Los Angeles, CA -Boxing Superstar and World Middleweight Champion, GENNADY “GGG” GOLOVKIN opened the doors for the first time to his home training camp in Big Bear, California with a Media Workout on Monday. Holder of the WBA/IBO and “Interim” WBC Middleweight Titles, Golovkin is scheduled to face #2 ranked contender WILLIE MONROE JR. on Sat. May 16 at the Forum in Los Angeles and will be televised Live on HBO World Championship Boxing® beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Golovkin was joined by his trainer, Abel Sanchez. Photos by Tom Hogan/Hoganphotos.

On February 21 in Monte-Carlo, Golovkin stopped Martin Murray for his 19th consecutive win by knockout, the most in the history of the middleweight division. This will be Golovkin’s second fight in Los Angeles, having stopped former world title challenger Marco Antonio Rubio on October 18, 2014 before a record setting crowd of 9,323 at the StubHub! Center in Carson, CA.

Monroe Jr. won the acclaimed 2014 ESPN Boxcino Tournament defeating fellow contenders Donatas Bondorovas, Vitaliy Kopylenko and Brandon Adams towards the title. Most recently Monroe Jr. won a 10-round unanimous decision over former world title challenger Bryan Vera on January 16 in a bout telecast on ESPN Friday Night Fights.  Monroe Jr. is currently ranked #2 by the WBA, #5 by the WBO and #9 by the WBC. Advance tickets, priced at $300, $200, $100, $60 and $30, are now on-sale through Ticketmaster (Ticketmaster.com, 1-800-745-3000) and the Forum Box Office.