Gennady Golovkin

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Birth Name: Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin

Place of Birth: Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Karagandy, Kazakhstan)

Date of Birth: 8 April, 1982

Ethnicity: Russian, one quarter Korean

Gennady Golovkin, nicknamed Triple G, is a Kazakh professional boxer.

He was born in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Karagandy, Kazakhstan), to a Russian father and a mother of half Korean, and likely Russian, descent. Gennady has said, “I have Russian-style, Korean-style, I have a lot of different blood.”

Gennady is married to Alina, with whom he has a son.

Gennady’s maternal grandfather was named Sergey Pak. Sergey was a Korean, who grew up in Russia.

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