Gennadiy Gennadyevich Golovkin, often known by his nickname "GGG" or "Triple G", is a Kazakhstani professional boxer. He has held multiple middleweight world championships, and is a two-time former unified champion. He held the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) titles at varying points between 2014 and 2023, and challenged once for the undisputed super middleweight championship in 2022. He is also a former International Boxing Organization (IBO) middleweight champion, having held the title twice between 2011 and 2023.
Distant view of Golovkin fighting against Gabriel Rosado at Madison Square Garden in January 2013
Golovkin in 2015
A 2016 stamp sheet dedicated to Golovkin issued by Kazakhstan
Golovkin's abbreviated nickname, and his catchphrase "Big Drama Show" became trademarks. Jon Bernthal is shown here wearing a recognizable GGG flat brim
Undisputed championship (boxing)
In boxing, the undisputed champion of a weight class is the boxer who simultaneously holds world titles from all recognized major organisations by each other and the International Boxing Hall of Fame. There are currently four major sanctioning bodies: WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO. There were many undisputed champions before the number of major sanctioning bodies recognizing each other increased to four in 2007, but there have only been 19 boxers to hold all four titles simultaneously.
Wladimir Klitschko won the unified championship in 2008 and defended it 14 times
Muhammad Ali defended the unified/undisputed heavyweight championship 10 times; the record was unbeaten for 36 years
