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Gennady Golovkin vs Tshepo Mashego — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Gennady Golovkin

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Tshepo Mashego

Gennady Golovkin (42-2-1) and Tshepo Mashego (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Golovkin

42

Wins37 KO · 88%

2

Losses

1

Draw45 tracked bouts

Mashego

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Golovkin leads 1–0

Gennady Golovkin and Tshepo Mashego have met 1 time; Golovkin leads 1–0.

Gennady Golovkin and Tshepo Mashego have met 1 time; Golovkin leads 1–0.
Met2008Feb 29Series
Gennady GolovkinFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tshepo MashegoFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Golovkin 6 · Mashego 0 of 6 measurable rows
GolovkinMashego
Record†
42-2-1 (edge)0-5
Win %0–100%
94.4% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 37
37 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
88.1%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
88%—
Times stopped‡max 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 15
15 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.7
2.7 (edge)
0.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 45
45
5

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Gennady Golovkin: 5′10″
Tshepo Mashego: No height on file
Reachnot held
Gennady Golovkin: 70″
Tshepo Mashego: No reach on file
Age4 yrs apart
Gennady Golovkin: 44
Tshepo Mashego: 48
Stance
Gennady Golovkin: Orthodox
Tshepo Mashego: Not recorded

Gennady Golovkin left, Tshepo Mashego right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Gennady Golovkin42 wins · from 45 tracked bouts

Gennady Golovkin: 42 tracked wins — 37 by KO/TKO (88%) and 5 on the cards (12%). Counted from 45 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

37 by KO/TKO 88%5 on the cards 12%

Tshepo Mashego0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Tshepo Mashego: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Mashego yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Gennady Golovkin 45, Tshepo Mashego 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Gennady Golovkin last boxed on Sep 17, 2022 — 1,506 days ago. Golovkin had won four in a row before losing a decision to Canelo Álvarez.WWWWL

Rolls Jun 2019Derevyanchenko Oct 2019Szeremeta Dec 2020Murata Apr 2022Álvarez Sep 20222.7 tracked bouts per year

Tshepo Mashego last boxed on Oct 5, 2009 — 6,236 days ago. Mashego had lost five straight.LLLLL

Sturm May 2003Lusambya Jun 2005Pittman Sep 2007Golovkin Feb 2008Stevanović Oct 20090.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Gennady Golovkin and Tshepo Mashego ever fought each other?
Yes. Gennady Golovkin and Tshepo Mashego met once on February 29, 2008, and Gennady Golovkin won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

WFeb 29, 2008 · Golovkin · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Golovkin or Mashego?
Gennady Golovkin is 42-2-1 and Tshepo Mashego is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Gennady Golovkin has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Golovkin42–2–194.4%

Mashego0–50%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Golovkin or Mashego?
Gennady Golovkin has 37 knockout wins and Tshepo Mashego has 0. Gennady Golovkin has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Golovkin3788.1%

Mashego0

The Numbers ↓
Do Golovkin and Mashego have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Gennady Golovkin and Tshepo Mashego have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Golovkin and Mashego?
This comparison is drawn from 45 bouts tracked for Gennady Golovkin and 5 bouts tracked for Tshepo Mashego. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Golovkin45bouts

Mashego5bouts

How They Win ↓

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