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.
Background
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.
The card was promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and K2 Promotions.
The fight 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. Golovkin landed 280 of 549 punches thrown (51%) whilst Lemieux landed 89 of 335 (27%).
Aftermath The PPV buys were 150,000. Tom Loefler of K2 Promotions said after the GGG vs. Jacobs fight that GGG vs. Lemieux did 163,000 PPV buys.
Undercard Confirmed bouts: Weight Class Weight vs. Method Round Time NotesMiddleweight160 lbs. Gennady Golovkin (c)def. David Lemieux (c)TKO8/121:32Flyweight112 lbs. Román González (c)def. Brian ViloriaTKO9/122:53Heavyweight200+ lbs. Luis Ortizdef. Matias Ariel VidondoKO3/120:17Middleweight160 lbs. Tureano Johnsondef. Eamonn O'KaneUD12/12Junior welterweight140 lbs. Maurice Hookerdef. Ghislain MadumaSD10/10Lightweight135 lbs. Lamont Roach Jr.def. Jose BustosUD6/6Junior welterweight140 lbs. Ruslan Madievdef. Sean GeeUD4/4
Broadcasting Country Broadcaster SAT 1 Sport 1 Latin America Canal Space RPC Polsat Sport BoxNation HBO
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