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Gennady Golovkin Delivers with Chilling
One-Punch Body-Shot Kayo of Matthew Macklin
By Alex Pierpaoli
Photos by Rich Esposito
On Saturday night at the MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods
Resort Casino in Mashantucket,
CT, Gennady “Triple G” Golovkin
made short work of Matthew “Mack-The-Knife” Macklin, stopping him at 1:22 of
round three with a brutal left-hook to the body. The suddenness and severity of
the victory sent a shockwave through the sport, heralding a new star, and
solidifying his claim to dominance at one hundred
sixty pounds.
From the opening bell, one hundred
fifty-nine pound, Gennady Golovkin, of Kazakhstan
via Stuttgart, Germany,
was able to hurt Matthew Macklin, of Birmingham,
UK, with just
about every punch he landed. In
round one, referee Eddie Cotton missed
a knockdown Golovkin earned off a
right hand blast which sent Macklin reeling back into the ropes which kept him on
his feet. Golovkin’s assault was unrelenting and Macklin, also 159lbs, expected to be a test for the Kazakh, was overwhelmed from the start and facing a foe that would simply
not be denied.
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Although the power of Golovkin was clearly on display in the
win, it was also the accuracy and preciseness of his offense that should not go
unnoticed. Afterwards promoter Lou
DiBella said Triple G’s kayo blow was right up there with the greatest body
shot he ever saw live—the blow Roy Jones landed
on the ribs of Virgil Hill that ended
their 1998 contest. At the post-fight press conference, DiBella wondered aloud if this body-shot kayo win was not even better
than that of Roy Jones.
In defending his WBA & IBO 160 pound titles Golovkin
proved definitively he is the force
to be reckoned within the division,
especially considering the fact the undisputed
champion, Sergio Martinez is on the shelf until well into 2014.
