Gennady Golovkin praises Willie Monroe Jr. for style

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Undefeated WBA/IBO and WBC interim middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin praised Willie Monroe Jr. for his style in an interview to Sbsun.com, according to Sports.kz.

"This is very good for me, maybe it's good for my fans because maybe it won't be two rounds," said Golovkin. "He's [Monroe] not like an open fighter. He has like Cuban style. He's a good boxer, like (Guillermo) Rigondeaux. And (Erislandy) Lara. Mabye difficult for ‘Canelo,' maybe difficult for me."