Unbeaten Gennady Golovkin claimed a 20th consecutive knockout victory on Saturday to retain his WBA middleweight crown against Willie Monroe Jr. The 33-year-old floored Monroe twice in the second round in Inglewood, California before landing the decisive blow 45 seconds into the sixth.<\/p>\n
The former Kazakh Olympian, defending his title for a 14th time, has knocked out all his opponents since June 2008. He said: \u201cIt was a good, big drama show. I felt very strong.\u201d<\/p>\n
Facing an awkward southpaw counter-puncher, Golovkin who has stopped 30 of his 33 opponents inside the distance, delighted a crowd of 12,372 in his adopted home with a display of powerful shots.<\/p>\n
Monroe, who lost for the second time in 21 fights, showed his resilience by climbing off the canvas twice in the second round but Golovkin landed a long series of heavy punches in the sixth until the challenger declined to continue. \u201cI\u2019m done,\u201d<\/p>\n
Monroe told referee Jack Reiss. Golovkin is keen to capitalise on his growing reputation as one of the world\u2019s pound-for-pound best fighters and after the fight he called on Miguel Cotto and Saul \u2018Canelo\u2019 Alvarez to face him in the ring.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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