By Larry Fleisher, Associated Press Gennady Golovkin was a hit in his first appearance at Madison Square Garden. If Golovkin has his way, he will get another attempt at fighting in the big arena against another Madison Square Garden regular - Miguel Cotto. Golovkin easily retained his WBA middleweight championship on Saturday night, stopping Australia's Daniel Geale at 2:47 of the third round in front of 8,572 fans. Belting performance: Gennady Golovkin celebrates his knockout win against Daniel Geale in New York Game over: Golovkin knocked Australian boxer Geale out in the third round at Madison Square Garden 'It's the biggest name that will get in the ring with him,' said Tom Loeffler of K2 promotions. 'That's our target. Miguel had a victory. He and Gennady Golovkin would be the biggest fight in the Garden and it's a unification fight.'
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Gennady Golovkin beat Daniel Geale to retain WBA middleweight belt
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Kazakh boxer now wants to face Miguel Cotto in unification bout
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Cotto holds the WBC middleweight title after beating Sergio Martinez
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Bryant Jennings beat Mike Perez by split decision in a co-featured bout
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Jennings will now face Bermane Stiverne or Deontay Wilder for the WBC heavyweight championship belt in December
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