The Cruelest Sport » Gennady Golovkin http://thecruelestsport.com A Professional Boxing blog Mon, 20 May 2013 16:35:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Paradox City: Gennady Golovkin & The Politics of Avoidance http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/04/10/paradox-city-gennady-golovkin-the-politics-of-avoidance/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/04/10/paradox-city-gennady-golovkin-the-politics-of-avoidance/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 02:20:40 +0000 Jimmy Tobin http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5508 **** Cleaved from his consciousness on March 30th—a single right hand having stretched him prostrate across the bottom rope in Monaco—Nobuhiro Ishida became the latest victim in Gennady Golovkin’s violent odyssey from internet bugaboo to hurt machine du jour. As has become the norm, the question of Golovkin’s next opponent was picked up with enthusiasm, [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/04/10/paradox-city-gennady-golovkin-the-politics-of-avoidance/feed/ 0 BRICKWORK: Gennady Golovkin TKO7 Gabriel Rosado http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/01/21/brickwork-gennady-golovkin-tko7-gabriel-rosado/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/01/21/brickwork-gennady-golovkin-tko7-gabriel-rosado/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 01:52:05 +0000 Jimmy Tobin http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5412 **** “No, I called the tune, and now I’m going to pay the piper.” – Carl Stephenson, Leiningen Versus the Ants It was not the apocalyptic display of destruction that white-knuckled enthusiasts of the next big thing anticipated. The protracted and gory assault middleweight Gennady Golovkin subjected Gabriel Rosado to on Saturday night at The [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/01/21/brickwork-gennady-golovkin-tko7-gabriel-rosado/feed/ 0 ROUGH TREATMENT: Gennady Golovkin-Gabriel Rosado Preview http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/01/17/rough-treatment-gennady-golovkin-gabriel-rosado/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/01/17/rough-treatment-gennady-golovkin-gabriel-rosado/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:20:08 +0000 Jimmy Tobin http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5404 **** Last seen bludgeoning Grzegorz Proksa over five rounds last September, middleweight Gennady Golovkin returns to action on Saturday night at The Theater in Madison Square Garden. Setting hearts aflutter in confirming his reputation for rough treatment, Golovkin has become one of a handful of fighters whose fights generate enthusiasm regardless of the opposition. He [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/01/17/rough-treatment-gennady-golovkin-gabriel-rosado/feed/ 0 Lowering the Boom: Gennady Golovkin TKO5 Grzegorz Proksa http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/09/02/lowering-the-boom-gennady-golovkin-tko5-grzegorz-proksa/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/09/02/lowering-the-boom-gennady-golovkin-tko5-grzegorz-proksa/#comments Sun, 02 Sep 2012 22:00:41 +0000 Jimmy Tobin http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5181 **** With cruel, calculating efficiency, Kazakhstan’s Gennady Golovkin ravaged Poland’s Grzegorz Proksa en route to a fifth round TKO in their middleweight bout at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona, New York. Golovkin (24-0, 21KO), was originally slated to face Dmitry Pirog in a much-anticipated rumble for validation by American audiences. When Pirog [...]

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