By Allan Fox: WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (28-0, 25 KO’s) is getting ready to fight an opponent he has never seen fight before in 33-year-old fringe contender Osumanu Adama (22-3, 16 KO’s) on February 1st in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Golovkin says he’s never seen him fight on video, and it doesn’t look like he’s even interested in seeing any of Adama’s past fight. You can’t really blame Golovkin though, because Adama is a guy that his promoters at K2 has selected for him to keep busy in early 2014 while he waits for more interesting fights to possibly open up for him.
After the Adama fight, Golovkin could be facing James Kirkland in April. That’s a match-up comparable to Golovkin’s recent annihilation of Curtis Stevens. Kirkland is plenty tough, but no match for a fighter like Golvkin skill-wise.
When asked by Hustleboss if he is familiar with Adama or if he’s ever seen video of his past fights, Golovkin said “No I don’t know. I never see.”
Adama seems to be the next sacrificial lamb for Golovkin to slaughter. He’s already knocked out his last 15 opponents dating back 5 years, and Adama would appear to be number 16. The only thing that Adama has going for him is that he’s never been knocked out during his 12-year pro career, which means that Adama may end up taking a ton of punishment if he’s able to go the distance with Golovkin. It might be better if he does get stopped because if he has to eat head and body shots for 12 rounds, Adama is going to be in bad shape after this fight is over. What makes it likely that Adama won’t make it the distance in this fight is that Golovkin will go to the body, and it doesn’t matter how good Adama’s chin is in that case. He’ll go down if he gets hit hard enough to the midsection.
Adama has one notable win on his resume over Roman Karmazin two years ago in stopping him in the 9th round. Other than that win, Adama has beaten mostly obscure opposition. Last year he fought IBF middleweight champion Daniel Geale and was easily beaten in a 12 round unanimous decision loss.
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