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Golovkin vs. Tapia: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Gennadiy Golovkin (GGG) defends his WBA (Regular) middleweight title against Nilson Julio Tapia (Blade). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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28
May 6, 2006
19-0
0
16 (84.2%)
179 cm
178 cm
-1 cm
Orthodox
Aug 14, 2010
4m, 2d
19
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
25
Aug 28, 2004
14-2-1
0
10 (58.8%)
182 cm
182 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Oct 2, 2010
2m, 14d
3
middleweight
Thursday, 16 Dec 2010
Daulet National Tennis Centre, Astana, Kazakhstan
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Gennady Golovkin vs. Nilson Julio Tapia

Date

This fight between Gennady Golovkin and Nilson Julio Tapia took place on at the Sport Complex “Daulet”, Nur-Sultan (Astana).

Tale of the Tape

At 182 cm, Nilson Julio Tapia is the taller of the two by 3 cms; Gennady Golovkin is 179 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 182 cm, Tapia also has reach advantage of 4 cms over Golovkin's 178 cm. On top of that, Tapia also has a 1 cm ape index advantage over Golovkin.

Golovkin is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 19-0 (16 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 2 days ago against Milton Núñez, which he won via 1st round KO.

Milton Núñez' boxing career

Tapia comes in with a record of 14-2-1 (10 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 14 days ago against Jorge Sebastian Heiland, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.

Jorge Sebastian Heiland's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Golovkin will be 28 years and 8 months old. Tapia will be 25 years and 3 months old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 57-43 in favor of Gennady Golovkin. Here is the prediction for Golovkin vs Tapia.

The chances of Gennady Golovkin winning is higher, but Nilson Julio Tapia cannot be counted out. Tapia could make it competitive, maybe even win.

Result

Gennady Golovkin defeated Nilson Julio Tapia via 3rd round KO to retain the WBA (Regular) middleweight title. Tapia's 3 fight win streak comes to an end, and Golovkin advances his win streak to 20. Golovkin is now 20-0, and Tapia 14-3-1.

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