Gennady Golovkin has made three successful defenses of his World Boxing Association and IBO middleweight title this year. Saturday, he goes for No. 4 against Curtis Stevens at Madison Square Garden.
Unbeaten in 27 fights and owner of 14 consecutive knockouts, Golovkin is winning fans in the United States. A native of Kazakhstan, he has power and tenacity to carve up opponents.
Stevens is 25-3 with 18 knockouts and has said his power is something Golovkin hasn't seen. As a New Yorker this is a fight on his home turf.
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Fight schedule
Nov. 2
At Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York (HBO), Gennady Golovkin vs. Curtis Stevens, 12, for Golovkin's WBA World/IBO middleweight titles; Ola Afolabi vs. Lukasz Janik, 12, for the vacant IBO cruiserweight title; Mike Perez vs. Magomed Abdusalamov, 10, heavyweights; Dusty Hernandez Harrison vs. Josh Torres, 10, welterweights.
Nov. 9
At Corpus Christi, Texas (HBO), Roman Martinez vs. Mikey Garcia, 12, for Martinez's WBO junior lightweight title; Nonito Donaire vs. Vic Darchinyan, 10, featherweights; Demetrius Andrade vs. Vanes Martirosyan, 12, for the vacant WBO junior middleweight title; Nicholas Walters vs. Alberto Garza, 12, for Walters' WBA World featherweight title.
Nov. 10
At Tokyo, Shinsuke Yamanaka vs. Alberto Guevara, 12, for Yamanaka's WBC bantamweight title; Richar Abril vs. Jorge Linares, 12, for Abril's WBA World lightweight title; Takahiro Ao vs. Edgar Alejandro Lomeli, 10, lightweights; Roman Gonzalez vs. Oscar Blanquet, 10, flyweights.
Nov. 11
At Cowboys Dancehall, San Antonio (FS1), Fidel Maldonado Jr. vs. Luis Ramos Jr., 10, junior welterweights; Fernando Guerrero vs. Raymond Gatica, 10, middleweights.
Nov. 15
At Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai vs. Hirofumi Mukai, 12, for Rungvisai's WBC super flyweight title.
Nov. 16
At Verona, N.Y. (NBC), Tomasz Adamek vs. Vyacheslav Glazkov, 12, IBF heavyweight eliminator.
At Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, Calif. (HBO), Andre Ward vs. Edwin Rodriguez, 12, for Ward's WBA Super World super middleweight title.
Nov. 19
At Jeju, South Korea, Koki Kameda vs. Jung-Oh Son, 12, for Kameda's WBA World bantamweight title.
Nov. 23
At Macau, China (PPV), Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios, 12, for the vacant WBO welterweight title; Evgeny Gradovich vs. Billy Dib, 12, for Gradovich's IBF featherweight title; Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Tor Hamer, 10, for Ruiz's WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title.
At Bamberg, Germany, Yoan Pablo Hernandez vs. Alexander Alekseev, 12, for Hernandez's IBF cruiserweight title.
At Manchester, England, Carl Froch vs. George Groves, 12, for Froch's IBF/WBA Super World super middleweight titles.
Nov. 26
At Sunrise, Fla. (FS1), Antonio Tarver vs. Mike Sheppard, 10, heavyweights.
Nov. 30
At Quebec City (HBO), Adonis Stevenson vs. Tony Bellew, 12, for Stevenson's WBC light heavyweight title; Sergey Kovalev vs. Ismayl Sillakh, 12, for Kovalev's WBO light heavyweight title.
At Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort, Chester, W.Va., Johan Perez vs. Paul Spadafora, 12, for the interim WBA World junior welterweight title.
At Freeman Coliseum, San Antonio (SHO), Devon Alexander vs. Shawn Porter, 12, for Alexander's IBF welterweight title; Leo Santa Cruz vs. Cesar Seda, 12, for Santa Cruz's WBC super bantamweight title.
At Santander Arena, Reading, Pa., Harry Joe Yorgey vs. Lee Mertagh, 12, for the WBU middleweight title; Travis Kauffman vs. Manuel Quezada, 10, for the WBU Intercontinental heavyweight title.
Dec. 6
At Tokyo, Akira Yaegashi vs. Edgar Sosa, 12, for Yaegashi's WBC flyweight title; Naoya Inoue vs. Jerson Mancio, 12, junior flyweights; Hiroki Shiino vs. Ryosuke Iwasa, 12, bantamweights.
At UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Krzysztof Wlodarczyk vs. Giacobbe Fragomeni, 12, for Wlodarczyk's WBC cruiserweight title.
Dec. 7
At Stuttgart, Germany, Darren Barker vs. Felix Sturm, 12, for Barker's IBF middleweight title.
At Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. (SHO), Erislandy Lara vs. Austin Trout, 12, for Lara's WBA interim junior middleweight title; Sakio Bika vs. Anthony Dirrell, 12, for Bika's WBC super middleweight title; Paulie Malignaggi vs. Zab Judah, 12, welterweights.
At Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City (HBO), Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Joseph Agbeko, 12, for Rigondeaux's WBA Super World/WBO super bantamweight title; Glen Tapia vs. James Kirkland, 10, middleweights; Matthew Macklin vs. Willie Nelson, 10, middleweights.
Dec. 11
At Sydney, Australia, Martin Murray vs. Garth Wood, 12, for the interim WBA World middleweight title.
Dec. 14
At Neubrandenburg, Germany, Yoan Pablo Hernandez vs. Alexander Alekseev, 12, for Hernadez's IBF cruiserweight title; Juergen Braehmer vs. Marcus Oliveira, 12, for the vacant WBA World light heavyweight title.
At the MGM Grand, Las Vegas (PPV), Adrien Broner vs. Marcos Rene Maidana, 12, for Broner's WBA World welterweight title; Keith Thurman vs. Jesus Soto Karass, 12, for Thurman's interim WBA World welterweight title; Beibut Shumenov vs. Tamas Kovacs, 12, for Shumenov's WBA World/IBA light heavyweight titles; Carlols Molina vs. Victor Ortiz, 12, for Molina's IBF light middleweight title; Jorge Melendez vs. Alfredo Angulo, 10, junior middleweights.
Dec. 21
At Elche, Spain, Kiko Martinez vs. Jeffrey Mathebula, 12, for Martinez's IBF junior featherweight title.
Contributing: Associated Press