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The 2 greatest female and male boxers from Kazakhstan are retired. Each had been world champions: Gennadiy “Triple G” Golovkin, who held the WBA, WBC, IBF, and IBO World Middleweight titles, and Christina Hammer, who held the WBC and WBO World Middleweight titles and the WBO Tremendous Middleweight titles.
Golovkin, a 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist in Athens, Greece, turned skilled in 2006 after a 345-8 beginner report and later as a promoter (GGG Promotions).
He was 37-0 when he was held to a disputed break up resolution draw on September 16, 2017, at T-Cell Enviornment, Las Vegas, Nevada, with present Tremendous Middleweight champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. He chased Alvarez for the final seven rounds across the ring. Dave Moretti awarded him a 115-113 resolution and a draw with Don Trella 114-114. Choose Adalaide Byrd had it 118-110 for Alvarez and didn’t choose once more for 30 days. She retired in 2024.
Golovkin made the error of fixing trainers in both 2017 or 2019 from Abel Sanchez to Jonathan Banks. Both manner, he went from a punching model to a boxer-puncher model within the rematch after scoring a knockout in his subsequent struggle towards Vanes Martirosyan, 36-3-1, at Stub Corridor Middle, Carson, CA. He had a twenty-three-fight knockout streak stopped in his earlier struggle, defeating Daniel ‘Miracle Man’ Jacobs, 32-1, at New York’s Madison Sq. Backyard.
The rematch with Alvarez was once more at T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas, Nevada, on September 15, 2018, the place he misplaced a majority resolution. It wasn’t till September 22, 2022, some 4 years later, that they fought for a 3rd time. He then retired at age 40. I attempted reaching out to his final promoter, Tom Loeffler (K2 Promotions), however I didn’t obtain a reply on whether or not he was retired.
Golovkin was defending towards Philadelphia’s Gabe ‘King’ Rosado in January of 2013, whom he stopped in seven rounds at MSG after I contacted considered one of his sparring companions, Dhafir ‘No Fear’ Smith of Philly, who had been in camp twice with Tremendous Middleweight champ Andre ‘SOG’ Ward. He mentioned he didn’t know who would win between Ward and Golovkin. He acknowledged that Golovkin “hits like a heavyweight!” Additionally in camp was Philly’s Farah Ennis (brother of present IBF Welter champ ‘Boots’ Ennis), who, in speaking with, mentioned, “he’s beating the shit out of me!” I talked briefly with Golovkin.
Golovkin’s ultimate report was 42-2-1 with 37 knockouts, and a certain IBHOF future inductee who additionally resided in L.A., CA.
Christina Hammer was 24-0 after I met her in Atlantic Metropolis previous to her struggle with present world champion Claressa ‘T-Rex’ Shields, the place he misplaced her WBC and WBO titles to the IBF and WBA champion Shields.
In masking that struggle, American referee Sparkle Lee stepped in between the boxers at any time when Hammer went on the offense, serving to Shields win a call. I informed Hammer within the dressing room afterward how she was “still a champion” in my eyes.
Hammer, discouraged from getting a rematch, returned to her residence in Germany, not preventing once more for ten months, happening to win her subsequent 5 fights towards non-contenders, besides in successful the vacant WIBF Tremendous Middleweight title in December of 2020 towards Sanna Turunen in Germany, the place all different fights had been held since shedding her title to Shields. In Might of 2022, she had her final struggle earlier than retiring at age 32.
Golovkin and Hammer had been dealt controversial choices that modified their careers, and now retired and a loss to boxing.
