Gennady “GGG” Golovkin is on the phone from his temporary quarters in Los Angeles, where he’s living in self-quarantine with his wife and two young children. “I’m a law-abiding individual,” he says through an interpreter. “I stay at home. You have to respect the law in place.”
Like boxers, athletes and humans everywhere, Golovkin finds his career stalled temporarily, a byproduct of these most uncertain times. But Golovkin is not most boxers. He turned 38 last month and is far closer to the end of his decorated career than even the middle. He knows he doesn’t have too many fights left, and he knows who handed him his only career loss (Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in September 2018).