Gennady Golovkin - a boxer from Kazakhstan -earned a nickname, which says a lot about him. It is called God of War. Competitors and admirers are compared to the god Mars or to the character of the video game God of War, the main hero of which overcomes all, even fantastic monsters and the gods of Olympus. We can say that our hero has already visited Olympus. In 2004 he became a prize-winner at the Olympic Games in Athens. He deserved the silver, losing in the finals to the Russian Gaidarbek.
Biography of Gennady Golovkin begins with hisrelatives. A boy was born in a fine miner's family. Dad, Gennady Ivanovich, worked all his life at the mine as the chief engineer. Mom, Elizabeth Sergeevna, worked in a chemical laboratory. He has a brother Maxim. The guys had two brothers, but, unfortunately, they died in the army under unknown circumstances. At the boxing Gennady went along with Maxim in eight years.
The first coach, Viktor Konstantinovich Dmitriev,spoke about the brothers the following: "Gendos and Maxim immediately stood out from the whole mass. Were incredibly uprooted, withered and persistent. The first few years I did not let them out at all in the ring, only physical education and tactical preparation, as well as games in football, basketball. And when they grew up a bit, they went to the youth championship. And there they showed what they are capable of! "We always had a brother together - we studied, we did boxing. Appeared in one weight category, but never in life were not advised against each other. Now both are kept by the same team, Maxim is the coach of his brother.
Probably, there is no such person who would notknew who Gennady Golovkin was. The biography of the famous boxer is known to all his fans. He was born on April 8, 1982 in the USSR, Karaganda became his native city. Passes a little more than two decades, and the Kazakh amateur boxer will become the world champion in boxing in 2003. At national competitions in Kazakhstan Gennady took the championship 7 times. In 2006, he began to build a professional career in the "average weight" category. It is worth noting that in boxing he came as a kid, and already in 11 years with all seriousness he won in the regional competitions of opponents, who were more mature for 2-3 years.
At the age of 18 he won the World Championship 2000among juniors in Hungary. The following year brought him a victory in sparring with Laniel Gil in the East Asian Games. In the same place, Gennady sent Pkhlenchita Surya to the knockout in 2002 and again took the gold. Further - silver at the World Cup 2002, gold - at the World Cup 2003, gold - at the Asian Championships 2004.
So gradually and confidently replenished biographyGennady Golovkin memorable events. Soon the athlete approached the professional ring, which he had long dreamed of. Here, the fighter was exactly the new star that the whole world recognized. The first eight wins were early. Mehdi Boud, Ian Gardner, Malika Dziarra and many others failed to resist the hard blows of the impenetrable boxer. By 2010, Golovkin became the owner of the intercontinental championship in the WBO and the temporary world champion in the WBA version. Regular WBA champion became in 2010, twice defending the title and deserved the champion belt from the IBO in the battle with Luzhdan Simon.
In 2012, he knocked down MakottoFuchigami, and after the time has come to face a more serious opponent. The next fight with Gennady was with the opponent Grzegosz Prox, who at that time had one loss, 21 of the 28 he won by knockout. The aggressive style of the God of War forced the Polish boxer to fly this time. Golovkin sent him to the knockout in the fifth round and defended the title of champion.
В 2013 году Гена очутился в рейтинге самых spectacular fighters on the HBO channel after the fight with Gabriel Rosado. The fight lasted 7 rounds, while the seconds of the opponent did not throw the towel. Took a technical knockout, and the winner was announced boxer Gennady Golovkin. Biography of the athlete is increasingly replenished with loud and sonorous victories, and now opponents are not so easy to defeat him.
By the end of 2013, Golovkin was declared the bestboxer of the year regardless of the weight category. In February 2014 Gennady collided in Monte Carlo with Ganz Osuman Adama. He sent the opponent three times in knockout - in three rounds, and it was decided to stop the fight.
Every year the skill and technical skills of the championpleased spectators and fans from all over the world. And already in 2014 brought astounding victories over Daniel Gil, Marco Antonio Rubio. In the career of Genes there were different fighters who carefully tried to find a way to get close and find a hole in the defending champion. But the battle statistics say otherwise: 37 fights, 37 wins, 33 wins by knockout - these are incredible results of a strong and purposeful athlete.
In his personal life, Gennady is doing well.He has a spouse named Alina. She is his countrywoman - comes from Karaganda. This is a fairly versatile personality: she is well-educated, she knows several foreign languages. The lovers for a long time met and in July 2007 played a grandiose wedding. Soon they had a son named Vadim. Alina devoted herself to building a family and is happy to provide a reliable and strong back to her husband, Gennady Golovkin. Biography of family life pleases idyll, which reigns in the strong and friendly family of the boxer. Spouse athlete - a non-public person, does not go to the fights of his beloved and does not watch on TV.
The first fight in 2017 made you worryall admirers Golovkin. His opponent was American Daniel Jacobs, who was able to defend 12 rounds with Gennady. The final of the battle caused a lot of discussion about whether our hero is invulnerable and irresistible. But we know that Golovkin in his every fight proves his invincibility and uniqueness. We, of course, will wait for new achievements and colorful victories from him.
