Boxing: Golovkin vs Stevens in TOP3 most top-rated bouts of 2013

The bout between WBA world middleweight champion from Kazakhstan Gennady Golovkin and American boxer Curtis Stevens has entered the TOP 3 most top-rated fights of 2013, Tengrinews reports citing Vesti.kz. Golovkin and Stevens faced each other in the ring on November 2, 2013. The viewership of the fight made 1.416 million viewers average and peaked at 1.566 million spectators. This put the fight into the third in the list of the most top-rated bouts of the year. Miguel Cotto vs Delvin Rodriguez is the leader of the list, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs Bryan Vera is in the second place. Besides, Kazakhstan boxer Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin entered the world's TOP 5, the HBO's puond-for-pound ranking of five best boxers that also includes American boxers Floyd Mayweather, Andre Ward, Timothy Bradley and Argentina's Sergio Martinez. The unbeaten boxer from Kazakhstan Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin won over American boxer Curtis Stevens and retained his WBA world middleweight title on November 2. Gennady (28-0, 25KOs) ended his 28th fight at Madison Square Garden arena in New York with a technical knockout. The 31-y.o. native of Karaganda city in central Kazakhstan has 28 victories in his professional career and not a single loss. His last bout against Stevens entered the Top 10 most significant combat sports events of the week.