Gennady Golovkin vs Makoto Fuchigami

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Gennady Golovkin 22-0 (19 KOs) vs. Makoto Fuchigami 19-6 (10 KOs) Golovkin entered as the # 9 middleweight in the world according to The Ring Magazine. Fuchigami, who was as high as a 30/1 betting underdog, was unranked by the same publication. It was the first fight for Fuchigami outside his native Japan. Golovkin came to the ring to an instrumental version of "Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes.