When
news broke out over the weekend that the long awaited fight between Floyd “Money”
Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao was finally going to happen in May, the sports world
went insane, literally. What many didn’t see was the fight that took place
Saturday night between WBA and IBO Middleweight Champion of the world Gennady “GGG”
Golovkin and Englishmen Martin Murray in Monaco. The undefeated Golovkin who
came in to the fight carrying an impressive knockout streak of 18 fights had to
work in this fight but proved too tough for Murray, who showed massive heart
despite being overmatched with power.
Battered,
bloodied, and one eye closed, Murray was knocked down three times
before referee Luis Pabon brought the fight to a stop in the 11th
round. Murray, who after the fight said he didn’t even remembered the second knockdown
showed massive heart to hang in with Golovkin, but simply didn’t have enough in the tank to
threaten the champ.
Golovkin,
now 32-0, and riding a 19 match knockout streak is struggling to find an
opponent that’s willing to fight him. The aforementioned Pacquiao and
Mayweather fight takes the two out of contention. Mexican superstar Saul “Canelo”
Alvarez is schedules to fight James Kirkland and WBC Middleweight Champion
Miguel Cotto simply wants no piece of GGG. The caveat to the situation is that
Cotto might be stripped of his belt if he doesn’t fight Golovkin this year. On
a weekend where many were one big fight was announced, boxing fans will hope it’s
the start of a year that will go in history books and Golovkin Vs. Cotto would
be the ultimate icing on the cake that is Mayweather Vs. Pacquiao.
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