By Scott Gilfoid: Fringe middleweight contender Matthew Macklin (29-5, 20 KO’s) says he’ll be back in the ring fighting in November on HBO against an opponent still to be determined. Macklin, #11 WBA, was stopped in the 3rd round last Saturday night by WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (27-0, 24 KO’s) at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort, in Mashantucket, Connecticut.
This was Macklin’s third defeat in his last four fights, and he’s kicking himself for using the wrong strategy against the hard hitting Golovkin.
Macklin feels that it would have had more of a chance to beat Golovkin if he had gone straight at him in the 1st round and thrown everything but the kitchen sink at him.