(Credit: Ed Mulholland/K2 Promotions) By Dan Ambrose: IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (34-0, 31 KOs) gave IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (34-3, 31 KOs) a methodical beating in stopping him in the 8th round to score his 21st consecutive knockout on HBO pay-per-view from Madison Square Garden in New York.
Golovkin hurt a bloody Lemieux with a flurry of power shots to the head and body in the 8th, causing referee Steve Willis to halt the fight at 1:32 of the round with Lemieux still on his feet.