Golovkin retains middleweight belt, looks to Cotto
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GENNADY Golovkin was a hit in his first appearance at Madison Square Garden.
If Golovkin has his way, he will get another attempt at fighting in the big arena against another Madison Square Garden regular — Miguel Cotto.
Golovkin easily retained his WBA middleweight title on Saturday, stopping Australia’s Daniel Geale at 2:47 of the third round in front of 8,572 fans.
“It’s the biggest name that will get in the ring with him,” said Tom Loeffler of K2 promotions. “That’s our target. Miguel had a victory. He and Gennady Golovkin would be the biggest fight in the Garden and it’s a unification fight.”
“I want to fight him next and prove to the world without a doubt that I’m the best middleweight in the world,” Golovkin said about Cotto, who has fought nine times at New York’s Madison Square Garden. “That is very important to me.”
Seven weeks after Cotto stopped Sergio Martinez in the 10th round for the WBC middleweight title, Kazakhstan’s Golovkin was even more impressive.
Golovkin improved to 30-0 with his 17th straight knockout and 27th overall, giving him a knockout rate of 90 percent — the highest in middleweight history.
Geale (30-3), a former unified middleweight titleholder lost for the second time in three fights.
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