How tall is Gennady Golovkin?

Gennady Golovkin's listed height is 179 cm (5'10"). He is taller than about 85% of men in Kazakhstan.

Where 179 cm sits among men in Kazakhstan

Taller than about 85% of men in Kazakhstan born in 1982 (average 171.8 cm).

About Gennady Golovkin

Gennady Golovkin is a Kazakh former professional boxer who competed from 2006 to 2022. He was born on 8 April 1982 in Karaganda and is often known by the nicknames GGG and Triple G. Before turning professional he had an amateur career that included a gold medal in the middleweight division at the 2003 World Championships.

Golovkin represented Kazakhstan at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won a middleweight silver medal. As a professional he won the WBA interim middleweight title in 2010 by beating Milton Núñez, then added the IBO title in 2013. He later held the WBA (Super), WBC and IBF belts at varying points, and his 20 consecutive middleweight title defenses are tied with Bernard Hopkins for the most in the division. The Ring magazine ranked him the best pound for pound boxer from September 2017 to September 2018.

At a listed 179 cm (5'10"), Golovkin fought as a middleweight. After his boxing career he was appointed President of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2024, and president of World Boxing in 2025.

Frequently asked

How tall is Gennady Golovkin in feet and inches? Gennady Golovkin is 5'10" tall, which is 179 cm, 70.5 inches or 1.79 m.

Is Gennady Golovkin tall for men in Kazakhstan? At 179 cm he is taller than about 85% of men in Kazakhstan born in 1982, whose average height is 171.8 cm.

Sources

• Gennady Golovkin on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Gennady Golovkin on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 178 cm.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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