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WBA middleweight beltholder Gennady Golovkin faces his toughest test to date in the form of ex-IBF light middle Kassim Ouma as the two tangle tonight at Arena Roberto Duran in Panama City. The Kazakhstan puncher is 20-0 (17) as a professional after capping off an exceptional amateur career by winning …

Middleweights Gennady Golovkin and Nilson Julio Tapia clashed last night at Daulet Sports Complex in Astana, Kazakhstan with the WBA middleweight title on offer. Interim WBA beltholder Golovkin came into the bout the more experienced fighter and that was apparent from the start as the Kazak born German resident patiently …

By Per Ake Persson Weights from Astana, Kazachstan: Both WBA middleweight (regular) champ Gennadyi Golovkin and challenger Nilson Julio Tapia scaled 72.2 kg / 159.25 lbs for tomorrow´s fight that headlines a show with the national amateur championships.

WBA “regular” champ Gennadyi Golovkin met today with his estranged promoter Universum in a German court. The parties couldn´t come to terms. The court is likely to hand out its ruling sometime in January on this contractual dispute. With this Golovkin´s planned defence of the title December 10 in Berlin …