Gennady Golovkin was a middleweight Mike Tyson with killer knockout record but I saw a ‘choirboy’ first time I met him

Sanchez (far right) trained Golovkin for most of his career

The respected Abel Sanchez didn’t see the most feared fighter of his generation when Gennady Golovkin walked into his gym for the first time. “That night I started researching who I was talking to because he didn’t look like a fighter; he looked more like a choir boy,” Sanchez once said when recalling his first … Read more

Manny Pacquiao transformed career with $40k purse and stunning KO that scared casinos

Manny Pacquiao was an unknown quantity heading into his clash with Lehlo Ledwaba

Manny Pacquiao was a super bantamweight whose record read 32-2 the night his career was transformed when he fought in the US for the first time. Until then he had fought only in his native Philippines, Thailand, or Japan – he had made his debut in 1995 at light flyweight – contributing to him accepting the offer … Read more