Kazakh boxer Gennady Golovkin becomes world second middleweight
09:23, 1 July 2013
ASTANA. July 1. KAZINFORM - Kazakhstan boxer, a WBA world champion Gennady Golovkin, after defeating Britain's Matthew Macklin has risen to second place in the ranking of the world middleweights, reports Vesti.kz. According to the authoritative web-portal boxrec.com, Golovkin has got 774 points now. From the second line he pressed the Australian Daniel Gil, who is now in the third place. The same rating is headed by Argentinian Sergio Martinez.
As for Macklin, the defeat by knockout in the third round with Golovkin strongly influenced his position in the ranking. He fell from eighth to 13th place. When a Kazakh boxer will be able to get around Martinez is unknown, as the promoter of the Argentine athlete said that he would not advise his charge to meet that "monster" then.