Gennady Golovkin vs. David Lemieux was a middleweight unification professional boxing match contested between WBC interim,

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, and IBO champion, Gennady Golovkin and

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champion, David Lemieux. The bout took place at Madison Square Garden on October 17, 2015.

Background

The card was promoted by

Golden Boy Promotions Golden Boy Promotions, Inc. is an American boxing promotional firm based in Los Angeles, California. The company was established in 2002 by eight-time world champion (in six divisions) Oscar De La Hoya, borrowing his nickname "Golden Boy." Histo ...

and K2 Promotions. The bout was to unify the

, WBC

interim An interim is a period of temporary pause or change in a sequence of events, or a temporary state, and is often applied to transitional political entities. Interim may also refer to: Temporary organizational arrangements (general concept) *Provis ...

, and IBO middleweight titles. The PPV buys were 150,000. Tom Loefler of K2 Promotions said after the GGG vs. Jacobs fight that GGG vs. Lemieux did 163,000 PPV buys.

Broadcast

The telecast of the fight was televised via HBO PPV.

References

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