By @BoxingMuse: November the 2nd sees ‘GGG’ meet Brownsville, Brooklyn’s Curtis ‘Showtime’ Stevens. In 27 professional fights prior to this exciting match up only three men have heard the final bell when facing middleweight punching sensation Gennady Golovkin.
The first man to last the distance in 2007 was an Algerian by the name of Mehdi Bouadla who was also halted by two former world champions in Arthur Abraham and Mikkel Kessler.
Secondly was Ian Gardner in 2008 a Canadian boxer who was previously stopped by ‘Bad’ Chad Dawson & lost points decisions to Peter Manfredo Jr and Arthur Abraham.