Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin Scores Sensational KO of Steve Rolls, Calls Out ‘Canelo’ – Sherdog.com

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In his first fight since losing his WBC, WBA and IBF middleweight
world titles to Saul “Canelo” Alvarez last September, it took
Gennady Golovkin a few rounds to get going in the first of his new
six-fight deal with Dazn.

However, when “GGG” finally got things going against Steve Rolls in
the main event of a boxing card at legendary Madison Square Garden
in New York City, he did what he typically always does. Golovkin
(39-1-1, 35 KOs) unfurled a wicked left hook at the end of a flurry
to flatten Rolls, ending their 160-pound showdown in the
fourth.

Rolls (19-1, 10 KOs) was very tentative in the opening round and
seemed to be dwarfed by the enormity of the stage he was on.
Unbeaten coming in, the Toronto fighter had never faced anybody
with the skillset of his Kazakhstani counterpart, but Rolls
eventually started getting into a rhythm. Rolls began landing
several hooks to the body behind a pesky jab and he also cracked
“GGG” with multiple power shots to the head.

But just as the relative unknown fighter from Canada was possibly
on his way to building momentum, Golovkin ended his night with a
precision. Golovkin clipped his foe with a loopy overhand left to
the top of the head and then rocked him with a right cross.
Golovkin, sensing a knockout, swarmed Rolls, who backed into the
ropes. From there, “GGG” unloaded a ferocious volley of punches and
eventually blasted Rolls with a crushing left hook.

Rolls fell face first, somehow climbed to his feet at referee Steve
Willis’ count of eight, but then fell back into the ropes. The end
came officially at 2:09 of the fourth and after the fight,
Golovkin, as expected, called out “Canelo” for a third match
between the two rivals.