Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin Latest Betting Odds And Breakdown of Fight — Boxing News

He will finally make his pay-per-view debut Saturday on HBO against IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux, a risky Canadian fighter with 31 career knockouts. I think he is ready for a unification fight and he understands the situation.

When Golovkin decides to punish an opponent, there are few sights as spectacular in boxing.

Lemieux might be better than anyone Golovkin has faced, but it’d still be a major upset if he wins on Saturday.

Instead of going all out to finish the fight early as he is wont to do, Golovkin punished him just short of knocking him out, allowing him to survive the next round until his corner threw in the towel themselves. Lemieux is a +800 underdog, after being named a -175 favorite in his last bout. It’s not a problem. I want all of the belts in the middleweight division and I will fight whoever is number one and it doesn’t matter who it is. “I have a lot of confidence in myself”, Lemieux said, via Sky Sports. It’s about character, toughness and determination. Golovkin is, simply put, the scariest fighter in the world – but he’s struggled to land a high profile opponent and has yet to become a household name.

You would assume that the most exciting boxer in the world would also be one of the most popular, but that unfortunately hasn’t been the case for 33-year-old Gennady Golovkin, a Kazakh phenom who was won 30 of his 33 career fights by knockout.

“Training camp is a little bit new, a little bit different, not like any of the others”, Golovkin said via Opening Round.

“I’m scared only like one percent, not 100 percent, but only 1 percent”.

Lemieux, a bonafide puncher, is better than any boxer that Golovkin has faced, which actually may spell doom for the Montreal native. Bernard tells him: ‘I remember my fight at Madison Square Garden against Tito.’ Right now he is acting like a star – I see the videos – and of course he is a star. For daily boxing coverage, including next week’s show, go to Bad Left Hook.

” Lemieux could find out quickly that it’s too hard a task, and then wind up getting routed completely by Golovkin”, Ambrose wrote. If he boxes he could go 12 rounds.