Gennady Golovkin vs Steve Rolls fight results: GGG delivers devastating lights-out KO in Round 4

The Big Drama Show is back. Gennady Golovkin put on a show in his return to the ring with a fourth-round knockout victory over previously undefeated Canadian Steve Rolls at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. This was Golovkin's first fight since his somewhat controversial loss to Canelo Alvarez in September 2018, a bout in which GGG surrendered all three of his middleweight belts.

The fight started out a bit slow with the always patient Golovkin (39-1-1, 35 KOs) picking his spots in the first round. Rolls looked cautious and nervous, throwing hardly any punches in the opening three minutes. From there, however, Rolls (19-1, 10 KOs) gained in confidence and started to land a few nice shots, including a sharp left that snapped Golovkin's head back in the second round.

That proved to be Rolls' best moment of the night as Golovkin systematically broke Rolls down from that point forward. The Canadian chose to fight behind a high guard, which allowed Golovkin to rip him to the body with hooks from both hands. 

In the fourth round, Golovkin looped in an unorthodox left hook over the top of Rolls' guard, which landed on the top of his head. Rolls lost his legs after that shot and never recovered, wobbling around on the ropes in a desperate attempt to stay on his feet. His bravery could only take him so far, though, as Golovkin peppered him with shots from all angles before finally unleashing a vicious left hook that rocked Rolls in the jaw and sent him sprawling face-first to the canvas and ended the fight.