Gennady Golovkin vs. David Lemieux

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

Background[edit]

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.	Gennady Golovkin (c)	def.	David Lemieux (c)	TKO	8/12	1:32	^{Note 1}
Flyweight	112 lbs.	Román González (c)	def.	Brian Viloria	TKO	9/12	2:53	^{Note 2}
Heavyweight	200+ lbs.	Luis Ortiz	def.	Matias Ariel Vidondo	KO	3/12	0:17	^{Note 3}
Middleweight	160 lbs.	Tureano Johnson	def.	Eamonn O'Kane	UD	12/12
Junior welterweight	140 lbs.	Maurice Hooker	def.	Ghislain Maduma	SD	10/10
Lightweight	135 lbs.	Lamont Roach Jr.	def.	Jose Bustos	UD	6/6
Junior welterweight	140 lbs.	Ruslan Madiev	def.	Sean Gee	UD	4/4