Outside the ring, I am Gennady, but when I get in, I am Triple G: I become a different guy. I don't know how I switch, but I understand my job, I understand the situation, and I understand my business.
— Gennady Golovkin
I remember my time growing up. It was a little bit difficult because the Soviet Union was broken.
The main thing I want to have at the end of my career is to be healthy. But as for people to remember me, I want my fans to remember the type of fights I had.
Middleweight is my category.
In general, I enjoy watching different sport tournaments and competitions.
This is boxing. It's not like a baseball game. The fighters say, 'I need a lot of money or I don't fight, because it's very dangerous.'
I never went into the mine. But I saw my father and other men coming out, day after day, their faces and bodies covered in soot. It looked very hard and dangerous.
Sugar Ray Robinson is my favorite boxer of all time. He is a middleweight. I saw him and liked him.
People who like boxing like my style.
Boxing is serious. It's not a game. Just one punch - change life.
I only worry about those who want to fight.
Canelo is the number one in Mexico, a country known for great fighters. He is very special.
I'm always looking for new ways to improve my skills.
I'm just a fighter.
There are no survivors in my fights.
I want to fight in Madison Square Garden because it's the mecca of boxing. This is my dream.
If you have money, and you help people, you don't talk about it. Just do it.
I don't feel my opponent's power. I feel something happening when I get hit, but I don't feel power.
The older kids, if they wanted something from you, whether it was cash or sports equipment, they would just take it. My older brothers used to say, 'If someone tries to take something from you, never give it to them.' So we fought all the time.
Each fight has its own preparations and challenges.
Canelo, he is not a champion. He is a liar who has no respect for the sport of boxing or its fans.
I always watch NHL, NBA, NFL games and don't miss tennis and golf.
My brothers first brought me to boxing. I dedicate the fights to them and my father and fight for my family.
It was a very difficult time after the fall of the Soviet Union. Jobs were difficult, and you had to fight to have anything nice.
I am very positive. I like to box. I like my life. I am happy every day.
I'm a boxer. I'm a boxer. If you're interested, just watch my boxing, not my life.
My father is always with me. But moving forward and making my father more proud of me is very important. Taking care of my family, as my father did, is even more important.
I love to fight. And I love to fight against the best.
Family is the most important thing to me.
If I can beat a proven champion like Canelo, that will take my career to a different level.
Jacobs was a very good fighter and gave me good learning experience going 12 rounds.
I am not Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., and Canelo is no Danny Jacobs.
I have a lot of limited edition sneakers that Jordan sends me.
When I come home, my wife is the boss.
I liked soccer. I played it for two years.
The first am fight I had, I was 10 yrs. old. I didn't count, but as far as I remember, it was approximately 350 fights. It was a lot of fights.
I respect all the fighters who have the big names.
Hublot is a great high quality brand which represents modern, stylish, masculine look.
For me, it's very hard to train too much, just sparring, sparring, sparring. It's boring.
From the beginning, when my brother Vadim first took me to the boxing gym at 10, I was able to punch hard, and the coach always put me with older boys because of that.
Madison Square Garden is one of the best fighting venues in the world.
Oh, I like New York City. It's like my country. The people have good energy, good atmosphere. It's just work, work, work. Everyone is working. It's a lot like my country.
I know Canelo before. He's a good guy. Good fighter.
It's always been a dream of mine to fight at Madison Square Garden, and it's something I really relish.
I worked hard to become of champion of the world.
When I wrap my hands, I do it for my family. I owe my courage to them and also my success. That's why I fight.
If you want street fight, let's go. If you want boxing, I show you. But people think I am, like, gangster. No. Ring is different world. Very dangerous.
Boxing is a business.
I remember seeing Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson, and the old films of Sugar Ray Robinson.
I understand this business. Sometimes there's a lot of corruption. It's boxing.
