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| Date | October 17, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Madison Square Garden New York City, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBC interim, WBA (Super), IBF, and IBO middleweight titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Golovkin wins via 8th-round TKO | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gennady Golovkin vs. David Lemieux was a professional boxing match contested on October 17, 2015, for the WBA, IBF, IBO and WBC interim middleweight championship. [1]
It was announced in July 2015 that WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin would make the 10th defence of his world title in an unification fight against IBF champion David Lemieux at the Madison Square Garden in New York City on 17 October, live on HBO Pay-Per-View. Lemieux had won the then vacant IBF title by outpointing Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam in June 2015. [2]
The card was promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and K2 Promotions.
Golovkin established the pace with his jab while landing his power shots in between, keeping Lemieux off-balance the entire night. Lemieux was dropped by a body shot in the fifth round and sustained an additional punch to the head after he had taken a knee. He was badly staggered in the eighth, so the referee was forced to halt the bout, giving Golovkin a TKO victory. [3] Golovkin landed 280 of 549 punches thrown (51%) whilst Lemieux landed 89 of 335 (27%). [4] [5] [6]
The PPV buys were 150,000. [7] Tom Loefler of K2 Promotions said after the GGG vs. Jacobs fight that GGG vs. Lemieux did 163,000 PPV buys.
Confirmed bouts: [8]
| Weight Class | Weight | vs. | Method | Round | Time | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middleweight | 160 lbs. |  Gennady Golovkin (c) | def. |  David Lemieux (c) | TKO | 8/12 | 1:32 | Note 1 |
| Flyweight | 112 lbs. |  Román González (c) | def. |  Brian Viloria | TKO | 9/12 | 2:53 | Note 2 |
| Heavyweight | 200+ lbs. |  Luis Ortiz | def. |  Matias Ariel Vidondo | KO | 3/12 | 0:17 | Note 3 |
| Middleweight | 160 lbs. |  Tureano Johnson | def. |  Eamonn O'Kane | UD | 12/12 | ||
| Junior welterweight | 140 lbs. | Maurice Hooker | def. |  Ghislain Maduma | SD | 10/10 | ||
| Lightweight | 135 lbs. | Lamont Roach Jr. | def. |  Jose Bustos | UD | 6/6 | ||
| Junior welterweight | 140 lbs. | Ruslan Madiev | def. | Sean Gee | UD | 4/4 | ||
^Note 1 For WBC interim, WBA (Super), IBF, and IBO middleweight titles.
^Note 2 For WBC flyweight title.
^Note 3 For WBA interim heavyweight title.
| Country | Broadcaster |
|---|---|
 Germany | SAT 1 |
 Hungary | Sport 1 |
| Latin America | Canal Space |
 Panama | RPC |
 Poland | Polsat Sport |
 United Kingdom | BoxNation |
| United States | HBO |
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