Gennadiy Golovkin will floor Kamil Szeremeta in the first, second, fourth and seventh rounds to top up his 21st central title defense, full-time record, and send a message to his rival Saul ‘Canelo ‘Alvarez who fights Callum Smith on Saturday night
Last updated: 19/12/20 7:23 am
Golovkin launched Szeremeta four times
Gennadiy Golovkin defeated Kamil Szeremeta four times in seven boring rounds to deliver a hard-fought reminder that he still has the ability to knock Friday night.
The Kazakh shone in his IBF midfield title defense in Florida 24 hours before rival Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez met Callum Smith in the WBA and WBC preseason title fight.
Golovkin’s latest brutal performance was his 21st defense of the middleweight world title, breaking the record he shared with Bernard Hopkins.
Golovkin broke the record for successful middleweight title defense
Golovkin retained his IBF middleweight title
Now 38, Golovkin didn’t take long to prove that he could still deliver painful scenes against the Pole Szeremeta that had never been seen before.
Within the first round uppercut then left hook flat Szeremeta for the first time.
Golovkin sought the lead in the second round and put his right hand over his forced opponent to the floor again, but somehow Szeremeta was fighting.
In the fourth round, Golovkin scored another goal with a left hook but Szeremeta still held on.
Szeremeta was badly beaten before the end of the fourth but took to the end of the seventh, when he went to the canvas for the fourth time after an injection, to summon the referee to stop.
Golovkin ended Szeremeta’s hopes in the seventh round
Golovkin remains open for the third fight with Canelo
It was a 36-point win within the distance out of 43 fights for Golovkin, one of the scariest punters of his generation, and he went on a bit to answer incoming questions. after being slated to win a decision over Sergiy Derevyanchenko a year ago. .
He’s building the ability to fight a 2021 trilogy with Canelo, who must end Smith’s unruly rule Saturday night.
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Golovkin and Canelo have shared two classic midweights that are still the only two fuels on the Kazakh record.
The first fight scored and Canelo controversially pulled the rematch but Golovkin is open to settling their rivalry once again.