Golovkin looks for megafight after big win at Garden (The Associated Press)
Gennady Golovkin gave a slight bow and apologized to David Lemieux after hitting him while he was on the canvas in the fifth round of their middleweight title fight. Everything else he did was nearly perfect Saturday night when he staked his claim as boxing’s best before a sold-out crowd on the big stage of Madison Square Garden. In a coming out party of sorts, Golovkin battered Lemieux at will before referee Steve Griffith mercifully stopped the fight in the eighth round with the Canadian taking a beating on the ropes.