A prominent journalist called Golovkin a future member of the Hall of Fame

Dan Rafael, a well-known journalist and insider, posted a post on his social network X in which he recalled Gennady Golovkin 's bout with Ryota Murata.

"A program in my boxing collection from the day future Boxing Hall of Fame member Gennady Golovkin went to Japan and stopped Riotu Murata in the 9th round, unifying the IBF/WBA middleweight titles in what will be the last win of his career if GGG does indeed retire - 2 years ago this day," Rafael wrote.

The confrontation between Golovkin and Murata took place on April 9, 2022, ending with a GGG TKO victory.

Recall, at the moment Golovkin is the head of the NOC of the Republic of Kazakhstan.