Gennady Golovkin vs. David Lemieux

Gennady Golovkin vs. David Lemieux was a middleweight unification professional boxing match contested between WBC interim, WBA (Super), and IBO champion, Gennady Golovkin and IBF champion, David Lemieux. The bout took place at Madison Square Garden on October 17, 2015.

Gennady Golovkin vs. David Lemieux
DateOctober 17, 2015
VenueMadison Square Garden New York City, U.S.
Title(s) on the lineWBC interim, WBA (Super), IBF, and IBO middleweight titles
Tale of the tape
Boxer Gennady Golovkin David Lemieux
Nickname GGG
Hometown Karagandy, Kazakhstan Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Pre-fight record 33–0 (30 KO) 34–2 (31 KO)
Height 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (179 cm) 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (177 cm)
Weight 159.4 lb (72 kg) 159.8 lb (72 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBC interim, WBA (Super), and IBO middleweight champion
The Ring No. 4 ranked pound-for-pound fighter		 IBF middleweight champion
Result
Golovkin wins via 8th-round TKO

Background

The card was promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and K2 Promotions. The bout was to unify the WBA (Super), IBF, WBC interim, and IBO middleweight titles. The PPV buys were 150,000.[1] Tom Loefler of K2 Promotions said after the GGG vs. Jacobs fight that GGG vs. Lemieux did 163,000 PPV buys.

Weight Class Weight vs. Method Round Time Notes
Middleweight 160 lbs. Kazakhstan Gennady Golovkin (c) def. Canada David Lemieux (c) TKO 8/12 1:32 Note 1
Flyweight 112 lbs. Nicaragua Román González (c) def. United States Brian Viloria TKO 9/12 2:53 Note 2
Heavyweight 200+ lbs. Cuba Luis Ortiz def. Argentina Matias Ariel Vidondo KO 3/12 0:17 Note 3
Middleweight 160 lbs. The Bahamas Tureano Johnson def. Republic of Ireland Eamonn O'Kane UD 12/12
Junior welterweight 140 lbs. United States Maurice Hooker def. Democratic Republic of the Congo Ghislain Maduma SD 10/10
Lightweight 135 lbs. United States Lamont Roach Jr. def. Mexico Jose Bustos UD 6/6
Junior welterweight 140 lbs. Kazakhstan Ruslan Madiev def. United States Sean Gee UD 4/4

^Note 1 For WBC interim, WBA (Super), IBF, and IBO middleweight titles.
^Note 2 For WBC flyweight title.
^Note 3 For WBA interim heavyweight title.

Broadcast

The telecast of the fight was televised via HBO PPV.

References
  1. "GGG-Lemieux generates about 150,000 buys". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2 March 2017.


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