Golovkin stopped Macklin with a vicious body blow in the third, allowing him to retain his WBA 160 lb. crown. It was his seventh successful defense, all of which have come by knockout. For Matthew Macklin, it was his third unsuccessful attempt to capture a world title. Previously he came up short against both Sergio Martinez and Felix Sturm. Against Gennady Golovkin, the Birmingham fighter was simply outclassed by his heavy-handed foe. In the third, Golovkin walked down Macklin, delivering a brutal left hook to the liver, giving him his 24th knockout in just 27 fights. Gennady Golvkin took out Matthew Macklin in just three rounds Saturday Photo credit: Getty Images "Without a shadow of...
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