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

Gennadiy Golovkin (GGG) defends his WBA middleweight title against Matthew Macklin (Mack the Knife). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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31
May 6, 2006
26-0
7
23 (88.5%)
179 cm
178 cm
-1 cm
Orthodox
Mar 30, 2013
2m, 30d
26
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
31
Nov 17, 2001
29-4
2
20 (60.6%)
178 cm
180 cm
2 cm
Orthodox
Sep 15, 2012
9m, 14d
1
WBA
MD
e1
d7
middleweight
Saturday, 29 Jun 2013
Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut, U.S.
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Gennady Golovkin vs. Matthew Macklin

Date

This fight between Gennady Golovkin and Matthew Macklin took place on at the Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut, US.

Tale of the Tape

At 179 cm, Gennady Golovkin is the taller of the two by 1 cm; Matthew Macklin is 178 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Macklin has longer reach of 180 cm, which is 2 cms longer than Golovkin's 178 cm. Macklin also has a 3 cm ape index advantage over Golovkin.

Golovkin is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 26-0 (23 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 30 days ago against Nobuhiro Ishida, which he won via 3rd round KO.

Nobuhiro Ishida's boxing career

Macklin comes in with a record of 29-4 (20 KOs). His last fight was 9 months and 14 days ago against Joachim Alcine, which he won via 1st round KO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Golovkin will be 31 years and 2 months old. Macklin will be 31 years and 1 month 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 82-18 in favor of Gennady Golovkin. Here is the prediction for Golovkin vs Macklin.

Gennady Golovkin should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Matthew Macklin to win this one.

Result

Gennady Golovkin defeated Matthew Macklin via 3rd round KO to retain the WBA middleweight title. Macklin's 1 fight win streak comes to an end, and Golovkin advances his win streak to 27. Golovkin is now 27-0, and Macklin 29-5.

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