On Saturday, April 23, 2016, the consensus No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter and WBC Flyweight champion, Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (44-0 38 KOs), took on Puerto Rico's McWilliams Arroyo (16-2 14 KOs) in the co-featured bout of the Gennady Golovkin vs. Dominic Wade fight card.
Gennady Golovkin and Dominic Wade tipped the scales Friday afternoon at The Forum in Los Angeles.
On Saturday, May 7, 2016, Canelo Alvarez steps into the ring to defend his WBC and Ring Magazine world championships against Amir "King" Khan, but another fighter is capturing the public's attention as a potential foe for Canelo later this year.
Consensus #1 Pound-for-Pound Fighter and World Boxing Council Flyweight Champion, Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez will defend his title against world ranked Puerto Rican McWilliams Arroyo on Saturday, April 23 at the Fabulous Forum in the co-featured bout to the World Middleweight Championship between Gennady “GGG” Golovkin and Dominic “Lights Out” Wade, it was announced today by K2 Promotions. Both bouts will be televised Live on HBO World Championship Boxing® beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Boxing fans know not to get their hopes up—especially regarding the creation of a looming super-fight—but the concept of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez facing off against Gennady Golovkin is so tangible and tantalizing that it’s hard not to salivate over the potential for this matchup.
On Saturday, November 28, 2015, Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) scored a shutout decision victory against Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) to win the unified Heavyweight championship on the world.
On Monday, November 9, 2015, Gennady Golovkin hosted a media roundtable, alongside K2 Promotions' Managing Director, Tom Loeffler, and Able Sanchez to talk about a potential future fight in Dallas.
In what was supposed to be the toughest fight of his career, Gennady Golovkin (34-0, 31 KOs) outclassed and dominated David Lemieux (34-3, 31 KOs) en route to an eighth-round stoppage to unify the WBA, IBO, interim WBC and IBF Middleweight titles at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Roman Gonzalez (44-0, 38 KOs) scored a ninth-round stoppage victory against Brian Viloria (36-5, 22 KOs) to successfully defend his WBC Flyweight title at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Middleweight unification is finally upon us as the two biggest punchers in the division--Gennady Golovkin and David Lemieux--square off at Madison Square Garden in New York City for one of the most highly anticipated fights of the year.
The deal came out of nowhere. For months, fans have been standing around like children who have to use the bathroom but refuse, dancing in angst as they wait for word that Canelo Alvarez vs. Miguel Cotto will officially happen.
The boxing world anxiously awaits what could possibly be the best matchup of 2015, when middleweight kingpin Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) puts his IBO, interim WBC and WBA titles on the line, in a unification bout against IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (34-2, 31 KOs) live on HBO pay-per-view, October 17, 2015, from Madison Square Garden in New York City.
As ESPN.com's Dan Rafael confirmed via Twitter, WBA, IBO and WBC interim Middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin is set to face IBF champion David Lemieux from Madison Square Garden on October 17.
The time has come once again to wipe the dust off of the crystal ball, lay the cards out on the table, and examine two fighters that may quite possibly face one another in the distant future.
On Saturday, former four-time Super Middleweight champion Carl Froch shared a tweet in which he said that he was "too big and too strong for GGG," along with a photo displaying his hard-rock physique.
