Awesome Golovkin takes Macklin apart

Matthew Macklin felt the full force of Gennady Golovkin’s power on Saturday night when the undefeated middleweight retained his WBA and IBO titles with a devastating third-round stoppage.

Dominating the early exchanges, the Kazakh landed twice as many punches as his opponent, clearly eager to finally justify the massive hype surrounding him.

Ultimately, though, when yet another right uppercut lifted Macklin’s guard and opened him up on his right hand side, Golovkin pulled the trigger on a left hook to the ribs which levelled the challenger.