Scorecard: Gennady Golovkin and Roman Gonzalez shine in one-sided wins

— -- A roundup of the past week's notable boxing results from around the world:

Saturday at New York

Gennady Golovkin TKO8 David Lemieux
Unifies middleweight titles
Records: Golovkin (34-0, 31 KOs); Lemieux (34-3, 31KOs)

Rafael's remarks: In many ways this fight was the culmination of the passing of the torch in boxing, as Golovkin took center stage in his first pay-per-view headliner barely a month after the retirement of Floyd Mayweather, who had been boxing's top pay-per-view attraction and its pound-for-pound king. Now that mantle may very well have been handed to Golovkin, whom many view as boxing's best fighter and a guy about to establish himself as boxing's next big pay-per-view draw.

GGG looked sensational against Lemieux, the rugged, respected dance partner he needed for such an occasion. Golovkin had wanted to unify world titles for years and Lemieux, 26, of Montreal, who claimed a vacant belt in June, was one of the rare top middleweights interested in fighting him. They came together for the right fight at the right time -- they each made career-high purses ($2 million for Golovkin and $1.5 million for Lemieux, plus percentages of the profits from the HBO PPV) -- and it turned out to be a terrific promotion and an exciting, albeit one-sided fight.

Golovkin, whose all-around talents are something to behold -- is there anything in his arsenal that isn't excellent? -- creamed Lemieux, who had no answer for anything. His vaunted power was never a serious factor because he could not deliver it while Golovkin picked him apart in a massively one-sided beating in front of a wild, sold-out crowd of 20,548 at Madison Square Garden.

With Donald Trump among the many celebrities at ringside, Golovkin scored his 21th knockout in a row and retained his world title for the 15th time, moving past Hall of Famer Carlos Monzon and into second place for most in division history. GGG stands just five defenses away from tying the great Bernard Hopkins' division record of 20 in a row.

Golovkin, 33, who is from Kazakhstan and lives in Los Angeles, fought as close to a perfect fight as possible. He hurt Lemieux in the opening round and never stopped tagging him. In the fifth round, Golovkin knocked Lemieux down with a left hand to the body. The one error Golovkin made in the fight was the uncalled for right hand he hit Lemieux with while he was on one knee from the knockdown. He was warned and clearly it was not an intentional foul, but he has to be careful of that. Lemieux was bleeding from his nose and mouth in the in the middle rounds. In the eighth round, Golovkin was pounding him and referee Steve Willis was looking very close at Lemieux. When Golovkin pinned Lemieux on the ropes and rocked him yet again, Willis jumped in waved off the fight at 1 minute, 32 seconds. After the fight Lemieux and manager Camille Estephan complained about the stoppage but Willis, New York's best referee, stopped the fight at the exact right time. Lemieux had lost every single round on all three scorecards and was being thrashed. Willis had no choice but to stop it.

Golovkin had hammered him, landing 280 of 549 punches (51 percent) to Lemieux's 89 connects on 335 punches (27 percent), according to CompuBox punch statistics.

HBO will replay Golovkin-Lemieux, as well as the co-feature of flyweight champion Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez's title defense against Brian Viloria, on Saturday night (9:30 ET/PT) along with the network's live coverage of junior welterweight titleholder Terence Crawford's defense against Dierry Jean in Crawford's hometown of Omaha, Nebraska.

Now all eyes will turn to the Nov. 21 HBO PPV fight between champion Miguel Cotto and Canelo Alvarez, boxing's biggest fight. Golovkin will be ringside and the winner will have 15 days to decide if he will face Golovkin in a mandatory fight. It's the bout GGG very badly wants, as do most boxing fans.

Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez TKO9 Brian Viloria
Retains world flyweight title
Records: Gonzalez (44-0, 38 KOs); Viloria (36-5, 22 KOs)

Rafael's remarks: Following Floyd Mayweather's retirement in September, most anointed Nicaragua's Gonzalez, 28, as the new pound-for-pound king. He is a special fighter with a skillful and powerful style reminiscent of his mentor and countryman, the late Hall of Famer Alexis Arguello. In May, Gonzalez, was electrifying in his HBO debut and first wide American television exposure when he destroyed respected former junior flyweight titleholder Edgar Sosa inside two rounds to steal the show in many ways from headliner Gennady Golovkin. It was such a smash hit combination that Gonzalez was again put into Golovkin's co-feature, but this time with the more formidable former two-division titleholder Brian Viloria, who had previously unified two flyweight belts and was a top consensus top three flyweight.

Gonzalez was the favorite for sure, but many expected Viloria, 34, of Hawaii, to be highly competitive. It began that way, too, with Viloria having a good first round and perhaps also winning the second round. But Gonzalez, who retained the world title for the third time, was simply getting into the fight and seeing what Viloria had for him. That turned out to be not very much besides a big heart.

Gonzalez, a three-division titleholder who moved to 14-0 in world title fights, picked up the pace in the third round and knocked Viloria down with a right hand to the chin. He hammered Viloria during the rest of the round with accurate, sharp punches for the rest of the round, bloodied his nose and the rout was on. Viloria landed a few solid blows here and there but Gonzalez laid a beating on Viloria for the rest of the fight, swelling the right side his face badly enough that referee Benjy Esteves had the ringside doctor give it a look after the eighth round. In the ninth round, it was merely target practice for Gonzalez, who was battering Viloria with a two-handed assault until Esteves stepped in and stopped the fight at 2 minutes, 52 seconds as Viloria was being punished along the ropes.

The CompuBox showed just how dominant Gonzalez was as he landed 335 of 805 punches (42 percent) and Viloria connected on 186 of 594 (31 percent). It was nothing short of a brilliant and masterful performance from Gonzalez, who gave his supporters yet another exhibit as to why he is the best fighter in the world pound-for-pound.

Viloria is no youngster and likely will think long and hard about he wants to do with his career. As for Gonzalez, onward to bigger business. His handlers envision his next fight being on the next Golovkin undercard against a quality contender and if all goes well the hope is he will headline his own HBO card against unified flyweight titlist Juan Francisco Estrada in a rematch of Gonzalez's competitive and action-packed decision over Estrada in a junior flyweight title defense in 2012.

Luis "King Kong" Ortiz TKO3 Matias Ariel Vidondo
Wins a vacant interim heavyweight title
Records: Ortiz (23-0, 20 KOs); Vidondo (20-2-1, 18 KOs)

Rafael's remarks: The Miami-based Ortiz is a big man to keep an eye on even if he is already 36. He got a late start because he did not turn pro until he was almost 30 after he defected from Cuba. But he was schooled in the Cuban amateur system and is a big (6-foot-4, 237 pounds), skillful southpaw with crushing power. As expected, Ortiz destroyed Vidondo, 38, of Argentina, whose resume is devoid of anybody notable or close to it. He was fighting in the United States for the first time and could not really properly prepare for the fight because he said he could not get any left-handed sparring partners in Argentina.

Ortiz walked through him with ease, hurting with almost everything. He scored the first knockdown with a right hook in the second round. Vidondo had not recovered from the knockdown when the third round began and Ortiz went right at him and landed a nasty left hand to the face that dropped him face first, causing referee Shada Murdaugh to immediately call off the fight at 17 seconds without bothering to count. There is a good chance Ortiz will return on Dec. 19 to headline on HBO's "Boxing After Dark."

Ortiz won a third-tier title belt sanctioned by an organization that already crowns recognized world champion Wladimir Klitschko and so-called "regular" titleholder Ruslan Chagaev. It is a belt Ortiz won previously but was stripped shortly afterward and the result of the fight -- a first-round knockout of Lateef Kayode in September 2014 -- was changed to no decision because Ortiz tested positive for an anabolic steroid after the bout.

Tureano Johnson W12 Eamonn O'Kane
Middleweight - Title eliminator
Scores: 119-107, 118-109, 117-109
Records: Johnson (19-1, 13 KOs); O'Kane (14-2-1, 5 KOs)

Rafael's remarks: This was a wipeout from the outset, although a highly entertaining one as Johnson, 31, a 2008 Olympian from the Bahamas, ran roughshod over O'Kane, 33, of Ireland, in an eliminator that made him one of main event winner Gennady Golovkin's mandatory challengers.

Johnson, in his first bout since signing with Golden Boy Promotions, dropped O'Kane twice in the first round with right hooks when he turned southpaw. Right hooks hurt O'Kane repeatedly throughout the one-sided fight. O'Kane deserves credit for even making it through the first round, much less being able to go the distance, because Johnson busted up his face and laid a beating on him. According to the CompuBox punch statistics, Johnson landed 405 of 829 punches (49 percent) and O'Kane landed 234 of 893 (26 percent). Of Johnson's connects, 396 were power shots, which set the CompuBox middleweight record. The old record was Bernard Hopkins' 375 landed against William Joppy in a world title bout.

It remains to be seen when Johnson will get the mandated shot against Golovkin, but the fight Johnson really wants is a rematch with Curtis Stevens, who stopped him controversially in the 10th round in April 2014. After the fight, Johnson asked Stevens promoter Kathy Duva for a rematch. That'd be a fun fight for sure, probably very similar to their first one.