| Net Worth: | $35 Million |
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| Date of birth: | April 8, 1982 (42 years old) |
| Gender: | Male |
| Profession: | — |
| Nationality: | — |
GGG, whose real name is Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin, is also known as God of War and Golden Boy, is a Kazakhstani professional boxer. He started his career as an amateur, and acquired a gold medal at the 2003 ‘World Amateur Boxing Championships’ in the middleweight division and later won a silver medal in the category representing his country at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He became a legend in 2006 after his first major world championship win came in 2010 when he defeated Milton Núñez to lift the WBA interim middleweight title.
Career
He started his professional career way back in November 2002, when he held a scholarship with the Olympic Solidarity program. He secured a gold medal in 2003 at the ‘World Amateur Boxing Championships, ‘ which occurred at Bangkok, beating Oleg Mahskin. GGG later went on to bag a gold medal beating Christopher Camat at the ‘Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in 2004, which took place in Puerto Princesa, Philippines, from which he qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics which took place in Athens, Greece that particular year. He represented Kazakhstan and won a silver medal in that following tournament.
Personal Life
Gennady married his long time lover Alina and is blessed with a son Vadim, who is currently attending kindergarten. He later got transferred to Stuttgart, Germany, from his hometown in 2006 and later to Santa Monica, California, the US in 2014. He currently lives in Santa Monica with his family. Apart from Kazakh, GGG is fluent in three more languages, which are Russian, English, and German.