 1:32 of Round 8. Roman Gonzalez vs. Brian Viloria, 12 rounds, for Gonzalez’s WBC flyweight title
Six down between @chocolatitobox and @BrianViloria. unofficial ringside judge @shotfighter26 has it 5-1, Chocolatito pic.twitter.com/jYKsTonMcv — HBOboxing (@HBOboxing) October 18, 2015
Gonzalez scored a ninth-round TKO victory over Viloria.
From the opening round, Gonzalez pushed forward and overwhelmed Viloria with combination punches.
Gonzalez scored a knockdown in Round 3, continued dominating through the fight, and eventually stopped Viloria with a flurry.
Luis Ortiz vs. Matias Ariel Vidondo, 12 rounds, for vacant WBA interim heavyweight title
Tremendous 3rd round KO for @kingkongboxing! pic.twitter.com/3QA9z2Z8K8
— GoldenBoyPromotions (@GoldenBoyBoxing) October 18, 2015
Ortiz knocked out Vidondo in Round 3. After a slow first round, Ortiz began landing combination punches in Round 2. Ortiz landed a powerful combination in Round 2 that dropped Vidondo, who barely made it out of the round.
Vidondo, who had never fought in the U.S., looked flabby and slow compared to Ortiz’s elusiveness. In Round 3, Ortiz landed another shot that quickly knocked Vidondo out.
Eamonn O’Kane vs. Tureano Johnson, 12 rounds, IBF middleweight eliminator
Johnson and O’Kane continue to battle heading into the sixth round here at @TheGarden. #GolovkinLemieux pic.twitter.com/MWRKcDnHCM — HBOboxing (@HBOboxing) October 18, 2015
Johnson scored a unanimous decision victory over O’Kane.
Johnson had a good start as he scored two knockdowns in Round 1 both by a right hook.
O’Kane, however, recovered by the second round and was backing Johnson up by the end of Round 2.
The back-and-forth action continued into the fight as O’Kane landed more body shots, while Johnson landed more to the head.
O’Kane never gave up, but he didn’t posses the power nor the skill to put Johnson’s win at risk
The judges scored the fight 118-108, 117-109 and 119-107 for Johnson.
Ghislain Maduma vs. Maurice Hooker, 10 rounds, lightweights
Maurice Hooker defeats Ghislain Maduma. Scores were 95-93 (2x) for Hooker, and 95-93 for Maduma. #GolovinLemieux pic.twitter.com/E9g17T7uQX
— RoundByRoundBoxing (@RBRBoxing) October 17, 2015
Hooker’s reach and height allowed him to score a majority decision win against Maduma.
A solid right hand put Maduma on the canvas on Round 4, while Hooker was badly hurt later in the fight.
The fight was close, but Hooker edged out Maduma on the scorecards. Two judges scored it 95-93 for Hooker, while one scored it the same for Maduma.
Lamont Roach Jr. vs. Jose Bustos, 6 rounds, lightweights
Roach scored a unanimous decision victory over Bustos.
After a slow first round in which he carefully threw jabs. Roach began fighting at close range and by landing counter-punching combinations in every round.
Bustos had some moments, but Roach, a National Golden Gloves champion, was too talented for him.
All judges scored the fight 59-55 for Roach.
Ruslan Madiev vs. Azriel Paez, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Madiev scored a unanimous decision win. All judges scored the fight 40-35, 40-35 and 39-36.
