Is he the next great at middleweight? Here, is an article on his sparring session with Saul Alvarez for preparation for Alvarez's fight with Ryan Rhodes and Golovkin's fight with Kassim Ouma. Gym notes: Alvarez, Golovkin worth driving up a mountain to see | RingTV-

Article points out that in sparring he was way too much for Alvarez and was way too much for Alfredo Angulo. As an amatuer, he beat Andy Lee, Andre Dirrell, Lucian Bute, Matvey Korobov, and Yordanis Despaigne. That's not a bad foundation to have going into the professional ranks.