Gennady Golovkin defeats Willie Monroe Jr 6th Round TKO

Gennady Golovkin's latest big drama show had a few extra twists and turns. The middleweight champion still finished it with his usual show-stopping flourish. Golovkin stopped Willie Monroe Jr. 45 seconds into the sixth round Saturday night, retaining the 160-pound belts with his 20th consecutive knockout victory.In retaining his title for the 14th time in a row, Golovkin tied Hall of Famer Carlos Monzon for second place in middleweight history; Bernard Hopkins holds the division record with 20.Wearing Los Angeles Lakers colored gloves and trunks, Golovkin, who recently moved to Los Angeles from Germany with his wife and son, came out strong in the first round, landing some hard right hands, backing Monroe up and cutting the ring off on him so he had no escape. Without seemingly even getting much steam on his shots, he was physically moving Monroe with his punches. Golovkin cranked up the offense in the second round and Monroe (19-2, 6 KOs) didn't seem to know what hit him as he got knocked down twice -- hard. First it was a left hook that badly hurt Monroe, 28, of Rochester, New York, and deposited him on the mat as the crowd chanted "Triple G! Triple G!" Monroe was woozy and wobbly when he got to his feet, and moments later he was down again from a big overhand right.Golovkin came out fired up in the 6th, however, landing another series of shots that had Monroe on shaky legs. Another combination from Golovkin sent Monroe to the canvas for the third time of the fight. Although Monroe barely beat the count, he admitted to the referee that he was done for the night, giving Golovkin his 20th knockout victory in a row at 45 seconds of round 6. Also on the card, flyweight knockout artist Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez made easy work of Edgar Sosa, dropping him three times en route to a 2nd round TKO victory. Gonzalez landed more than 70 power punches in the 2 rounds of action.