Gennadiy Golovkin - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Gennadiy Gennadyevich Golovkin is an undefeated Kazakh

Kazakhs

The Kazakhs are a Turkic people of the northern parts of Central Asia ....

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

who competed in the Middleweight (75 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

and won the silver medal. He is the current WBA

World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

middleweight

Middleweight

Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...

champion.

Amateur

He was a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program since November 2002.

At the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships

2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships

The Men's 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Bangkok, Thailand from July 6 to July 13. The competition was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.- Medal winners :- Medal table :-External links:**...

in Bangkok

Bangkok

Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...

, he won the gold medal beating future two-time champion Matvey Korobov

Matvey Korobov

Matvey Georgiyevich Korobov is a Russian professional boxer best known for winning the middleweight amateur world title in 2005 and 2007, and being a part of the Russian team at the 2005 Boxing World Cup.-Amateur career:...

(RUS) 19:10 , Andy Lee

Andy Lee (boxer)

Andy Lee , is an Irish professional boxer from Limerick, Ireland who fights in the Middleweight division.-Background:Lee was born in Bow, London, England to Irish parents...

(29:9), Lucian Bute

Lucian Bute

Lucian Bute is a Romanian-Canadian professional boxer, currently based in Montreal, Canada. Bute is the current IBF Super Middleweight champion...

(stoppage), Yordanis Despaigne

Yordanis Despaigne

Yordanis Despaigne Herrera is a Cuban professional boxer who, as an amateur boxer, has medaled repeatedly in international tournaments as a middleweight.-Career:...

in the semifinals (29:26) and Oleg Mahskin in the finals.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

he beat Ramadan Yasser

Ramadan Yasser

Ramadan Yasser Abdel Ghaffar is a boxer from Egypt.-Career:Yasser won the gold medal in the men's middleweight division at the 1999 All-Africa Games and went to the Olympics 2000 where he lost his first match 7:8 to Korea's Im Jeong-Bin...

Abdelghafar 31 - 20 and Andre Dirrell

Andre Dirrell

Andre Dirrell is an American boxer, who won the middleweight bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:...

23 - 18, lost to the Russian Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov

Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov

Gaydarbek Abdulovich Gaydarbekov is a Russian boxer who has won two Olympic medals in Middleweight. He qualified for the Athens Olympics by winning the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia....

18 -28 and won the silver medal. He qualified for the Athens Games by winning the gold medal at the 2004 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships

2004 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships

The 22nd edition of the Men's Asian Amateur Boxing Championships were held from January 11 to January 18, 2004 in Puerto Princesa Coliseum, Puerto Princesa, Philippines...

in Puerto Princesa, Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

. In the final he defeated home fighter Christopher Camat.

At the world championships 2005 he sensationally lost to Mohamed Hikal

Mohamed Hikal

Mohamed Hikal is a male boxer from Egypt. He is best known for having won a bronze medal in the men's middleweight division at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships.-Career:...

Amateur Highlights

2000 won the Junior World Championships 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
  Maikel Pérez
  Maikel Antonio Pérez González is a male freestyle wrestler from Cuba. He participated in Men's freestyle 55 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics.In 1/16 of final he lost with Rizvan Gadzhiev from Belarus and was eliminated from competition....
  
  (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
  Matvey Korobov
  Matvey Georgiyevich Korobov is a Russian professional boxer best known for winning the middleweight amateur world title in 2005 and 2007, and being a part of the Russian team at the 2005 Boxing World Cup.-Amateur career:...
  
  (Russia) PTS (19-10)
- Defeated Andy Lee
  Andy Lee (boxer)
  Andy Lee , is an Irish professional boxer from Limerick, Ireland who fights in the Middleweight division.-Background:Lee was born in Bow, London, England to Irish parents...
  
  (Ireland) PTS (29-9)
- Defeated Lucian Bute
  Lucian Bute
  Lucian Bute is a Romanian-Canadian professional boxer, currently based in Montreal, Canada. Bute is the current IBF Super Middleweight champion...
  
  (Romania) KO-4
- Defeated Yordanis Despaigne
  Yordanis Despaigne
  Yordanis Despaigne Herrera is a Cuban professional boxer who, as an amateur boxer, has medaled repeatedly in international tournaments as a middleweight.-Career:...
  
  (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
  Ramadan Yasser
  Ramadan Yasser Abdel Ghaffar is a boxer from Egypt.-Career:Yasser won the gold medal in the men's middleweight division at the 1999 All-Africa Games and went to the Olympics 2000 where he lost his first match 7:8 to Korea's Im Jeong-Bin...
  
  (Egypt) 31-20
- Defeated Andre Dirrell
  Andre Dirrell
  Andre Dirrell is an American boxer, who won the middleweight bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:...
  
  (USA) 23-18
- Lost to Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov
  Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov
  Gaydarbek Abdulovich Gaydarbekov is a Russian boxer who has won two Olympic medals in Middleweight. He qualified for the Athens Olympics by winning the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia....
  
  (Russia) 18-28

Pro

He turned pro in Germany and has won his first 19 fights, 16 by knockout. On August 14, 2010, he won the vacant WBA

World Boxing Association

Interim Middleweight Title, defeating Milton Nunez

Milton Nunez (boxer)

Milton Nunez is a Columbian middleweight boxer. Nunez's biggest fight was against Gennady Golovkin for the interim WBA middleweight title. In this title fight, Milton lost by knockout in 58 seconds....

by 1st-round KO in Panama City

Panama City

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, Panama.

Professional boxing record

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Kassim Ouma

Kassim Ouma is a Ugandan boxer. He is currently the NABA middleweight champion.-Early life:Born into poverty, at the age of six he was kidnapped and forced to join the National Resistance Army and consequently did not see his family for five years. Ouma is the 7th of 13 children, which include 7...

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Nilson Julio Tapia

Nilson Julio Tapia is a Columbian middleweight boxer. Nunez's biggest fight was against Gennady Golovkin for the regular WBA middleweight title. In this title fight, Nilson lost by knockout in the third round....

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