Gennady Golovkin vs. David Lemieux

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Middleweight Championship Unification
Golovkin-Lemieux Press Conference.jpg
DateOctober 17, 2015
VenueMadison Square Garden New York City, U.S.
Title(s) on the lineWBA (Super), IBF, IBO, and WBC interim middleweight titles
Tale of the tape
Boxer Kazakhstan Gennady Golovkin Canada David Lemieux
Nickname GGG
Hometown Karagandy, Kazakhstan Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Pre-fight record 33–0(30 KO) 34–2 (31 KO)
Height 5 ft 10.5 in (1.79 m) 5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBA (Super), IBO, and WBC interim middleweight champion
The Ring No. 4 ranked pound-for-pound fighter
IBF middleweight champion
Result
Golovkin wins by TKO

Gennady Golovkin vs. David Lemieux was a boxing title fight broadcast on HBO pay-per-view at Madison Square Garden on October 17, 2015.

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.

Winners in all matches are highlighted in bold.[2]

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 Roman Gonzalez (c) def. United States Brian Viloria TKO 9/12 2:53 Note 2
Heavyweight 200+ lbs. Cuba Luis Ortiz def. Argentina 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 SD 10/10
Lightweight 135 lbs. United States def. Mexico UD 6/6
Junior welterweight 140 lbs. Kazakhstan def. United States UD 4/4

^Note 1 For WBA (Super), IBF, WBC interim, 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.
  2. ^ Gennady Golovkin vs David Lemieux results. BoxRec.com. Retrieved on 2015-10-18.


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