If all goes according to plan for Gennady Golovkin on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, he’ll knock out David Lemieux, become a pay-per-view draw, and get a lot of people a lot more interested in boxing again.
Just another Big Drama Show, starring arguably the most feared fighter in the game.
‘This is a big deal for us,’ Golovkin said. ‘It’s very important to find out who is the best in the middleweight division.’
A lot of people already think the baby-faced puncher from Kazakhstan is that fighter, despite a relative lack of big-name opponents on his dance card. Golovkin has stopped his last 20 opponents within the distance and has never been beaten as a pro.
He’s done it with both punishing power and a hybrid Eastern European/Mexican style that seems to appeal to even casual fans. Listen very long to Triple G, as he is more popularly known, and you will almost surely hear one of a string of catchphrases in one of the four languages he speaks.
‘He’s a good boy,’ Golovkin likes to say about his various opponents. ‘Big Drama Show,’ he promises before his fights.
