Gennady Golovkin
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 Gennady Golovkin |
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Competitor for  Kazakhstan |
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| Silver | 2004 Athens | Middleweight | |
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| Gold | 2003 Bangkok | Middleweight | |
| Asian Games | |||
| Gold | 2002 Busan | Light middleweight | |
Gennadiy Golovkin (born April 8, 1982) is an Kazakhstani boxer who competed in the Middleweight (75 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal.
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[edit] Amateur
He was a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program since November 2002.
At the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok, he won the gold medal beating future two-time champion Matvey Korobov (RUS) 19:10 , Andy Lee (29:9), Lucian Bute (stoppage), Yordanis Despaigne in the semifinals (29:26) and Oleg Mahskin in the finals.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics he beat Ramadan Yasser Abdelghafar 31 - 20 and Andre Dirrell 23 - 18, lost to the Russian Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov 18 -28 and won the silver medal. [1].
At the world championships 2005 he sensationally lost to Mohamed Hikal.
[edit] Amateur Highlights
- 2000 won the Junior World Champioships in Budapest, Hungary as a Light Welterweight. Results were:
- Defeated Hao Yen Kuo (Chinese Taipei) RSC-3
- Defeated Alexander Renz (Germany) PTS (26-7)
- Defeated Benjamin Kalinovic (Croatia) PTS (21-10)
- Defeated Evgeni Putilov (Russia) PTS (24-10)
- Defeated Maikel Perez (Cuba) PTS (30-17)
- 2002 won the Asian Games in Busan, South Korea as a Light Middleweight. Results were:
- Defeated Abdullah Shekib (Afghanistan) AB-1
- Defeated Nagimeldin Adam (Qatar) RSCO-1
- Defeated Song In Joon (South Korea) PTS (18-12)
- Defeated Suriya Prasathinpimai (Thailand) RSCO-3
- 2003 won the World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand as a Middleweight. Results were:
- Defeated Matvey Korobov (Russia) PTS (19-10)
- Defeated Andy Lee (Ireland) PTS (29-9)
- Defeated Lucian Bute (Romania) KO-4
- Defeated Yordanis Despaigne (Cuba) PTS (29-26)
- Defeated Oleg Mashkin (Ukraine) RSCI-2
- 2004 Middleweight Olympic Silver Medalist as a member of the Kazakhstani Olympic Team. His results were:
- Defeated Ali Ahmed Khan (Pakistan) 31-10
- Defeated Ramadan Yasser (Egypt) 31-20
- Defeated Andre Dirrell (USA) 23-18
- Lost to Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov (Russia) 18-28
[edit] Pro
He turned pro in Germany and won his first 10 fights.
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