tired golovkin still able to push his opponent relentlessly for 10 rounds. his chin and gas tank fucking impressive.

This was one of Gennady's toughest fights that you don't often hear about. He was tested by Kassim Ouma and emerged victorious after a grueling battle; both boxers were relentless but Golovkin had an engine. He pushed forward and although he took many punches to the head, his power was more noticeable and effective, often returning fire -- he did a number on his opponent with the right hand, consistently tagging Kassim to the head; and as well with a variety of punches aimed for the body. Ouma was in trouble, especially when caught against the ropes where Gennady would do the most damage, and rip to his sides with vicious left and right hooks, as well as uppercuts. By the tenth round, Kassim was thoroughly weakened and Gennady finished the fight with devastating right hooks and uppercuts; this was an exciting fight between two highly competitive combatants, often unspoken by fans.

if you don't see improvement in ggg from this fight i won't even talk to you about boxing. im not even a huge ggg fan. but its obvious in which ways he fights different

Such an underrated fight this was great

Гена ага сызге Алла жар болсын!!!.

Какой тяжелый бой для Геннадия Головкина. Непонятно, зачем он лез в ближний бой, если понимал. что в ближнем бою проигрывает. А вообще Головкин молодец, а ним восхищаюсь, хоть я и не казах. Спасибо ему за красивый бой.

Oum was one tough cookie. He took some thunderous shots and all credit to him he didn't go down and he didn't quit.

дене шынықтыру ,денсаулық кепілі ,және жақсы жетістіктерге жетелейді👪

Helluva fight. His opponent lasted longer, and scored more often than most.

Kassim showed some real balls how was he still standing

86-85 for Ouma up until that beautiful TKO, amazing heart from GGG.

GGG is a machine with great technique. His stalking style is second to non. What scares me is he maintains his punching power as the fight goes on. Throwing more and more and more like Ike Ibeabuchi.

Golovkin looks like a light middleweight right here. He should have started his career lower so people wouldn't bitch about him not moving up in weight.

Golovkin has power, chin and stamina. Pretty dangerous combination.

Геннадий это хороший боец!!!🙏

Just for the heck of it I started counting punches landed by Ouma in the 4th round. I began after almost half the round was over and in the remaining 90 seconds or so he landed 38 punches. I was counting conservatively, the actual number could have been a few higher. Now I feel compelled to go back and count again but the whole round this time. It's possible that he landed 50 or more in that round, an amazing feat if he did. I'd watched this fight once before and I was really impressed with Ouma. At this point in his career, GGG was winning his fights pretty easily and we know what he did as his career progressed. Even now after so many more fights this kid Ouma still gave GGG one of his toughest battles. GGG was missing a ton of punches beginning in the 4th round and that continued for the next several rounds. Ouma had GGG frustrated and turning up the heat but Ouma kept landing shots. I have to tell it straight and I believe that GGG got a little dirty during this fight. He must have felt some level of desperation because the rounds were going by, he kept increasing the pressure but Ouma handled it and kept bouncing shots off of GGG's forehead. As the intensity increased and GGG became a little annoyed Ouma hung in there and seemed to be eating it up. In the last couple rounds it got a little ugly as GGG wouldn't be denied but I have to reiterate that Ouma had him in some trouble as far as the scores were concerned. The official scores at the time of the stoppage were GGG by 1 point on 2 cards and by 2 or 3 points on the other. That means that before GGG won the last couple rounds he was losing on the cards, and that's pretty surprising given who he was and that he was relatively young here. I really wonder if the outcome would have been different if GGG hadn't fouled a few times. Normally you wouldn't think that much about it but head butts are more serious then anything other and it was being used to keep Ouma trapped and he took a lot of punches when trapped against the ropes. I can't say that it even made a difference for sure but I remember thinking it did after watching it the first time. It began in the 4th when GGG had Ouma against the ropes and really went after him. Ouma was doing very good until mid 4th round and I think GGG knew he had to straighten things out so he used his head once or twice to keep Ouma trapped against the ropes. In that scenario he was landing a lot of shots and Ouma couldn't get off the ropes due to GGG using every trick he could to keep him there. It was a great fight overall but Ouma was hurt bad before it was over. I checked his record and he quit fighting for 2 1/2 years after this fight. He came back after that but has been losing most of his fights and at 41 he's still fighting. I haven't heard him speak but I really fear that he suffered long term damage in the last couple of rounds. Taking off more then 2 years means he was beaten severely unless he was ready to retire anyway, but since he decided to return I would wager that he needed that much time off to heal and to recover. I hate to see that especially when it's a financial thing that forces him to continue fighting. At 40 to 41 why would a guy continue if he keeps losing fights unless he needs the money?

This fight was right after he had the sparring session with a 21 year old Canelo. They say GGG hurt Canelo a couple times once to the head and body. They both improved alot since then but I give the edge to GGG. I think Canelo would land more but GGGs power and size would b the difference.

Most head shots I've ever seen golovkin take.

wow, what a fight, good work from both sides, very intense

Vaya un saludo enorme a genadee golovkin es un valiente del ring,mi reconocimiento a su enorme espíritu combativo,nunca había visto que se desempeñará tanto mi admiración y respeto.

andy elliot.I agree you presented good analysis and sound conclusion. Thanks.

I didn't know Golovkin fought Kassim Ouma. I always wondered what happened to him. Ouma was a hell of a fighter...i haven't seen much of him since his loss to Jermaine Taylor.

Boxing is beautiful

GGG was sick that night. He won with his street fight experience and true grit

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This guy Oum may have given Golovkin his greatest challenge. He certainly connected a lot in the first half of the fight.

Harika mücadele oldu , her iki boksörü de tebrik ederim

that song after first round tho, weyyz, trinidad reppin!

Браво земляк

As a Uganda, Kassim ouma, John "the beast" mugabi, ayub kalule, made me so proud

Anyone 2019??????????? wow GGG has improved so much since then

Kassim ouna actually gave golovkin a lesson here...Golovkins will and fight iq helped here..

Гена.красавчик

Golovkin have really improved in recemt times

Que aguante de golovkin

This Ouma is a solid fighter

kassim is tough as nails he took one hell of a beating much respect to this young man...GGG has an iron head he took a million shots and kept pushing forward like he enjoyed getting hit!

Гена супер красава показал характер наверное задумка была на ближней бой

true boxing fight.

G is basically losing and eating a ton of pittynpats until,he finally gets his power into the match

Golovkin Bravo

Gennady had a Visa problem and his team didn't get there (Panama) until like two days before the fight. He didn't even have time to shave :) Jet lag can make any good athlete perform sub par. One of Abel Sanchez's interview talked about this. With no time to properly prepare, Gennady couldn't even feel his arms before the fight due to being so tired, why you see he isn't as sharp. Not only that, this was still the earlier fights after he just joined Abel's gym. Not bad for someone in this situation and was able to muster out a win. It's those quick uppercuts and body shots that really worn down Ouma (dude can that shots too).

Daim I really liked this

Have no idea why Gennady is trying to fight on the inside with a slickster? Ouma really gave him a boxing lesson in first half of the fight.

According to Kovalev words: "GGG was sick that day, he had acclimatization troubles. Any other boxer wouldn't be able to stand above 3 rounds in such conditions that GGG was (acclimatization)".

Good fight

This fight shows what the primary ggg gift is: resistance, tenacity not power. Yes he has a lot of power but what he has most is the endurance. Not all his fights ended by ko but he never been down. He might’ve not clearly won all the fights (Canelo2) but nobody has defended him (canelo did not win that 2nd fight either) Beterbiev has incredible power but he went down a couple of times…. GGG never

Nothing wrong with Kassim Oum, he fought a good fight and landed plenty of punches, as the man said they will remember this day and won't like a repeat of this fight.

Too many uppercuts by GGG, left him open for some shots. Still proved he can brawl.

I love the audience..😂😂😂

what a great fighting

süper maç

I counted 68 punches landed for Ouma in the 6th round, previously I counted 62 for Ouma in the 4th round. I'm going to check if there are full fight punches landed totals somewhere, in just those 2 rounds I counted 130 landed punches by Ouma. GGG landed a lot as well and his were harder shots, but I think Ouma landed more by nearly a 2 to 1 margin. Incredible by both guys.

Where was the famous Triple G jab?

Wow! I counted the entire 4th round and I came up with 62 punches landed by Ouma. Many were not so hard punches to the body but more then half were decent short punches to the head. I'm tempted to count them again because 62 is a huge number. GGG landed some himself and his were harder for sure but he lost that round IMO.

Аума тоже оказалось, что не пальцем деланный, какой бой навязал Головкину. особенно на ближней дистанции. Кроме последних двух раундов, он выигрывал у Геннадия. Столько ударов безответных ударов насовал Головкину. Но Геннадий не сломался. Вырвал победу. Жаль конечно, что рефери остановил бой и Головкин не "успел уронить" Ауму на ринг.

хороши бои

u see the fans on the back ground drinking 🍺 🍻🍸wow!!!

WoW! now that was fight! Kassim no doubt gave GG his toughest challenge!! GGG is a freak of nature, I don't onyone beating him! I think Jacobs is i big trouble! MaN!!

sen eniyisisin yolun açık

GGG is a fine wine

Kassim the chin Ouma has skill and amazing heart

My favorite GGG fight...phone booth war

That's some chin on Kassim.

One of the reasons Ouma lasted so long was because he wasn't on the ropes early in the fight. He stayed in the middle of the ring. He also has a solid chin, and isn't mentally weak like most guys who fight GGG. I'm sure he was felling the shots, but he didn't mentally fold at the 1st sign of pain. GGG also feels shots he takes, but he isn't mentally weak either and sticks to his game plan. This is probably the highest caliber opponent he's faced to date. Ouma would've beaten most of GGG's current opponents in his prime. He didn't have great power, but was always a solid guy and showed it in this fight. Plus he was a southpaw.

Kassim is always a good fighter

strong vs strong bravo golovkin

Inside control by GGG won the day. He tried to show Sulllivan Barrera the same thing, though only works on taller guys.

You're are seeing the best middleweight since Marvin Hagler. Fine fight.

If he had this speed plus the power he possesses now he would be dangerous for any Middle weight

He looks so much like "El gran campeon" Julio Cesar Chavez, relentless, knows how to infight, most fighter nowdays have no idea what that is, they just punch and feint

Oum was hangin with him in the beginning, he just threw everything he had too soon. But it's probably tough to acknowledge when a guy can eat your hardest punches for rounds and not even lose his footing. They both did really good tho, I thought. GGG is like the terminator or some shit!

Fun fact, Golovkin was sick of flu for this fight.

kassim hits him so much because of his size and speed. Rosario was able to land a lot on him as well as Willie Monroe. They all have quick hands. They just can't hot very hard.

That chin tho...

you can see how much adding the jab to ggg fighting style has helped him he looks like a total diff fighter now

Kemenangan ini buat Golovkin.

Love u GGG

Este kassin oum que trabajo le dio a golovkin un verdadero kamikase del ring. Creo que es el que más le ha aguantado a golovkin..

оба раздербанены по полной

Am from the country that Kassim is from and am not even mad. Triple G is a monster.

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you should watch yhe kassim the dream ouma documentary unbelievable story

Triple G used his head in this fight, bumping Ouma around a bit by leading with his head. After the fight was over, at 41:48 GGG landed another head butt when they greeted each other. I counted Ouma's punches landed from the 4th round until the end. I knew he put up a good fight and was landing a lot of punches, albeit they weren't heavy shots. In the 6 1/2 rounds from the 4th until the end, Ouma landed an astonishing 309 punches. I didn't count GGG's landed punches but his were much heavier and I would guess that he landed 200 to 250 in those same 6.5 rounds.

30 to 36:58, the REF should have stopped the fight. GGG was destroying Kassim Brain Cells at will. All money and no compassion!

Golovkin pemenangnya pilihan ku. Golovkin mantab

this is a compelty differnt fighter than what he is now

Перелёт, температура повлияли на Гену, но взял и разобрал негра, талант не подвёл:-)

I hope Canelo is watching.

GGG TERMINATOR !

Golovkin's defense sure has improved since this fight. He was eating a lot of leather. I guess he got the memo that your face is not part of your defensive toolkit. He also hits harder now, bc this dude did not seem to respect his power the way you see in GGG's fights today.

Oum is pretty tough guy last that long. Altho both faces are swelling up more or less. good fight tho...

Kassim Ouma was too tough for his own good. He was Golovkin`s toughest opponent and Golovkin looked like he was in a war at the end of this bout. They should have stopped this fight in the prior round `cause Ouma was not going to quit till he was unconscious.

Golovkin has a tough chin.

fun fact ouma went to hospital after this fight lol

Golovkin the Kahzak zombie, he just he walking forwards.

Ouma is definitely permantely damaged from this fight. Jesus Christ.

GGG is a monster!!!

In the 4th,5th and 6th rounds combined I got 192 punches landed for Ouma, I wonder if that's some kind of a record? I just counted 62 punches landed for Ouma in the 5th round, 62 in the 4th and 68 in the 6th round.

Kassim did a very good job till the 8th. I think he beat GGG for the general skill, movments, acuracy, footwork. But GGG was too strong.