VERONA, NY – Gennady Golovkin made a statement to the American boxing fans that he is a forced to be reckoned with as he scored a scintillating fifth round stoppage over Grzegorz Proksa to retain the WBA Middleweight championship at the Turning Stone Casino Resort.<\/p>\n
The Bout Headlined HBO Boxing After Dark.<\/p>\n
Golovkin dominated the bout from the outset as he dropped Proksa in the opening frame.<\/p>\n
Golovkin continued to pummel Proksa by bullying him around the ring. The challenger showed tremendous courage by fighting toe to toe with the heavy handed Golovkin.<\/p>\n
Golovkin battered Proksa along the ropes in round four before scoring his second knockdown in the fight. Golovkin ended things with a vicious flurry of punches that sent Proksa down and out and the fight was stopped at 1:11 of round five<\/p>\n
Golovkin of Kazakhstan is now 24-0 with twenty-one knockouts. Proksa of Poland is now 28-2.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a good first fight in America\u201d, said Golovkin.<\/p>\n
\u00cf am ready for anyone and that includes the winner of Martinez and Chavez Jr. I hope to be back in December\u201d<\/p>\n
Sergiy Dzinziruk and Jonathan Gonzalez battle to a twelve round draw in the Jr. Middleweight co-feature. There was drama even before the fight started as Gonzalez missed the 154 pound weight limit by a staggering nine pounds and had a ten pound weight advantage as they entered the ring as he tipped the scales at 172 pounds while Dzinziruk was 162.<\/p>\n
It was a close fight with Dzinziruk trying to establish his \u201cRazor\u201c jab while Gonzalez was successful with counter right hands. Both fighters had good moments of sustained action.<\/p>\n
When the scores were announced, nothing was settled as they read 117-111 for Gonzalez; 115-113 for Dzinziruk and 114-114.<\/p>\n
Gonzalez is now 15-0-1. Dzinziuk is 37-1-1.<\/p>\n
\u00cf was uncomfortable but I thought I won the fight\u201d, said a disappointed Gonzalez.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked about his weight difficulties, Gonzalez said \u201cIt took a lot of strength out of me\u201d<\/p>\n
Dzinziruk was also disappointed as he said \u201cHe was heavy when he pushed against me. It was tough to say who won but it was close\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00cf was off for fifteen months and it was tough to get going as I felt rusty\u201d<\/p>\n
Tony Luis remained perfect with a one punch body shot knockout in round one of a scheduled six round Jr. Welterweight bout.<\/p>\n
The end came at of the opening frame and Luis of nearby Cornwall, Ontario and is now 15-0 with seven knockouts. Ledesma is now 18-21<\/p>\n
Tureano Johnson remained perfect by stopping Cleven Ishe due to a cut around the left eye at 2:23 of round four.<\/p>\n
Johnson of Nassau, Bahamas is now 11-0 with eight knockouts. Ishe is 3-9-1.<\/p>\n
Bryan Clookey and Rayshawn Myers battled to a four round draw in a Cruiserweight bout.<\/p>\n
Scores were 39-37 for each fighter and 38-38.<\/p>\n
Clookey is 4-0-2. Myers is 4-14-1.<\/p>\n
Jorge Maysonet Jr. dropped Bryan Abraham twice in eighty-four seconds en route to the first round stoppage in their scheduled eight round Jr. Welterweight bout.<\/p>\n
Maysonet of Puerto Rico is now 9-0 with eight knockouts. Abraham is now 6-14-2.<\/p>\n
Shawn Miller pitched a shutout and scored a four round unanimous decision over Richard Starnino.<\/p>\n
Scores were 40-36 on all cards and Miler is now 9-4-1. Starnino is 9-10-2.<\/p>\n
In the opener, Ryan McKenzie knocked at Borngod Washington with a crush left hook at 2:30 of the sixth and final round of their Light Heavyweight bout.<\/p>\n
McKenzie of nearby Syracuse, NY is now 10-0 with 10 KO\u2019s. Washington is now 3-12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
VERONA, NY – Gennady Golovkin made a statement to the American boxing fans that he is a forced to be reckoned with as he scored a scintillating fifth round stoppage over Grzegorz Proksa to retain the WBA Middleweight championship at the Turning Stone Casino Resort.
\nThe Bout Headlined HBO Boxing After Dark.<\/p>\n
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